(Topic ID: 311979)

Deposit profiteering - we can fix this

By swampfire

2 years ago


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    “Should people be able to profit from a “spot”?”

    • Yes - it’s capitalism, get over it 73 votes
      54%
    • No - it’s helping to ruin the hobby 61 votes
      46%

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    #148 2 years ago

    What d0n is not saying, or covering up in some ways is that he bought the spots from people who were scared with all the negative shit that is being tossed at haggis that they were going to loose their deposit as the company was going under.

    Then d0n 180'ed his position, and though he claims to be the protector of Haggis's rep from 3 worried people here, he was trashing the company with his fears that now HE was going to loose 4 deposits.
    He bought the spots with the stated intention of selling the games once they were delivered at a profit. All good. He bought the spots at cost (or below, who knows), didn't pay a premium.

    Then he starts getting scared, calling out Haggis and has stated in that thread that he's now selling spots to 'hedge his bets'. All good.

    But, he's selling those spots at a profit, not all good, and he's not stating his fears that there is risk involved in the ad, but in the thread saying that people should do their own research and 'put their big boy pants on'.

    I think it's despicable behaviour and that he's cheating the community that supports him. Pinballers pay his rent for fucks sake.

    If you are worried d0n and want to 'hedge your bets' then do the responsible thing that the people who sold your spots to did, and get out at cost. We are a community here, stop preying on your brothers and sisters.

    #151 2 years ago
    Quoted from ralphs007:

    Greedy people look at the world as a zero-sum game. Instead of thinking that everyone would benefit as the pie gets larger, they view the pie as a constant and want to have the biggest part. They truly believe that they deserve more, even if it comes at someone else's expense.

    Just sold a Medieval madness that i swapped for my GnR 63 days before. I listed it at 2k under what i could have got, as that was what GnR was listed for, the swap was one of those both happy deals and i wanted to pass the happiness on in this case.

    It sold in under 2 mins with no haggling and six people queuing up for it.

    Not saying i always do that as when i sell at a profit, it's knowing that the next machine i want to buy will be more than it was when i bought the one i sold.

    But in this case i didn't have it long enough for a profit to seem reasonable.

    #154 2 years ago

    See?

    There's no one else here, just d0n and a couple of dollars.

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    #177 1 year ago

    Yes, we can see what's happening.

    #182 1 year ago
    Quoted from fosaisu:

    A darn shame, price-policing hypocrisy threads are generally more interesting than price-policing philosophy threads.

    d0n is the only one on pinside that is allowed to constantly brag about his ignore feature.

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    #192 1 year ago

    I feel ashamed and dirty that i actually wanted to buy an extra spot and bet they would make the machines and flip it after i paid for it and got it delivered.

    I'll never offer to do that again, it's filthy.

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