Red flag. That's not how this works. Others will chime in. Don't give your CC number.

I would not give out your credit card number...see if you can deal directly with Spooky pinball and have them transfer ownership.

I would NEVER give someone a credit card number. I can’t say how Spooky handles transfers. I would recommend calling Spooky directly to get information/ask questions.

Just FYI that this doesn't mean this is a scam, but there are better ways to do the transaction as described above. It's possible the other user on pinside did not know the proper way to do the transfer and assumed he could keep the CC on file and give it when ready, which is obviously not the right way to do things.

Just in case anyone wants to start grabbing pitchforks early.

smells fishy dude. DO NOT give him your CC. I would get his info and call Spooky and confirm he has a spot.

https://shop.spookypinball.com/contact_form.php
Go to Spooky's site and ask Spooky. That will be your best source of information about how Spooky will handle any transfer.

I don't know what the procedure is, but find another seller. There's plenty of UM and HW out there without having to rely on someone that's unethical enough to ask for your credit card info.

Yeah, just to reiterate: Never give your credit card info to a random individual on the internet.

Hello and welcome to pinside. Never give your CC info to a stranger, never take candy from a stranger and never get into a car with a stranger.

Not sure who else you reached out to that wanted your CC info, but you also PM'd me about my spot for sale? If you are interested, let me know. I moved up so I do not need a second one.

#455 - need to contact spooky to change the name for the spot. Whomever you purchase a spot from, you will have to pay them for what they paid for the deposit. The rest will go to Spooky when the game is done and is ready to ship.

I guess that means uber is out then

Funny - well in fairness, you actually ordered them via app.

Yes, you summon a stranger from the internet and then get into their car.

Correct. And if there's candy in the backseat, you eat it.

A mint on the backseat is a sign of class

Mine only ever have puke in the backseat

Now that I'm in front of a keyboard, I can tell you how I as a Spooky pre-order buyer sold my spot, and how I bought a spot.

I put down a deposit on a Rick and Morty day 1, minute 1 in the original order window and got BSE# 374. I don't remember the exact ammount, but I want to say it was a $1500 payment direct to spooky. Several months later, COVID hit, and in the weird window at the beginning of it, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to work and had to cut back on spending. I couldn't ask my family to cut back on things like eating out while I had a pinball machine pre-ordered, so I elected to sell my spot. I ended up selling to my boss at work. He paid me $1500 in cash, and at that point I emailed Spooky and directed them to shift the pre order from me to him. They asked for confirmation (and tried to make sure I wasn't getting screwed), and I confirmed that yes, its a real person and I have the money. That was all that was needed. 6 months down the line he decided he didn't want it and offered to sell it back, which I happily bought. I paid him directly , he emailed spooky, and they shifted the pre-order back to me. At no point did the person buying the pre-order from the owner of the pre-order have to pay Spooky anything.

I hope that helps and good luck!

True... but at no point in time was payment information required to be given to Spooky to transfer ownership of the machine.

You should be paying at most the pre-order amount directly to the person you are getting the spot from, and via paypal or check or something with a finite amount. You should not be passing them your credit card information.

The possible loss of paying for someone else's pre-order spot are limited to the price of the pre-order. The possible loss from giving someone your credit card info is... your credit card limit.

Good luck!

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

What this should say is: "I couldn't ask my family to cut back on things like eating out while I had a pinball machine pre-ordered, so I made the tough decision to put my Raven up for sale, listing it for $12,500. I had four buyers within 24 hours. So, I didn't sell my spot AND I was able to take my family out to eat every night for 5 months straight!:

Please don't post someone's private contact info out in the open.

Yup.

Relevant.

Just not sure why you think you need to keep us informed on every detail of a private transaction anyway.

If you are that suspicious of this deal you shouldn't have jumped into it anyway. If it goes South a few screenshots aren't going to get you your money back.

He is brand new to the site and had enough sense to ask the group for help when he was suspicious about a transaction. I applaud his initiative

Edit- Spelling.

Great!

Well since he's a noob, he should know that most people here wouldn't appreciate all or any of the details of their private transactions posted here. It's tacky at best and a serious invasion of privacy at worst.

Shawshank Redemption is seriously overrated!

Welcome, and from Elwood!

Just ignore it. That's what I do.