Yep, this pretty much sums it all up entirely.

I can for absolute certainty tell you these machines exist. But since you're one of the people stirring up sh** from the very original post and are far away anyway, it won't matter. Pinside also shouldn't be used to bully people and some people should have been ejected from threads, if that was even an option. I know if I was involved coding this website, there would not only be a way to drain a thread that people could have at any time ignored if there wasn't the information they wanted in it -- there'd also be a way for the OP of the thread to just eject someone specifically there to troll.

But, I'm just sayin'....

If you're far away and have absolutely no interest in buying machines & could at any time just ignore the post, then what is the point of posting and adding to the drama? Then being annoyed to continue seeing the post show up in your feed because you couldn't just hit the drain button?

Do you feel you're doing the right thing by letting others know what they might be getting themselves into when there's been plenty of positive talk of interactions with the OP? Ok you made your point, time to move on -- and drain the thread for yourself, so you're no longer bothered by it. Continuing to add more and more of the same is no better than people asking for pictures over and over. Or the OP trying to respond to *everyone* with the same thing over and over. It's annoying in itself and just shows that noise has been added from all sides.. over what really was started as just a heads-up about some pinball machines coming up for sale.

Now you care about rules? Didn't seem that way when Pinside Community Rules were talked about.

Flaming, baiting, trolling or otherwise inflammatory comments: These are all slightly different actions that share one thing in common, they stir-up trouble. So please don’t post things that are angry or mean-spirited (flaming), challenge others into heated arguments (baiting/inflammatory comments), or hop from thread to thread typing provocative things (trolling). It’s a waste of your time, our time, and ultimately damages our community.

And once again, it's as easy as hitting that DRAIN THREAD button guy. Do yourself a favor and just let it go.

Well noted that you have pointed this out and believe it has been discussed some before as well. You can move on now.

Reading rule #2 I don't see what you're talking about? No pictures, no huge listings of mod's per game. It says warehouse finds... project machines. No full-blown marketplace ads. I guess I'm missing something.