1) Dude, you don't have a location or even a state listed in your posting-- how the hell are we supposed to know where you live?

2) Galahad was not a popular title when it was made-- they only produced 791 of them. It's not sought after by collectors, so game play must have been lousy. Thus I imagine not many survived-- I've only seen it for sale, I think, once. If you want to get into collecting rare titles, you better get used to having them shipped, or driving to wherever they are to pick them up. You can't expect this stuff to pop up in your backyard.

This is my wife's side of the family, for the most part. Getting ready to go somewhere? Finish up that beer and put a fresh one in the koozie (you do have a designated koozie, right?). Trip gonna be longer than 15 minutes? Stick a twelve pack and some ice in a cooler and put it on the back seat or pickup bed. Bad etiquette to them is reaching back for another without asking who else needs one.

One of her uncles drove the truck pulling the prize-winning float in their town fair's annual parade. He didn't want to upset anyone so he wrapped his Yuengling cans in silver duct tape and drank the entire time on the parade route with two dozen people riding on the float, waving at people while juggling a beer and the steering wheel with the other hand.

I didn't grow up like this so it certainly took some getting used to.

Come on, you are the liquor Mr. Lahey

Nobody is going to chase you around pinside trying to find out where you live in order to sell you something.

That's not "about normal". If we look at a list of Ted Zale's 76 games from that era, and eliminate A) those that didn't make it past field samples (ie: 80 or less made) and B) those we don't have production numbers for (7, mostly the add-a-ball versions), we find that 50 of the 63 remaining games were produced in higher numbers than Galahad, which doesn't make it out of the bottom quintile. It's not an ultra-rare title (Bullseye anyone? Ha Ha), but it's certainly not one of the more common ones, and it's one of those things that unless you happen to get lucky and have one pop up locally, you're going to travel to acquire (or have it shipped).

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WTB: Etiquette.

One of my favorite sayings is, "the one common denominator in all of your dissatisfying relationships is you." and I think that it definitely applies here.

Next stop....

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I have only sold a couple of games on here and consider myself newer to the hobby. I had one listed over the summer. A pinsider only about an hour from me contacted me and seemed wicked interested. He was worried that I would sell it to someone else and said that he wanted to come over asap so I wouldn't sell it to anyone else. I couldn't see him right away so held off on other inquires until I could. We arranged a day and time. One hour before he was to arrive he backed out and said that he changed his mind. I lost a sale to someone else over it. Sure I was pissed and thought it was a douche bag move but I learned from it. First one with cash gets it. I tried to sell it by order of responses but it obviously backfired. Lesson learned for me. Move on dude.

You are terrible about minding this rule.

(Me too!)

One of mine is "if you can't say something nice about someone don't say nothing at all". We all like pinball machines around here why dump on someone it only makes you look bad.

Says the guy starting several threads bashing sellers who won’t put up with his low ball offers.

Pot-Kettle-Black

You should have offered higher in the first place if you really wanted the game. The seller did nothing wrong here.

cannot unhear

ROB LOWE...the problem is YOU!

yeah not sure why anyone would accuse you of lowballing....

oh wait.

Did you not start this thread breaking your own rule?

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Nearly everyone on here is telling you the same thing in different ways and yet you either don’t hear it or chose to ignore it. People have said the problem is you and you call them out as insulting you.

People have explained they sell to first person to show with cash because waiting around on coordination with buyer often just screws them over (doesn’t matter if you personally always follow through, many don’t)

Bottom line: Your expections of sellers is unrealistic. It’s not about etiquette in your case. It’s pretty obvious by all the disagreement with your stance by posters in this thread.

Technically, no, since "do not say nothing" actually means "say something"

How does it hurt the seller. They sell them quicker and easier not dealing with you.

You're not hurting any sellers quit fooling yourself. You seem like a cheap money grubber, just look at your avatar. Most likely programmed since young to get the best of other people no matter what.

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Looks like you have your work cut out for you.

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OP is not going to change. After reading most of this thread, and wondering why there are STILL posts about it, even though the majority of Pindsiders participating disagree with the OP, I think the bottom line is that if you want to deal with the OP in a transaction, be prepared to take on some extra baggage with that deal, and be prepared for you as the SELLER, to accommodate the OP as a buyer, more likely than not, without a deposit or cash-in-hand. I don't know about you, but the first person with cash on the machine, at an agreeable price, takes the machine home.

Still posts cause people can't stay away from a troll.

It's getting to that point that is the problem like my post mentioned. In any case, I won't hold a machine without a deposit. Cash talks.

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Well, this is a conundrum! I wasn’t gonna but you did say please... plus I wouldn’t want to contribute to your point going unproven after you’ve shown how well you take points.

He'll probably expect you to have dinner on the table for him when he gets to your home to pick up the pin(s) and then demand you to wipe his ass before he leaves.

And likely a reach-around as well.

You aren’t “saying” you’re ignoring me — you are choosing to ignore everyone’s advise and opinion. You started 2 threads on etiquette and everyone in both disagreed with your ideas of what “good” selling etiquette should be. That’s all most the down votes are btw— it’s not negativity, it’s meant to show disagreement.

Carry on with your buying though - sometimes it works out and buyers are willing to work with you. Great - win win for both of you. Just please don’t start another thread the next time it doesn’t work out according to your expectations of pin etiquette — they are skewed away from the majority of buyer/sellers here which is all everyone has been trying to point out.

I think the OP needs to win the 1st annual pinside clown of the year award

Cash is king, first on site always trumps verbal or written intentions. This is a record post I’ve never seen a -72 score

Hey Op, some sweet sounding EM's on Mr.Pinball classifieds today located in Indiana!! Probably too rich for your blood though.

I want to know what the OPs offer was initially and for what pin. Then what was his bundled offer and with what other pin??

He obviously got a better offer, move on.

He obviously got a better offer without having to haggle with you, move on.

He got what he was looking for on the one pin, move on.

And still do because your offer was too low, move on.

Your offer(s) were too low for this seller, move on.

Now you are just being ridiculous, move on.

I see common a denominator here and it is YOU! YOU low-balled YOUR offers and YOU got zilch! Now YOU need to move on.

And sometimes a seller decides he won't sell it to someone at any cost. Rare, but I've had buyers that I refused to sell a game to. I get that uneasy feeling that something's not right.

Who the fuck vilifies a wandering dog going down the road?! This is a thing that happens?

And why do you refuse to apply accepted linguistic practice when it comes to "your" and "you're?" That shit drives me nuts!

I'm not disagreeing with anything. I simply made a comment - "People sometimes decide they won't sell a machine to a particular person". You inferred that I was poking a stick at you. All I wanted you to do was think. We are a small community. Most of us have crossed paths. You can keep being "you" or you can learn to fit in better. Pinball is best when it is social.

Where did you say that you were the problem?

Yes, had a guy come look at machines at my house once. The guy nitpicked his nitpicking. I made a choice right then and there and priced everything way over his budget. He was the type that would have a shit fit if a bulb went out....no thanks!

I think the original seller saw through the bullsh1t. There is no crying in pinball

The best advice I have for people in the hobby with a car, buy a small 5x8 trailer. Enclosed is the way to go . I have 2 SUV’s , a full size pickup with a cap and an enclosed trailer. I keep tools and blankets in all of them . I have 3 Hand trucks and this spring I’m buying an Escalera but that’s just me . Part of the hobby is your vehicle(s) and your tools .