I wrote them a note:
You suck. At lease tell people your renting them a crappy converted old cabinet that has a cheap chinese multi board in it that will not be anything like playing the game in the oriiginal cabinet..
Yeah, that's good for the ol' money-making venture. Perhaps you could write a letter to the car dealerships in your area and ask them why they don't advertise that the value of the cars they sell will go down by 40% just by driving it off the lot?
Believe it or not, most people couldn't care less whether the cab is original, the board is original, or whatever. As long as the cab isn't fugly or smelling of cat urine, and the game looks, sounds, and plays like the original, they're happy.
I imagine your joysticks are also 8 way.. they suck for classic games.
Depends on the classic game. Hard to get through Scramble without an 8-way. I personally can't stand 8-ways for games like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, or Frogger, but if I'm not dropping quarters in for every game, I can adjust enough to play the game okay.
Not to mention commercial gains from stolen software will land you in trouble.. Namco and Nintendo regularly sniff people out for this..
He's not selling anything, so he probably won't hear from either. There are a few licensed Namco and Nintendo multis available, anyway. And it doesn't matter whether you get commercial gains or private pleasure from it, it's still illegal. I haven't seen you complaining about all the people selling these "cheap chinese" multis full of "stolen software" here. And that's strictly for commercial gain.
All in all, a pretty useless note to send, and completely uncalled for, in my opinion. If you wanted to bitch about something, bitch about the classic cabs that were converted, not what or why they were converted for...