I was scared to post a question about picking up a pinball machine, thinking someone here might undercut my deal if they saw my location and went on craigslist. Didn't happen, and got a ton of help here.

It's unlikely that any craigslist find of a desirable pin won't already be known by people who are interested. Even though I am not in the market ATM (unless a safecracker in my area comes up), I still have an RSS reader pinging craigslist w/ my search terms every hour.