I just encountered my first local "pinball lowlife"....
There's person selling a machine locally for $350. So, I reply to them "I'll take it". Seller replies, 10min later, "Oh..you were the first to reply but...Ive got another person offering $500 now, do you want to match it?"
So....if this other buyer exists....I hope you get in a car accident on the way to the sellers house.

It always happens to me... And more then often on lespac.com ... People are going crazy having so many phone calls and then they decide to go and have the price higher...

Best place to find a good machine at a reasonable price is here in my opinion.

You know Greg, sellers are not all like you, good sellers What's the next pinball you're gonna sell me??  

Eric

Quoted from Rider

It always happens to me... And more then often on lespac.com ... People are going crazy having so many phone calls and then they decide to go and have the price higher...

Best place to find a good machine at a reasonable price is here in my opinion.

You know Greg, sellers are not all like you, good sellers What's the next pinball you're gonna sell me??  

Eric

That depends what you want to sell back to me
Tell Pinbot I miss him

I'm going to chime in on this one. First off, I'm not the buyer. Second, I didn't even know about the pin until you posted it, so I have no interest in the outcome at all.

The game was way under priced at $350. I just did a quick search and I'm thinking you are talking about the playboy. Seller realized they were asking too little and are free to change their mind of the asking price. They didn't accept your offer. No foul, in my opinion and the law agrees. Until there is acceptance there is no contract.  

A low life is someone that accepts the price and then changes it after you drive there. That's a pain. At least everything happened in an email, no foul.

BTW, still a good deal at $500. I'd jump on it if it's a title that interests you.

Duane

There are usually only 2 guys in the Ottawa area that do this - offer more than the asking price when it's already "sold"..  These guys are resellers and not collectors so it's how they make money..  Unless you can get it before either of them see the ad then you're not going to find a steal in this area..

The sellers are usually not collectors and why not accept more than what you were asking for your hunk o'junk??

Sucks anyway.

Mike

Quoted from TwilightZone

I'm going to chime in on this one. First off, I'm not the buyer. Second, I didn't even know about the pin until you posted it, so I have no interest in the outcome at all.

The game was way under priced at $350. I just did a quick search and I'm thinking you are talking about the playboy. Seller realized they were asking too little and are free to change their mind of the asking price. They didn't accept your offer. No foul, in my opinion and the law agrees. Until there is acceptance there is no contract.  

A low life is someone that accepts the price and then changes it after you drive there. That's a pain. At least everything happened in an email, no foul.

BTW, still a good deal at $500. I'd jump on it if it's a title that interests you.

Duane

That's a very valid point Duane, thanks!
This was my first run-in with being overbid....on the persons full asking price, no less.....so I got a little annoyed.

But, all's well that ends well.
I emailed them back and said that I'd give them $400, no tire kicking, and pick it up in 30min if they'd tell the second buyer "Its sold".
Well, they said yes, and I just got home from moving it out of their basement and into my van "it always has to be in a basement with tight corners on the stairs, eh?"

The sellers were really nice people, and the game was a gift to the man many years ago.....it was a Regent game before that. The game will take some work to get going 100% (its dirty, the displays are out, and a pop bumper doesnt work...as far as I can tell right now)

Thanks MAACA for giving me a place to vent and tell of my adventures in pinball buying/selling

Now I just have to convince my wife that the dining room IS the perfect place for a Date East Playboy 35th Anniversary Pinball Machine....wish me luck

I'm glad it worked out for you!

Duane

Let me know if you want to get rid of it later... I will give you 500$ for it. I am rebuilding one for my cousin now and I am slowly falling for it. Simple game, but just cool overall.

And if you don't want to sell it, you are welcome to have my home-made stencils if you want to repaint the cabinet.

Rottendog sells and excellent and inexpensive replacement LED display set for this generation of DE (if you need to replace the displays).

Quoted from Hippochrome

Now I just have to convince my wife that the dining room IS the perfect place for a Date East Playboy 35th Anniversary Pinball Machine....

Wow, $400 for a DE PB 35th ?
That's a GREAT price !

It's not high on my "want list" , but for $400, I would have been all over it !  

Nice score...

Cheers,
Steph

Thanks for the kind words! I gave it a little clean-up, and a few games....yeah, I could get into this game!
It's not the quality of a Williams circa 1989, but still fun!

However, it would be more fun if I could see the score
I'm not to familiar with getting these things working...any tips? I checked the fuses and they all "look" good.
Otherwise, theres one hack and burnt looking plastic that could be the culprit...heres some pics:

Plus, when I tire of it I will not try to make money off it....It will be sold on MAACA, for what I paid for it +what it costs to get the displays working, and to collectors only!

some pics