MonsterBash
Well-known member
Dirty Pool or Business as Usual? (Kind of a long Rant)
So a pin I've been wanting for a LONG pops up on CL at a reasonable price. Now there are only 2 guys I know of in this area that would go after this pin other than maybe a Christmas buyer. The one guy is a collector and the other claims to be a collector but flips most of his stuff. The flipper also isn't to internet savvy so if something pops on CL I usually text him and let him know what's out there..he has bought quite a few of these games.
Anyway I call about the pin and make arrangements to see it right after the owner gets out of work. I also text both the guys above to see if there is any interest , the collector says no and the flipper say no as he already has 2 of them.
I go to check the game out which is supposed to be completely working. On the way I get a text from the flipper asking how the game was..I told him I was on the way and would call after (and yes.. the flipper and I are friends). When I get to the location, I realize it's the same house I looked at the same pin about 5~6 years ago before I was really into this stuff…and the price of the pin has doubled..from $350 to $700. The fully 'working game' has no scoring as none of the 4 displays work but the game was in REAL nice shape as far as playfield and cab. Being I'm not a repair guy per say I play a few games (without scoring) and it did play nice. The guy that owned the machine wanted to get the scoring working..i told him I was going to grab a bite to eat and call him in a half hour. So I text the flipper (who obviously is good with repairs) and tell him the game is super nice but the scoring doesn't work and that I was going to offer him $500 for the game if they didn't get it working…or buy it for the asking price if it was just a cable or something.
So I grab a bite to eat and call the pin guy in about a half hour and get his voice mail. I hang in the area (about 30 minutes from home) and hit the local Target for a couple last second Xmas present..I call again from the store..VM again.
About an hour goes by from the time I left and the owner of the pin calls, he said the game is sold. I thought was strange because when I got there he had said I was the only one that called on it.
So who bought it..the same guy who would have never known about it if I didn't text him…the flipper!
Oh well.. no real biggy..just gonna learn to be a more careful in the future and of course..you find out who your REAL friends are
So a pin I've been wanting for a LONG pops up on CL at a reasonable price. Now there are only 2 guys I know of in this area that would go after this pin other than maybe a Christmas buyer. The one guy is a collector and the other claims to be a collector but flips most of his stuff. The flipper also isn't to internet savvy so if something pops on CL I usually text him and let him know what's out there..he has bought quite a few of these games.
Anyway I call about the pin and make arrangements to see it right after the owner gets out of work. I also text both the guys above to see if there is any interest , the collector says no and the flipper say no as he already has 2 of them.
I go to check the game out which is supposed to be completely working. On the way I get a text from the flipper asking how the game was..I told him I was on the way and would call after (and yes.. the flipper and I are friends). When I get to the location, I realize it's the same house I looked at the same pin about 5~6 years ago before I was really into this stuff…and the price of the pin has doubled..from $350 to $700. The fully 'working game' has no scoring as none of the 4 displays work but the game was in REAL nice shape as far as playfield and cab. Being I'm not a repair guy per say I play a few games (without scoring) and it did play nice. The guy that owned the machine wanted to get the scoring working..i told him I was going to grab a bite to eat and call him in a half hour. So I text the flipper (who obviously is good with repairs) and tell him the game is super nice but the scoring doesn't work and that I was going to offer him $500 for the game if they didn't get it working…or buy it for the asking price if it was just a cable or something.
So I grab a bite to eat and call the pin guy in about a half hour and get his voice mail. I hang in the area (about 30 minutes from home) and hit the local Target for a couple last second Xmas present..I call again from the store..VM again.
About an hour goes by from the time I left and the owner of the pin calls, he said the game is sold. I thought was strange because when I got there he had said I was the only one that called on it.
So who bought it..the same guy who would have never known about it if I didn't text him…the flipper!
Oh well.. no real biggy..just gonna learn to be a more careful in the future and of course..you find out who your REAL friends are



