Quoted from Crans:Recently a gentleman posted in FB that somone duped them out of 5k and a pinball machine. Getting all the details shows it was a scam and buyer got taken for a ride.
Don't trust a Facebook store as anyone can set them up. Glaring details might not be obvious when your excited about your purchase, as time progresses they will probably find the faults and make it less likely to detect.
PayPal funding for any large purchase should be put on a real CC and not your bank account / ATM, you can even use a real CC as source for friends and family transactions and even venmo.
Good luck fellow collectors and buy safe.
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I don't mean to be insensitive but... why did he keep doing this? Has anyone bought a pinball game with an Amazon gift card?
There's such a "I have to get these games or they'll disappear forever" combined with "I don't want to tell anyone I'm getting a great deal because they might steal it" in this hobby that I feel prevents people from asking for help, or at least getting a second set of eyes on a transaction like this. Sad.