Quoted from jcar302:I'm kinda leaning towards blaming both guys.
The cold storage and can't play it is pretty stupid. I've played pins in freezing garages before. Seemed to bother me a lot more than the machine.
I'd even be curious as to why the hell someone would move a pin to cold storage in the middle of an auction. An auction is what between 1 and 9 days? Not really that long to keep it where it is.
The buyer on the other hand should have just walked to begin with, why make a fuss over a pin not really competitively priced and honestly not that popular? I think due diligence before bidding would have went a long way in avoiding this headache.
I have mixed feelings about the whole bringing a tech thing and machine being 100%. I think if you look hard enough most pins probably have something wrong. I think the level of broken is important, bulbs out, switch adjustment I think that is part of this hobby. So i'd overlook those things.
I'd hope an honest seller would run the diagnostic tests for a buyer if they didn't know how. Then again not sure who sells something claiming it's 100% at a location it can't be tried.
Maybe it's because everything I sell is somehow personal, but I like the people I sell things to feel good about what they are buying so I can feel good about selling it and spending the money. My rule usually is, if you come and see it and you don't think I've described it right we just go our separate ways. Then again, I usually list things slightly below market value to prevent tire kicking.
This is really a great post! It is exactly how I feel as well. Also, I try to conduct myself the exact same way as you described for yourself when selling pins. Again, great post!
Newcastle, OK
