What should I expect when buying on KLOV?

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I just wanted to bitch a little bit about a frequent problem I encounter when buying on KLOV. I recently made a purchase from the KLOV For Sale section. The purchase was for several boards. One of the boards (and the main reason I purchased the lot) was advertised as Gyruss - not working.

Upon receiving the lot, the Gyruss wound up being a bootleg. Now what should I expect? If the seller advertises "Gyruss", do I have the right to expect the real thing? Shouldn't anything that is not genuine be tagged as "bootleg"? Should I really be expected to ask sellers everytime before purchasing if the boards in question are the real deal? Things go fast around here, and there is a bit of pressure to be first if you want to win something. Am I to blame for this?

The seller sells lots of boards on KLOV, and he must have known it was a bootleg. So again, do I have the right to be a little upset?

What do you think? Has this happened to you and what did you do about it?
 
He probably didnt know. I mean there is so much bootleg hardware out there! I would be pissed if it was said that it was an original, but eh, it wasnt.
 
Assuming that someone who sells a lot of boards on KLOV knows what he is selling is not a smart idea. There are many sellers here, both veterans and newbs, who have acquired a "lot" of boards and have no idea how to ID things. If you are concerned that you may get a bootleg ask for pics. Maybe you miss out, maybe he holds it for you while he takes the pic.
 
I'm also betting the seller didn't know it was a bootleg. Odds are the seller only knew it was a gyrus because it had a label saying it was so. If the seller knew it was a bootleg then he should have listed it as so.
 
I agree with tigerstyle (and gozer). I have gotten boards from sellers (mostly on eBay) that have been mislabelled. Usually it is labelled that way by whatever operator threw it in the box 20 years ago. That doesn't mean that they had it right back then.

Bootlegs can sometimes be very difficult to distinguish from original boards. They would pull the components and shoot pics of the top & bottom of the board and they are in business. It doesn't help that the schematics are usually published with the game. That helps us repair them 30 years later, but it was also good intel for the bootleggers.

ken
 
OK, sounds like I should have been better about asking. For future reference for anyone selling boards, here is a decent resource to consult when you're not sure about that board:

http://www.crazykong.com/pcbs/

And, here is another -- search for your game, then click on it. Generally has images of PCBs.

http://www.ggdb.com/
 
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