Same guy who wouldnt return my emails from CL.

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Ok so a few months back there is a craigslist listing for several arcade games many of them I would be interested in like Tempest (he claims is in really good condition) Pac-man Ms. Pac-man Missile Command Asteroids a about 12 in total but some I would not want. Anyways long story short we exchanged emails a few times then I got his phone # and called him up. He was surprised that i knew so much about arcade games and he also said he used to service them in the area. He seemed ok on the phone but lives 80 miles away and I have a old worn out truck and didnt want to make the trip if he wanted gold for everything. I asked for some pictures of what he had and he never got around to it. I kept emailing him and said to the effect well I could come down on friday and check them out and he never got back to me I also found out his suposed pacman and ms pacman were actually Mr. Do's with some kind of multi board and not original machines. This went on for several emails and I tried calling him and it was like he didn't want to sell anything and he never got back to me after finding out I knew what things were worth and that I was pretty familiar with arcade machines in general. I tried to pin him down on a price and he would dance around the question. He claims his wife says they have to go but he prob doesn't want to sell and or I think this guy either wants to sell them all which I do not have room for (small crappy apartment on the 3rd floor no less) and or he wants top dollar for them. Ok fast forward 3 months I post that I am looking for arcade machines on craigslist and guess who replies but this same douche. I am using a different email address (diff name to as its one I use to prevent spam) and I doubt the remembers my cell phone number (but he might I could always star 67 to block) I am thinking about playing this off like I am a different guy and seeing if I can get me a deal. Any suggestions? I wonder if I should just bite the bullet show up there with cash in hand and see what I can get done after all cash is king right at least thats what Dave Ramsey says. :) Why do people have to be so tough to deal with doesn't anyone know how to conduct business these days? I mean good hell in this economy if someone wants to buy and your wife says sell whats the problem right?
 
people are just like that. i'd try calling him again and mention that you saw the ad again, and say something to affect of "i can come this day with cash in hand" and see what he says. and if he flakes again put a bunch of douchey ads in his honor up on craigslist.
 
I suspect he didn't want to deal with you because you know what is what. If he is selling Mr Do's with 48-in-1 boards as Pac-man machines, then he is wanting people that have money and don't know anything about the machines. I would not mess with him personally after all his attempts to blow you off.
 
i had a guy that called me(got my # from a friend of mine) says hes got a krull, ghostbusters and a superman aracde. asks if me or any of my friends are interested, i go through the trouble of finding homes for them and the gives me this"what are you willing to pay?" bs. i saw pictures i know they exist, he was just fishing to see what they were worth-wasting everyones time. just ask me that from the start!
 
I seem to get douch bags like that all the time, Was working on a pacman they had listed for sale, I have sent and recieved well over 5 emails, I included my # and all i get is jerked around, They email me back that they will try and get me some pics, I didnt ask for pics! I want to buy the machine, please call or email me with the day and time I can stop by, I have cash in hand, For two days i here nothing, so I email them again, is the machine still for sale? They email me back, yes I will try and get you some pics later tonight, I email them back, I would like to buy your machine, can you please call me or send me your # so we can set up a time to meet, Its been 3 days now and nothing, Why do these a holes list items for sale?
 
you know, another thing you could just do is email from another address or something, play dumb, and go look at it, and then try to deal on it in person.
 
Why continue wasting your time? Obviously the guy is acting shady. Move along.
 
Why don't you give him a dose of his own medicine? See if he will deliver the game and set up at his price, but give him some random lot address..:D
 
yeah... many of his 12 games may be junk.. so what....

one or two may be good...

go for the road trip... no biggie.. bring a buddy, you'll have fun driving there and back... 1/2 a day wasted at most..

and you may find some that are good to restore back...

I say email.. don't mention the earlier contacts... bring cash, truck/trailer ready to go... and just see what you come out with..

out of 12 there should be 3-4 you can take...

might be someone here... :) who's in Idaho ?
 
Well I sent him a email from a diff email address...

Well I sent him a email from a diff email address. So at least he doesn't know I am the same guy he jerked around 3 months ago. Its been half a day and no response. This is pretty much typical for him. I will give it another day then call him from a different phone than I used last time or something like that. I am going to go for the showing up with cash in my hand and good old school negotiating of price. Although my guess is I am setting myself up for some lost time and effort I will give it a shot.
 
They were all short emails. Short and to the point. I was just trying to get the whole story out in one paragraph on the KLOV to get out a little back story on the whole situation.

Speaking of which its now been nearly 2 days and he hasn't gotten back to me. I will just give him a call and see what I can get going but I am sure its just a waste of time but its hard to get any decent cabs in south east idaho. :(
 
They were all short emails. Short and to the point. I was just trying to get the whole story out in one paragraph on the KLOV to get out a little back story on the whole situation.

Speaking of which its now been nearly 2 days and he hasn't gotten back to me. I will just give him a call and see what I can get going but I am sure its just a waste of time but its hard to get any decent cabs in south east idaho. :(

Is this the guy? Looks like he added pics. EMs and pinballs..

http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o318/ladyShallis/Arcade/

http://eastidaho.craigslist.org/atq/1435335580.html
 
I wish that was the guy.

I wish that was the guy. I talked to her a few weeks ago and she was really cool but unfortunately I am not really looking for any EM pins nor do I have the room for one. But if a guy was looking for some pins she seemed like a nice person to deal with. On a scale of 1 to 10 this lady was a 10 and the guy I am trying to deal with is a .5 :)
 
They were all short emails. Short and to the point. I was just trying to get the whole story out in one paragraph on the KLOV to get out a little back story on the whole situation.

Speaking of which its now been nearly 2 days and he hasn't gotten back to me. I will just give him a call and see what I can get going but I am sure its just a waste of time but its hard to get any decent cabs in south east idaho. :(


I have an Asteroids for sale. Also a Terminator 2. Hell, I'd sell the 1000 Mile Rally I have as well. I'd also sell a number of my other games but you're not going to want to pay what I want for them.

:D
 
I wish that was the guy. I talked to her a few weeks ago and she was really cool but unfortunately I am not really looking for any EM pins nor do I have the room for one. But if a guy was looking for some pins she seemed like a nice person to deal with. On a scale of 1 to 10 this lady was a 10 and the guy I am trying to deal with is a .5 :)

There is at least one solid state pin in those pictures. ;)

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