Congrats to the person who posted some CL pinball bargains, obviously way far away from where he lived. I was 20 miles away from the seller, but since you posted the ads on an international forum, the guy was bombarded with inquiries and has pulled the ad and hiked up the prices.

You're not doing anybody any favors posting stuff like that. You're just screwing over fellow pinball enthusiasts. People from outside the area will contact the seller and out of spite, tell them they are selling the machine too low. If you ever hope to get your own deal, don't post stuff in large forums -- all you're doing is sabotaging everyone else.

I know there are some people who, if they can't get the deal, will try to kill it. After speaking to the seller, that's what happened today.

It's no big deal - not a big loss for me, but had this been a game I'd really, really wanted and had been waiting a long time to get, I'd be pretty upset.

Recently I answered an ad for a game that I really wanted; the seller said he had already made a deal with someone. Then he asked if I was willing to pay more. The truth was, I was willing to pay up to $1000 more for the game than what he had it listed for, but I figured, treat other people the way you'd like to be treated so I didn't make a counter offer. Someone beat me to it and good luck to them. It doesn't seem right to poison the deal.