You knew what you were doing when you paid for the second one. $$$$$$$ flashing before your eyes. You deserve to get beat up over this.

some people would love to have a royal at 13k right now just my opinion i have turned down 14k on mine too much fun

WHEN YOU BOUGHT THAT SECOND ONE ALL YOU SAW WAS $$$$$$$$$ PROFIT
Show us the receipts. You are a scalper.

You know that you could’ve easily paid for one LE and told either one of your distributors that you didn’t the second LE and they could’ve easily sold your slot to someone because how hot the title was. Don’t try to act noble.
You did this to profit because you saw an opportunity. No other reason.
But you have to resist the dark side!!!!

If I had your ample resources I'd move out of Lubbock.
Not buy two NIB pinball machines.

ENJOY your games dude. I really don’t give a fuck. Peace out

ACCIDENT. LOL
FUCK OFF. PEACE OUT

It seems as though you want to leave... but are having trouble. Did you get stuck in the door on the way out?

Yeah, it’s hard to leave a shit show. Lol.
Trying hard to leave

You could have avoided all this by not starting a thread. Just make an ad and be done with it. You opened it up to comments and thats what you got. Now you don't like these comments and are trying to defend yourself. All you've done is show everyone here that all you care about is the money.

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If whoever bites is not dumb, then he could have done the "leg work" like your smart self and not paying marked-up plus your scalper's price. Remember the smart ones who have "the resources" don't get to be in that position by paying dumb inflated price.

Advice: Exactly what kklank said. Get a refund on one. The distributor won’t be hurting to sell it. And they would likely appreciate the opportunity to make another of their regular customers happy.

Post the receipts

The FOMO market price is usually short lived as soon as the next stern comes out. I'd be curious to know how many of these actually sold at 13k. Is the side armor and gary sterns signature really worth that much? I mean damn, you could almost buy 2 premiums at that price point.

there are 3 machines selling as a group on san fran craigslist right now for 125k but you get all 3.Is that overpriced or am I wrong.They are some special

No, because the tender sex would be the only enjoyable part about this raw deal!

The OP is obviously a troll, posting 40 times in this topic alone, getting great enjoyment out of seeing everyone getting worked up. Guys, please stop feeding the troll...

Let’s just hope he goes away.

Well... I will give "friendly advice" and my 0.02.

1. I am glad I did not have to be a member for 1 year to be able to sell on this forum. I listed and sold 2 EM machines this past month where both classified ads had a forum link, and sale prices were disclosed. I actually did not sell them because of the listing on this site, and so I did not benefit from the classified, but I think the community benefitted by the now archived info and associated pictures.

2. I think more classifieds should have links to forum discussions. I personally think the discussion should be allowed to continue after the item sells if that is of value, and I hope if this item sells, the seller will disclose the details of that sale, as I did.

3. I think some of these comments are from members who are over-reacting.

4. People who flip machines and sell machines the way you are doing it benefit from the profit, and from that, you win financially compared to selling it for the price you paid to order a machine in demand. However, you said you are new to this fantastic hobby, and list only 1 game in your collection but have a wish list of 28 games going back to Lucky Strike from 1965. If you are serious about a long term interest in being a collector rather than only a flipper, and will benefit from getting help when needed, I think you lose by a thread like this more than you will win by the profit you will likely get on this sale. People here will not want to help you if you buy 2 in-demand machines that takes a spot from someone else so you can then flip it for profit (even a small profit).

I very much value the help I get when I seek it. For example, I got to visit 2 local members and play their machines and 1 of them is helping me with some circuit board and other issues. I needed a Rudy bracket for my Funhouse which is as rare as hens teeth, and someone sent me a PM and sold me a new one at a very modest price. I do not think you will have it both ways. If I were you, I would value the long term goodwill over the profit on this. But I am not you. Just my 0.02.

Really?

And who manages this black list of all those who have ever flipped a game?

That was entertaining thread, but I think happiness is Lubbock, Texas in my rearview mirror

Oh... I am relatively new to this forum and just offered my 0.02. I was not suggesting there was a black list. However, I did notice that the forum is setup to keep a record of posts of members that can be looked up along with this thumbs up and down. I have never given a post a thumbs up or down, but it seems that this may be related to a member's reputation. Is that the purpose of this being part of a profile?

When I looked you up, I came across this from 5 years ago

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/a-cool-little-pinside-stle-story

You were selling a machine. Before you listed it, you saw another member had just posted the same machine. One option would have been to list your machine making selling your machine all that mattered. You could have listed it for $1 less than the other machine LOL. What you did was contact the other seller and offer as a courtesy to wait until that machine sold before listing yours. That machine did sell, and because of the goodwill you generated, that seller forwarded to you a lead that was associated with you also selling the machine. I do not think that person would have forwarded you that lead otherwise. Someone like me would be more inclined to do you a favor if asked and I can help than someone who does not help others. Just my opinion.

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If these distibutors are selling pins for above MSRP like you claim, they are not trustworthy.

You are all being trolled. Guy makes $10K by Christmas joke. This has to be a dupe account from somebody trying to stir the pot for jollies.

you ain't got shit. i hope both distributors cancel your orders. this is the way

Dude!

Haha...man you got me there...I completely forgot about that one...really wasn’t expecting that, you’re an interesting cat for catching me off guard like that

If you like reading my old threads there’s certainly some doozies in there full of douchebaggery....but when it comes to business, I’m a straight shooter and like you said, I guess I was rewarded for that.

But I don’t begrudge these guys flipping games, there’s probably 100 guys in line right behind them who would be flipping if they weren’t.

Just amuses me how thirsty people are in this hobby

~$14500 is a lot of money to pay for something you don't need or want because plans changed. It's hard not to view you as opportunistic, and that's where you're rubbing people the wrong way. I think people are crazy for spending $6k or more on something they don't even know they'll like, but that's a different story.

Really sad what is happening to this hobby lately. So many people flipping pins and trying to get over on fellow enthusiasts. So much arguing about pricing, flipping and whatever else these days and it really stinks. I hope things get better but it will most likely continue and just get worse from the looks of things.

That’s literally the definition of scalping…

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It's almost as if the op is a moron.

So ummm let me get this straight you used your fingers to make a few calls & read off CC # you poor poor thing you must be exhausted.