Quoted from machine.slave

I was definitely kidding.. jeeze, next thing you know people will start sending money to some crazy Australian dude!   His name's "Wayne" or "Kaiser Söze" or something..  whoever he is, I hear he eats babies!!    

What crazy Australian dude? Is Wayne from Australia??

Quoted from tartagliag

"1. 1979 Bally KISS Collector item machine. Brand new fully reconditioned back glass. This machine works fine however has no credits, I ran them out working on the machine and do not know how to add new credits? Simple fix. $2,500"

It may be very well legit, but you have to wonder how the hell could he have been working on the pin but can't figure out how to put credit in it!!!....Seems a bit odd to me or his choice of words are not adequate.

tartagliag

Sounds simply like bad use of English.  He may have meant he ran out of credits playing the machine, or maybe he was cleaning it.  Who knows.  But generally speaking , machines that aren't working won't command top dollars from non-collectors unless the buyer knows a fixer.

It's funny the guy can't add credits...... because if the picture is legit  ( of both machines together KISS AND HG ) it looks like there is a added credit button where coin slot 2 would be ( right on the plate ) on the Kiss machine.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume he tried that.....

Perhaps my initial use of the word "scam" was a poor one.  I guess I just found the ad a little unethical and suspicious.  He words the ad as if it is his machine, but does not seem to know whether the pics in the ad are of his machine or not !  How is that possible ?  He says he was working on the ball ejector and used up all the credits ( all 40 of them ) !!! How is it that he knows enough to tackle a mechanical problem but doesn't know how to add credits ?  To me, if you ask $2000 for a machine and show pics of a nice-looking machine that is not yours, you are misrepreasenting your product and are "scamming" people into making that first contact with you.  WHo knows....once you make the drive to Ottawa with money in hand and see a less than stunning machine, perhaps he starts lowering the price.  He could also use the promise of a sweet machine to trick some people into sending him a holders fee.  Probably not in this case, but has happened in other cases I'm sure.