DIBS, this has to either be a scam or a scam! But just for the record I saw her first. 
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Orleans, ON
The name was Bob and his email was [email protected] for all future pinsider searchers!
So let’s look at the anatomy of a scam and how you can tell.
Wording looks like a legit ad from a knowledgeable pinball player.
$599
HUO
New legs
No pictures other than the backbox
No contact other than a gmail in the listing
No location
Scam written all over it in every way imaginable
Yeah, the scammers are back posting low priced pinball ads on CL with gmail addresses again. I expect we'll see a few more weeks of this nonsense before it tapers off again.
Quoted from ForceFlow:Yeah, the scammers are back posting low priced pinball ads on CL with gmail addresses again. I expect we'll see a few more weeks of this nonsense before it tapers off again.
Yea I tried to pull up that thread you just recently had going on to correlate the pricing and gmail address. If it seems too good to be true it probably is, but to this day I'm still kicking myself for being the 3rd guy in line for a Time Machine that was listed on Clist that sold for $900!!!
Same in my area CL -
Cheap price
1 photo
Gmail contact
Info sounded like a flyer, not a used pinball advert.
Reply to my email was - It's gone, but here's a link to our sketchy auction site.
Quoted from gmkalos:Dude I flagged it right after I sent him a message from my junk yahoo account lol
Hey my bad, hard to always tell sarcasm in a post. Looks like either your or my flag brought it down.
I actually got taken for a $700 Joker Poker on CL this fall. Got my money back, but man I was fooled by that one. Passed every test I usually use. So anyway I’m a bit sensitive on this stuff.
I keep flagging the Frankenstein and Black Hole that keep popping up on eBay. Probably 10x so far under different hacked accounts.
Quoted from pookycade:Hey my bad, hard to always tell sarcasm in a post. Looks like either your or my flag brought it down.
I actually got taken for a $700 Joker Poker on CL this fall. Got my money back, but man I was fooled by that one. Passed every test I usually use. So anyway I’m a bit sensitive on this stuff.
I keep flagging the Frankenstein and Black Hole that keep popping up on eBay. Probably 10x so far under different hacked accounts.
Oh I think it's hilarious, as soon as I saw the price and read the HUO reference I was thinking about posting this thread lol
I try to only deal with established Pinsiders when I buy a pin, I know the condition is being judged accurately, you can see their activity and history here and truthfully the best deals of my life were made through here! And lets face it out there is slim pickings, most of the good stuff is now being curated by collectors.
I saw a nice Jackbot today, only $399!!!!
Of course I sent the email, I love games! 
Yup, sketchy auction site.
It's not even close to a good disguise. Pathetic.
About 15 years ago I listed some furniture I inherited on Clist for $20K, it was old and I thought it was mid 1800's Hepplewhite. Thankfully I contacted Michael from the Antiques Roadshow after I started getting all these crazy offers and he appraised it off some pictures I emailed him. It turned out to be 1950's revival worth about $2K, I shit you not I had over a million dollars of fake dhl, fedex delivered money orders and personal checks hanging on on my fridge! lol
Lexington, KY
I actually paid $900 for mine off of craigslist. The monitor was out (well it was all in one color). He said the monitor was really dim and a friend of his try to fix it and the color went really bad. When I got home I found out his friend had taken the neck board off the monitor and when they put it back on they bent one of the pins so it was getting this horrible single color. So I re-bent the pin correctly and did a Cap kit and the thing looks and plays perfect. He wanted 1000 bucks but took 900 when I offered it, he was moving in a few days and did not want it.
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Quoted from wantdataeast:I actually paid $900 for mine off of craigslist. The monitor was out (well it was all in one color). He said the monitor was really dim and a friend of his try to fix it and the color went really bad. When I got home I found out his friend had taken the neck board off the monitor and when they put it back on they bent one of the pins so it was getting this horrible single color. So I re-bent the pin correctly and did a Cap kit and the thing looks and plays perfect. He wanted 1000 bucks but took 900 when I offered it, he was moving in a few days and did not want it.
Curious if you remember how long ago you got it. I think when I got my SWE1 about 3 years ago the Revenge From Mars P2K's were going for about $2k... so even if from that far back you got a great deal!
-Rob
-visit http://www.kahr.us to get my daughterboard that helps fix WPC pinball resets or for my Pinball 2000 H+V video sync combiner kit
Deals still pop up from time to time. It's just that many of them go unnoticed since the ads go up and then get pulled down so quick.
I've gotten my fair share of "I'm moving", "it's in the way", or "kids moved out" deals.
Quoted from rkahr:Curious if you remember how long ago you got it. I think when I got my SWE1 about 3 years ago the Revenge From Mars P2K's were going for about $2k... so even if from that far back you got a great deal!
-Rob
-visit http://www.kahr.us to get my daughterboard that helps fix WPC pinball resets or for my Pinball 2000 H+V video sync combiner kit
about 1 year ago
Yea I gave up on facebook for deals and even watching ebay almost everything listed is from collectors. I like to check clist from time to time but what I really need to do is go down south and check out some of these amusement auctions!
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