OK... clarifications. Because I seem to be forced into it.
1- 5 PMs from buyer over 3 months asking the same question... was it OK when you had it? Also, same comment every time.... I am dissappointed.
2- I have tried helping over the web, giving suggestions, but I am not there in person to check it out.
3- This is not the first time this happens, and ALWAYS with people with little to no experience with pins. My buy-back grand total over 4 years: 2400$. Not from the latest buyer, but I have even been threatened to be exposed as a fraudulent seller on my own goddamn site over a pin that I sold that had a minor breakdown 6 months after I sold it. Honesty doesn't pay. It is why I went from having 2 DMDs and 4 nice SS pins to having a half-dismantled Stern.
4- Yes, the boards had been gone over... yes, the pin worked great the time I had it ... no, the buyer is not a bad guy... yes, mess breaks... yes, I am offering to get the game back just to stop with the PMs and the annoyance, not because the buyer is demanding a refund.
5- No, I am not selling a game ever again. For most that have enjoyed the pins I have sold and know that I don't sell crap, sorry, no more pins, no more resto-jobs, no more mames.
6- I don't want people's money... if you raise any, please do exactly like I have been doing for 4 years, donate it to a hospital.
7- No, I will not delete my account again out of respect for you all since you seem to not want me to leave.
8- No I haven't destroyed any of my machines for the following reasons: My ASction Baseball pitch and bat is a gift to my dad, Lightning is still in pieces so I can't do much more to it, Wizard of Wor is a gift from BZM and I cherish it too much, Atari Football is going back to BZM, Bank Panic is still there because I am just too frickin lazy to take it out of the basement and in the yard. I am going to clear out my shed though. I have 2 vids in there that will be gone by tonight. All pin parts that I have will be either on Ebay or trash tonight.
Uh, point me towards one of those working ok condition Sys 11 games for $1000 or under please. My preference would be Big Guns, High Speed or Cyclone please.
I will have a Road Kings fully refurbed in the future, but I doubt it will go for less than $1000 - but you never know.
I'll have a Space Station for sale if I ever get to it for that price. Currently it's working, but blowing a fuse. Just haven't had time to get to it. I will be posting a project Taxi for $650 -- decent cab, not working, had acid damage on two chips (cleaned up acid with mixture of water & vinegar), may only be those chips (works if CPU is switched with working game), blown playfield but I'm including a really nice playfield -- basically selling it for what I have into it. Didn't a NF just sell for $1,000? Deals are out there.
Honesty doesn't pay. It is why I went from having 2 DMDs and 4 nice SS pins to having a half-dismantled Stern.
Sad, and True Sparky....the only people that appreciate the virtue of integrity, are OTHER people with integrity. For the sake of universal equilibrium, please do NOT buy that game back. Offer him $100 to get it fixed by someone else, I'm sure he'll agree, that's fair. He gets the game fixed, you've helped. period.
Anyone of us who's been at this for 5 years or more has lost $800 EASY...either in travel, gas,dead parts,dying parts, or therapy....Jesus, I hauled $200 to the curb last friday....51 more weeks to go.
Building Mames for people? christ...that's a poster activity for lithium....for whatever reason, people are happy to pay $2000 in pure markup for a laptop that was made for about 22 US dollars by Korean pre-teens, but question why a male to male PS2 cord costs me $5 plus shipping in North America....
I'll put my money where my mouth is, I'll paypal you $55 bucks to tell them all to get bent. Everyone wins, he gets the game fixed... You don't sink into financial destitution.... I sleep with a smile on my face knowing someone else who does quality work doesn't get taken advantage of.
I'm not sure who pissed in your cornflakes this week, but your last two posts were unwarrantedly vitriolic ....and completely missed the point.
1- "Newb" never asked Sparky for anything : No refund, no compensation, no "warranty repair", NOTHING 2- Sparky took it upon himself to make the whole "return" issue public, when that was never the case to begin with. 3- "Newb" is now totally [ ...and justifiably] angered at all the cheap shots he's received on this group, is looking to dump the pin as soon as he can, and close his MAACA account
I like those kind "working but blowing a fuse" but usually for under $500.
That's why I have to "get to it". It won't be $1,000 as it is. That's the working price. Sheesh, this from a guy that sells a Fire Power for $1,200 Just joshing ya...
I'm not sure who pissed in your cornflakes this week, but your last two posts were unwarrantedly vitriolic ....and completely missed the point.
1- "Newb" never asked Sparky for anything : No refund, no compensation, no "warranty repair", NOTHING 2- Sparky took it upon himself to make the whole "return" issue public, when that was never the case to begin with. 3- "Newb" is now totally [ ...and justifiably] angered at all the cheap shots he's received on this group, is looking to dump the pin as soon as he can, and close his MAACA account
I can't blame him... Nice work guys...
Steph
Nobody has taken any cheap shots here Steph, I just encouraged Sparky not to self-inflict an 800 dollar shot, which is more than fair.
Sparky posted about the frustration of selling older games that die easily, I agreed, they're a pain in the a**. that seems pretty relevant.
I've also offered some solutions, see any others?
Sparky is frustrated at the grand scheme of things, this isn't all about your buddy's machine, newb is simply the unfortunate guy who happened to be the "icing on the cake" sale....so I'm just singing along with Sparky about the grand scheme of sales... and the grand scheme is...it sucks.
Sparky mentioned "no more Mames" ......me too! You ever put 50 hours work into a machine and then have some dude come back and say he's disapointed cause there's a GLITCH that's not even related to the wrok you did Steph? c'mon You've rebuilt enough machines to know, that's plenty of reason to get "vitriolic".
Nobody wants newb to leave, but if he's worth his salt, then I'm sure he and sparky will work something out. If he's going to let Sparky get unjustifiably guilted into giving him a refund? then I hope the door doesn't hit him in the a** on the way out. Not to be a jerk, or take any sides, I've never met sparky or newb, ever.
Normally, Sparky would moderate a thread and make sure it does not get out of hand. I agree, Sparky is just expressing his frustration, but I think this issue needs to become private again and let Sparky, Steph and the buyer sort it out. You all seem to be fair and reasonable people and I am sure you can come to a fair resolution. Any other talk here from the forum will just fan the flames and last thing any of us wants is to add to the issues.
My two cents, Enzo
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