Stroudsburg, PA
Quoted from HydrogenHuman:The temptation to buy it is insane for me right now! But I realized I need to get more comfortable with maintenance and repair with machines to stop being reluctant with buying another one.
So as much as it pains me to skip over TX-Sector, I think being able to work on my Surf 'n Safari is ultimately going to be more beneficial for me. I haven't even taken the time to count the bulbs so I can change them out to LED yet!
I have been following your story since you joined Pinside. I gave you some advice early on. You seem to have the Pinball Bug bad. You got your first machine a few weeks ago. You should play the heck out of it and get it working 100%. There is a lot to learn and you have the machine to learn on. Everyone has some opinion about what machine you should get. If you wait for a machine it will happen. You just need patience.
I still stand by my advice of getting your next machine from a nice Pinsider with a good reputation who can give you some tips. Hopefully it is a local person who you can deal with again in the future. You are probably learning that it is not about making money and coming out on top of every deal. If you just let that go and deal with people who deal fairly you will come out OK. As you are probably learning, there are factors like condition and functionality that make comparing machines purely on price a bad idea. A game from a person who shopped it, played it, got it working 100%, and then sold it is often worth an extra bit of money and will save you some time.
Good luck looking for machine #2 but enjoy machine #1 right now!
Melbourne, ON
