This was a CL post... I manage a look at CL maybe once a day. This was Sunday afternoon and I saw it probably 30 minutes after it was posted. No phone number or email provided by the poster. It was listed as non-working, 'mint', $300. There were no pictures.
I sent a response through CL, included my phone number and email, and waited. The city it was in is about 100 miles from me but I included, in my response, that I would come and pick it up immediately. An hour later, still no reply. I figured I missed out.
Monday morning we awake to a craptacular overnight snowfall. Takes me nearly 3 hours to do the 22 mile drive to work. I get there and I check my email, still no response. I check CL and it's still listed. I am thinking it's sold but just not removed yet. About 11 AM I get a call from the seller. He says he doesn't get to the computer much and he's just checking on responses to his CL ad. I was first to reply so...
We talked. He told me the story of the game. It was his late wife's. She was awesome on it he says. It's been sitting in the corner now, unused, for maybe 10 years. It broke once before and they had it fixed. Now it's broken again and he doesn't know why... just wants to move it along to a good home. I told him I was interested but, there's no way I can drive to him right now. Weather is far too sketchy so I'm sorry. Guy laughs and says if I want it, he'll take it off CL and wait for me to come down. If I change my mind, no worries, he'll just re-list it. We decide on the weekend for pickup... today (Sat) is gonna be the day.
True to his word... an hour later the CL post is gone.
Tuesday night he calls me. I am thinking "here we go... bidding war" or he decided to sell it to someone else. He tells me that he really needs the $300 to help out a friend and asks is there any way we can do it before Sat? If not, he says, we can stick by our original arrangement. I ended up taking a half day from work on Thursday morning and driving down to get it. Very nice older guy.
I haven't plugged it in yet... no power at my storage place. He gave me the complete set of manuals/schematics etc. AND an extra "motherboard" they purchased when it was broken the first time. (That didn't fix it so I imagine the PCB is NOT what's wrong with it)
It might be the most "complete" game I have picked up in 15 years. It has everything... even the coin box and lid!
Moral of the story is sometimes people do display integrity and honesty.
Refreshing.
Without further ado...
I sent a response through CL, included my phone number and email, and waited. The city it was in is about 100 miles from me but I included, in my response, that I would come and pick it up immediately. An hour later, still no reply. I figured I missed out.
Monday morning we awake to a craptacular overnight snowfall. Takes me nearly 3 hours to do the 22 mile drive to work. I get there and I check my email, still no response. I check CL and it's still listed. I am thinking it's sold but just not removed yet. About 11 AM I get a call from the seller. He says he doesn't get to the computer much and he's just checking on responses to his CL ad. I was first to reply so...
We talked. He told me the story of the game. It was his late wife's. She was awesome on it he says. It's been sitting in the corner now, unused, for maybe 10 years. It broke once before and they had it fixed. Now it's broken again and he doesn't know why... just wants to move it along to a good home. I told him I was interested but, there's no way I can drive to him right now. Weather is far too sketchy so I'm sorry. Guy laughs and says if I want it, he'll take it off CL and wait for me to come down. If I change my mind, no worries, he'll just re-list it. We decide on the weekend for pickup... today (Sat) is gonna be the day.
True to his word... an hour later the CL post is gone.
Tuesday night he calls me. I am thinking "here we go... bidding war" or he decided to sell it to someone else. He tells me that he really needs the $300 to help out a friend and asks is there any way we can do it before Sat? If not, he says, we can stick by our original arrangement. I ended up taking a half day from work on Thursday morning and driving down to get it. Very nice older guy.
I haven't plugged it in yet... no power at my storage place. He gave me the complete set of manuals/schematics etc. AND an extra "motherboard" they purchased when it was broken the first time. (That didn't fix it so I imagine the PCB is NOT what's wrong with it)
It might be the most "complete" game I have picked up in 15 years. It has everything... even the coin box and lid!
Moral of the story is sometimes people do display integrity and honesty.
Refreshing.
Without further ado...
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