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Quoted from djblouw:

Rather than inconvenience him to take more [pictures],

OP

Quoted from djblouw:

Since we swapped games in the parking lot of a Home Depot, we did not have the opportunity to inspect each other’s games.

OP

Quoted from djblouw:

So after a week of working on the machine

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Quoted from djblouw:

Yes, I've admitted I should have done things differently. But, I've done a number of transactions like this and the other party was always honest about their game. I'm just letting everyone else know to use caution when dealing with Joshua.
I started working on the machine myself, as I want a game that functions properly.
Regarding the time frame, he's already stated that he thinks this is a closed issue, and has stopped responding to PMs a week ago, even though he's on pinside daily. If coming up with the money was the issue, I'd understand. But he's obviously not intending to correct the problem