(Topic ID: 52908)
St Joseph, MI
Quoted from RCA1:Don't you mean Pittsburgh?
and Holy Crap!
Florida phone number...
Must be quite a pile of legs around there somewhere!
I saw this last night I can't see a reason for the sale in Pittsburgh from Florida. Somethings not right, but....
There's an OP here in Miami who advertises on CL who has a very similar number. He either got his number wrong by hitting a 9 as opposed to a 0 or someone screwed up trying to mess with him since he is not held in high regard around these parts.
Appears to be the same seller who listed a bunch of games on Mr. Pinball the other day under Cleopatra.
Cleopatra, 1977 D. Gottlieb: 325
Pinballs from 795.00 working ready to play delivered I just got over pinballs for sale layaway available pinball shopped out ready to play 60 days warranty delivered any where in south florida 786 440 5456 or as-is for 300.00 first list cleopatra, meteor, sinbad, 6 million dollar man, scorpion, middle earth, four seasons, ship mate, stellar wars, flash, slash, fire power, super sonic, jungle lord, nitro ground, totem, hollywood heat, lancers, countdown, mars, space riders, genie, close encounters, hot shot, pinball pool, counter force, world cup, lost world, paragon, disco fever, surf champ, swing along, lood the loop, super score, duo tron, lancer, pot o' gold, putt putt, space shuttle, amigo, mustang, outer space, mr. And mrs. Pac man pin, dixieland, Bally star trek, black out, sharp shooter, phoenix, future spa, meteor, night rider, lost world, suspense, silver ball mania, space invaders, circus, star, flash, jubilee, mahatahari, a-go-go, spirit of 76, jolly roger, bowl-o, space mission. 300 a game as-is.
Manuel Sosa, Phone: (786) 440-5456
South Florida, Florida 33015
Posted: 4 June 2013
Quoted from RCA1:Don't you mean Pittsburgh?
and Holy Crap!
I emailed the guy about a few machines and he said he is in Florida but has a truck going to Pittsburgh so he can ship machines to Pittsburgh. I guess this is the reason he listed in the Pittsburgh CL, even though he is in FL. I inquired about 3 machines and he said he would charge 450$ to ship all 3 machines.
Forgot my disclaimer - I have no affiliation with the seller, just sharing the ad!
Quoted from SeeDeeS:I'm the guy originally purchasing some going to Pittsburgh. I've called the guy and talked with him on multiple occasions. After doing some research and following the number/name for a bit, I'm satisfied that this is legit.
...but are you? 
Quoted from Chippewa-Pin:...but are you?
Certainly. I placed 2nd at Pinburgh this year!
And yeah, he is taking pics of everything to send out Monday. He has a shipment going out that day, I believe.
SeeDees is for real, I can attest to that. He keeps coming to Ohio and knocking me out of tournaments!
So how are these prices looking? How many of those games are headed to PGH?
Quoted from snyper2099:Damn,
I need a Harlem Globetrotters.
One of mine, haha.
He has duplicates of some.
cAlled and talked to him about a couple but it looks like one or two people are possibly buying the lot or he's splitting it up some. I'd like a couple but doubt it will happen. Guess I should be more positive though. Other people have more money and potential for getting a lot of machines. Really there are maybe two or three that I'm really interested in, but only time will tell. He said he wanted to make his mind up over the next few days.
This is Manny Sosa. He is a liar and a thief. I bought 32 arcade monitors from him over a year ago and only received 1/2 of them. He stole my money like $1600 or so. He is in Miami but he's a crook. If I didn't live on the other side of the country I would have had him arrested. His father is also a crook. BEWARE!
I am in Las Vegas and he has put up a posting here as well.. at 7:30 pm.... I emailed him.. We will see.. Had my hopes up but now I am sure I will not be able to afford the machine I wanted.
Quoted from PACMAN:This is Manny Sosa. He is a liar and a thief. I bought 32 arcade monitors from him over a year ago and only received 1/2 of them. He stole my money like $1600 or so. He is in Miami but he's a crook. If I didn't live on the other side of the country I would have had him arrested. His father is also a crook. BEWARE!
