I've had a lot of this too. I feel for you. Hopefully a decent guy got it.

Same experiences here...people are just not 'nice' any more.

Was thinking about calling this guy but figured it was too late.

Don't believe the Hype. NJ posts on CL are not always legit. Posts are being made to
see who is online for the most part. There haven't been any good deals in ages!

Why hasn't anybody bought the bsd on north jersey craigslist? Did anybody go see it. They have it listed for 1295 which seems pretty reasonable.

that BSD is a "working project" and when I emailed him he wouldn't send photos and wouldn't say what was wrong, other than to come check it out.

He relisted it with pics. He says the playfield is very nice without planking. The cab looks a little rough in the pics but it should be a decent pickup for somebody.

"It plays with test errors". What does that mean? Do the locks lock? I'd love to pick this up, toss some LED's, new rubbers, fuses, solenoids and all that but I'm not spending $1,300 to restore the thing. I also don't want to drive an hour to find out it's trash. If I have to spend a few hours doing some soldering that ok. I've been looking for a decent game for a decent price. I don't care about the cabinet or back box. Just a decent playfield and a working game. What would you guys pay if it plays nice but looks ugly? How hard are the parts to find for this game?

I have been through this all myself. You did not have a deal, you needed to see pictures first. The seller has no obligation to put others on hold for you unless a deal was struck. A deal is a verbal agreement by both parties to purchase/sell for X amount of dollars, at a specific time/date. You did not have this. I am sure that there were others that wanted to see pictures first too. They responded with cash before you did. On the other hand, if you had made a deal, agreed on price, and time for pick-up, and the seller texted back that is was sold, then you have every right to say WTF!!!

Seller did nothing wrong here.

The Guy with the BSD emailed me back. Said it had numerous errors and the mist did not work. The mist is or is not an easy fix. He also said there was previous work done to the boards. I took that to mean hacks. I passed. Don't need another project.

Sorry OP. I hate when that crap happens. However, I have learned that for every good deal you lose to scumbag sellers, you eventually get a good one. I have had it happen to me.

Craigslist in N.J. has been like a ghost town - same games being re listed every week

I went to see it as I work close by. Someone was playing it when I got there. Display looked good. The playfield is in good shape. Some broken plastics. The big thing is the cabinet. Needs new decals and lots of work. Still, if I didn't just pick up another pin I would have bought it.

John

Yeah I am getting sick of those SM pinball toy and pinball911 ads. They are up every day.

Yah, no kidding. If you are going to dick around with pictures for a local steal, it's going to get sold out from under you 10 times out of 10.

Thanks for the info Johndelnj

This is different from what you originally posted. I still do not see where you two confirmed a deal?

They were total scumbags. Call them and try and talk to the salesman. Totally shady, and dishonest... And the other even worse. Have fun.

NJ is a crap shoot with craigslist. I called and emailed and no reply. It helps if your local and not 2 hours away like me. Another one slips away......