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So today was supposed to be a great day. Go pickup 2 games for a reasonable price. The divine string of events leading me to the games should've been my cue to go home. Any of you guys have had a similar frustrating experience??

1) Rush through the day job with the hopes of leaving early to pick up games, only to find something happens, keeps you later, and you wind up leaving late on a time crunch cause the seller does'nt want to hang around for long and wait.

2) 1 hour drive turns into 2. Traffic just happens to pop up in every spot imaginable. Seller keeps calling periodically "WHERE ARE YOU ARE YOU CLOSE??" After passing 6 accidents, you realize that all the police lights you just approached were for fender benders without the bending, infact, even without any damage. What a waste!

3) In the excitement, you realize that your fuel warning light comes on (diesel). OOPS you were so late you forgot to fill up the truck!!!! Seller calls again"HOW CLOSE ARE YOU??" You really hope if anything you make it there and not run out of fuel on the side of the highway, after all, you are picking up sweet games and you dont want to piss of the seller and have him sell to someone else!

4) You finally reach your destination after the worlds most anger anxiety driven ride, only to find out that your supposedly "original" games are nothing short of abused roaches that would'nt survive the ride home, non originals, and ready for the graveyard. Poor lighting won't let you check out the game in detail in a very cramped storage unit. Ironically seller says its no big deal. Infact I told him No Deal after all that. DAMN!

It was a nice 4hr waste in total. Anyone else got disappointing war stories??
 
Not quite that bad, but I did drive 2 hrs to rural PA to look at a couple of pins. Turned out "my sons thought they could fix them"...
nails for fuses, parts strewn all over the cabinet, etc, etc...
not a total loss tho, as I did pick up a kickman and a few games for a fellow klov'r.
/Tim
 
If there is a brite side, at least you didn't put good money after bad. It's easy to find yourself in a situation where you've invested time and money just to make a pick-up, so you end up getting them anyway to avoid wasting a trip.

I've caught myself doing that, and ended up hating the games I bought even more the next day.
 
I've had back to back (months apart) separate trips to Houston (2.5 hours one way) in two different trucks and I got a flat tire on the return trip both times - once in Houston on the highway, and once just as I got back to Austin on the highway.

Luckily, I got good deals for the games on both trips.....
 
Yea it has happened to me, when I went to pick up a $50 Space Wars.
He told me it was in a Dedicated Cab, Had no water Damage, and worked!!!

2 hour drive R/T!!


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What. is. that.

I feel sorry for you, even for $50, that must have been a disappointment.

I stopped by a garage sale that had advertised an arcade game. It was Blood Bros. and was in the original cab, but it looked all rusted and worn. Thankfully it wasn't that far away.
 
When I saw it I started laughing. I was laughing hard. He looked at me and said, just take it for Free. I almost left it, but I took it. Gutted it that week. Still have all the parts. Yea that was my old frogger.
 
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If there is a brite side, at least you didn't put good money after bad. It's easy to find yourself in a situation where you've invested time and money just to make a pick-up, so you end up getting them anyway to avoid wasting a trip.

That's the truth! I couldnt tell you how much I started brainwashing myself at that moment trying to make this a rational non wasted trip. "Well I can always put on a new control panel, or Yeah I can get new custom side art to fit this smaller cab, or It's no big deal I can learn how to play with a left handed layout". I had my hand in my pocket many times desperate to pull out some cash.


DJW90 Im sorry I didnt mean to laugh when I saw your post, but that picture was like seeing a Hallmark card that says "Cheer up Buddy! I Had a Shittier Moment than You!" Im glad it worked out for you though, and I think I wouldve paid money to see the guy's face while you were laughing at it.
 
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DJW90 Im sorry I didnt mean to laugh when I saw your post, but that picture was like seeing a Hallmark card that says "Cheer up Buddy! I Had a Shittier Moment than You!" Im glad it worked out for you though, and I think I wouldve paid money to see the guy's face while you were laughing at it.

I feel for you. I was hoping this would make you feel better. everyone that does this as much as we do, will have some of these moments.:)

His face was priceless. He looked confused, like why was I was laughing?? That just made me laugh harder. His house was way back in the woods. There were old cars and junk as far as the eye could see. After I got done laughing his response was you can just have it. I moved one of the joysticks and the whole control panel busted loose from the machine. I laughed some more. It was unreal.

Just look at it this way, you lost 4 hours, and the next deal will be better.:D
 
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I'd fix it! :D But then again, I'm a sick puppy.

What the hell was that thing originally? Any idea? And what the heck is that keypad for?

Yea it has happened to me, when I went to pick up a $50 Space Wars.
He told me it was in a Dedicated Cab, Had no water Damage, and worked!!!

2 hour drive R/T!!


spacewar.jpg
 
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