Dirty Pool or Business as Usual? (Kind of a long Rant)

[bit_slicer]

Your flipper 'friend' gained one game, and lost a local contact who would've led him to several other games. FAIL

Maybe now it's time to give him a golden goose to chase. Certainly you know somewhere that has a Quantum for $100 bucks. Send his ass off right!

 

[irobot]

My advice.. get new friends.

The flipper is a total scumbag and you are a chump if you remain friends.

 

[30FathomDave]

I'd call him on it and tell `em what you think... at the very least.

Word. I'd be furious if I were in your position. That was a total dick move.

 

[Schusler]

Funny... when I confronted him on it last night (not completely knowing he was the 'the guy with the same name as my friend' that bought it) I said..."looks like you have 3 of them now". He said.. "yeah.. you know how much I like the game"

Almost as if to say he's gonna set up all 3 in his basement...

That response alone is telling me he's rubbing your face in it! What pin was this again?

 

[LyonsArcade]

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

Kind of a jerk thing for your friend to do, but you could have completely avoided it by manning up and just buying the machine.



It's like driving a car. Sure, everybody else is driving like a maniac, but you have to drive defensively so you don't wreck.

Everybody SHOULD leave your deals alone, but the way to not let that be an option is to go pay a.s.a.p. if there's something you want. Deal done, it's in your truck and your property.

 

[gjinc]

Your flipper 'friend' gained one game, and lost a local contact who would've led him to several other games. FAIL

Maybe now it's time to give him a golden goose to chase. Certainly you know somewhere that has a Quantum for $100 bucks. Send his ass off right!

This is the best!!!!!!

 

[Big Arn]

I think he did you a favor. You now know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what kind of "friend" he really is.

 

[Token420]

So a pin I've been wanting for a LONG pops up on CL at a reasonable price......... 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.

If it was something that you wanted why would you text others telling them about it? That would kind of send a signal to someone you were not that interested or serious about buying it. If the flipper really is your friend then maybe you should just ask him if this was his douchebag move or a misunderstanding that was caused by you being wish washy on the deal.

 

[CubeSnake]

Seriously-WHY would you not stomp this "friend" of yours face in? He sounds & acts like a cocksmoker extraordinaire. Not only would I cut him off (that's a given) but I'd really-I mean really- beat his ass (also a given). What f*ing nerve! Seriously dude, re-evaluate what your concept of "friend" is.....
Jay

 

[TK_Monkey]

For all intensive purposes

God I hate this.

Seriously-WHY would you not stomp this "friend" of yours face in? He sounds & acts like a cocksmoker extraordinaire. Not only would I cut him off (that's a given) but I'd really-I mean really- beat his ass (also a given). What f*ing nerve! Seriously dude, re-evaluate what your concept of "friend" is.....
Jay

I'm not normally one to do the internet badass thing, but the line he gave the OP about "you know how much I like that game" really sounds like he was begging to get smacked around.

 

[Schusler]

Now why hatin on "For all intensive puposes?"

 

[TK_Monkey]

Now why hatin on "For all intensive puposes?"

It's "for all intents and purposes". I'm not even sure what the hell "for all intensive purposes" is supposed to actually mean.

*e* VVVVVV That made me laugh my ass off, well done.

 

[Doughbroz]

It's "for all intents and purposes". I'm not even sure what the hell "for all intensive purposes" is supposed to actually mean.

Maybe it's the opposite of "for all lackadaisical purposes"?

 

[scaboo4u]

1 of the facts of life Friends and family are usually the first to stick you in the ass.

"Karma is a mother" and somebody is gonna get it brother.

 

[dc2010]

"Karma is a mother" and somebody is gonna get it brother.

i've been saying this all since saturday

 

[PeRFiDiouS]

i've been saying this all since saturday

 

[vicjw66]

I have an intensive purpose in my pants.

 

[dc2010]

i dont believe anyone rattled your cage, go slither back to your hole

 

[Droler]

I hate coming in after a thread has completely derailed but I'm going to anyway.

About a decade ago I was out of state on an installation (software) and was completely out of pocket (would have taken at least a day to get home) and the wife calls me from the Salvation Army store to tell me they have a Frogger there (upright, dead) and they want $100 for it, but she offered them $40 after explaining to the guy unloading it how much it would cost to repair it, etc. She ended up getting it.

The point to this though, is that she only called me after about 2.5 hours of haggling and one special phone call to a collector friend of ours. I knew the guy was an opportunist because when I scored a warehouse haul he swooped in like a vulture to try to buy only the rare games I had. She called him to ask about it and he told her, "Buy it for $40, and I'll drive into town today and give you $60 for it - you'll be a hero to your husband!" (He knew I was out of town.)

My wife knew his nature and that was the final red flag for her to buy the game and tell him nothing!

I got home from a boring, stressful work trip to find a clean, fairly good shape Frogger sitting in my living room - and since I had a spare working board, had a working Frogger that only needed a cap kit to get it back on track.

She's a canny one.

Since I was out of town, she called a collector f

 

[mudmantim]

You shouldn't have left for that 30 minutes, you should have stayed there...maybe you would have learned some repair work.

AND, never give anybody that much information BEFORE your deal is completely done!

-Tim