I have heard of this as well. I personally have never dealt with him, but I have heard a couple of people say similar things before.
The CL ads are all so inconstant and have so much different information with the same phone number it all seems like a fiasco even if it is all legit. I would steer clear even if it is all on the up-and-up.
Quoted from PACMAN:This is Manny Sosa. He is a liar and a thief. I bought 32 arcade monitors from him over a year ago and only received 1/2 of them. He stole my money like $1600 or so. He is in Miami but he's a crook. If I didn't live on the other side of the country I would have had him arrested. His father is also a crook. BEWARE!
Thank you for the info. I will now talk with him about things like that. Now a part of me is hoping he decided to sell everything to a single person so I won't have to feel bad about getting ripped off, haha.
So here is my update. Just got off the phone with him.
He has decided to split up the machines, so no one big deal to one buyer.
He will get in touch with some shipping companies, and will send me the numbers of the ones that will be best (after I talk with them, of course)
Accepting payment via paypal, which is good due to buyer protection. He will be calling me tomorrow to finalize everything if we can.
He will take all the pins I have on my order, and photograph the lot together for me.
Thoughts?
Big Rule with buying pinball, especially big warehouse raids. Don't buy anything you can't go see and pickup in person. don't trust shit when it comes to stuff like this.
Quoted from SeeDeeS:Thoughts?
did you see PACMAN's post? i'd say his advice qualifies as a thought... are you going to actually buy from this person after reading that?
Quoted from PACMAN:This is Manny Sosa. He is a liar and a thief. I bought 32 arcade monitors from him over a year ago and only received 1/2 of them. He stole my money like $1600 or so. He is in Miami but he's a crook. If I didn't live on the other side of the country I would have had him arrested. His father is also a crook. BEWARE!
Yep this is Manny, I have never had any dealings with him, simply because of his reputation here in Florida
Quoted from bigehrl:did you see PACMAN's post? i'd say his advice qualifies as a thought... are you going to actually buy from this person after reading that?
Yeah, it just really sucks. Figuring this deal out and getting the pins I wanted. Its hard to look at it and say "no thanks".
But I'd rather be sad I didn't do the deal rather than sad and ripped off.
He's trying.
He's making a FB group to track orders easier. I basically told him I won't be interested until I am 100% satisfied with the material he wants to sell me. He's doing pictures and such, so lets see where this goes.
I really think he is trying.. He does have a good amount of machines! We all suck in life sometimes!! Talked with him today.. said he would send photos and gave me some good advice!!
For the one or two machines I want/ can afford I feel he is charging a reasonable amount for them.
Shipping is what kills me..so any advice would be helpful! I am going to give it a shot .. why not.. I work hard for my money.. and better spent on a machine then a man or a bar!
We need a Field Reporter 
in the Miami area to go out and see the machines and report back. So who on here is in the Miami area that can go out and look at what this chap has and report back? I agree with Neo, buying something w/o seeing it, like this, is 
I was thinking the same thing as far as someone checking these out. I find it hard to believe with thousands or more like tens of thousands of people active in the pinball hobby no one has gone to see these yet and posted about them.
Anyway - I am not interested but it would be nice to know what the story is for those who are interested!
Quoted from meSz:We need a Field Reporter in the Miami area to go out and see the machines and report back. So who on here is in the Miami area that can go out and look at what this chap has and report back? I agree with Neo, buying something w/o seeing it, like this, is
The machines aren't in the Miami area they are somewhere in central florida. the only thing in Miami is manny. Rumor has it that these are Zebra Joes machines and somehow manny got his hands on them
It seems odd that the guy is more interested in working deals with people far away who cannot personally-inspect the merchandise. From looking at what little pictures were posted, it's pretty obvious most of the games are in bad shape... the backglasses all had flaking. And when you can see lots of flaking in crappy pictures, that's a bad sign.
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