I bought the game under the impression that it was running 100% original. I did ask pre-purchase questions and even if I went into more detail before purchase it probably wouldn't have made a difference because...
I wrongly assumed most people who own an arcade machine is fluent with their internals (from hanging around here) so bought it under the impression that it's basically a stock and unhacked machine. The guy wasn't a typical KLOV'er with a lot of knowledge.
I get there and seen it is a hack job inside but didn't even notice the other issues like burnt edge connectors and wires bypassing the faulty edge connector and soldered directly to the PCB. (I didn't expect someone to let me dismantle the entire game in their garage and inspect every piece after it was paid for)
I was a 9hr round trip from home, he was already pre-paid a premium price for a game that I was under the impression was going to be running all original and not a hacked up mess internally.
I didn't know what to do on the spot. Leave the game there and my money and potentially have to make another 9hr round trip to get the game if he wouldn't refund?
For the premium price that I paid under the impression it was running all original I wanted the game shopped by a professional to put back to original and didn't want to touch it myself because of the premium price I paid for the game (I was quoted $125/hr just labor).
The PCB came loose in transit and as of now the only damage to it is a torn a ribbon and wasn't included in the restoration I wanted done and nothing to do with my dispute over the machine.
Did I go about this entire purchase wrong? I accepted my mistake of buying a high ticket item sight unseen and going by the word of someone who just wasn't really fluent with them and potentially just didn't understand what I was asking if it was running all originally internally and dropped my dispute with him over it.
Don't want to deal with me, fine. I've done tons of purchases, swaps, and had tons of repairs done by members on here and not EVER once had a problem or complaint! Ever! If I'm going to get shunned for this ONE debacle then whatever, life goes on. I called him on the phone a couple days ago and explained exactly what I said here, dropped my request for him to pay for a third party to put it back to stock, accepted my mistake of paying for a game sight unseen so far away, going about it wrong, and made my final word to him, and moved on... That's my final word on it, I considered the case closed between me and him the moment I got off the phone with him the other day.