Quoted from elcolonel:

How on earth did you read those texts and say they made clear that it was a non working game? I have no dog in the fight here, but I read, almost the opposite. Project YES, because any game that needs something is a project to various degrees, but unless I cannot process words these exchanges say the seller played the game and that the computer needed to be put back in the game.

Quoted from freeplay3:

I have no problem meeting someone halfway if I have done business with them already. I would also consider it if someone I trust vouched for them. First deals are always done in person at my place or theirs. Everything gets checked and deal happens if both parties are happy. I have no problem driving 5 hours and cancelling a deal. Does it suck... yup. But you wont see me starting up a bitch thread.

Quoted from flynnibus:

Yeah, the guy just wants everyone else to stand up and shield him.. and bitch that pinside somehow habors this .. instead of owning the fact he didn't do his own due diligence and got burned for it.
Rookie Mistake #7 - Assuming the other party knows everything and taking their assessment verbatim

Quoted from iceman44:

Is Baller same as Gecko?

Quoted from flynnibus:

don't agree.. the bottom 1/2 of the market is where all the money to be made on pinflation is these days. Buy a solid state for sub 1k, sell for 1500-2000k... alot more money in it now than there was the decade prior. There is money to be made on B/C titles all day long due to pinflation. The hunt is harder due to so many people.. but the pros have a scheme to keep getting games uncontested. It takes way too much energy to fend off the sharks.. and the idiots that bid games up the moment ads go up spoil it... but there is still a ton of money to be made for the people that can stomach it.
Games are still coming out of operator stashes... still. Crazy, but true.