One of the worst places to get a machine. Don't get me started. Avoid at all cost. I'm still finding all kinds of wierd shit with my bsd and I purchased it years ago. You'll find "help, tech needed" on cl all over the place. Always shipping out broken games and asking local guys to fix them for him. True POS based on my experience.

Are you ever positive or even remotely supportive? I understand that you have said you had a terrible experience in the past with socalpins and to be honest I this is the first time someone has said anything nice about that place, but good grief dude, can you at least word your post a little more professional? I don't understand the thought process on trying to ruin a noobs new Pin purchase that he is obviously excited about. Not to mention that "David" seems to have gone above and beyond to make this purchase a good one. It sucks you had a bad experience and sorry you did but a little more thought before posting would be nice. Thanx in advance.

BTW: congrats on your new Pin blonetall, JP is a fun one to own. If you ever have problems or questions PLEASE feel free to ask there are a lot of help people here.

Yes David is a great guy and I have purchased 2 Pins from him and I highly reccomend him.His brother Brian is also great to deal with.Have no worries when dealing with them.

I'm sorry you feel that way Tommi.

Great looking picture, Blondetall! I love the atmosphere around the pin; you obviously are proud of your new lil' pride and joy ! Good on you for taking the time to say some great things about Socialpins. All too often in this world people are quick and eager to say negative things, but it's almost as if you asked them to complete a triathlon to say anything positive.

I echo white's sentiment 100%. Bad experiences suck - no doubt, but there is a thing called tact. Like the business that tried to rip me off last March with my first JP, yeah, I'll never have nice things to say about them. However, if someone else purchased a machine from said business and is having a great experience, no reason to try to shoot it down. So maybe socialpins has had some problems; it sounds like someone there is someone really trying to right the ship and get things back on track.

I know - easy for me to say as I'm not the one that got burned - completely agree. Bottom line, Blondetall is excited and proud to show off her first pin; we should be supportive of her - not poopoo on her parade.

What an awesome and stellar attitude.

Keep that attitude up - just ... so exemplary.

Congrats!! on your new game and like I said before the Socal bros. are great to deal with and have sold a bunch of machines and are true to their words and will help out if there is a problem.
They have sold way more games than their feedback on Ebay.I bought both games from David off of Ebay and not going through the Ebay system.Another thing that I like about David is if your searching for a Pin he will try his hardest to find it for you and tell you exactly what he has found and very honest about the condition of the game.Like I said before to anyone reading this,Have No worries when dealing with them...Excellent Sellers!! and both are very stand up Fellas in the Pin community!!

Oops, sorry about the he thing there. I should have known "blondetall" was not a dude...I do apologize.
So is that just a handle you thought up or are you really blonde and tall...just for the record of course.

Hehe!! Hi Blonde,Congrats on your game and enjoy!!

I'll bet a case of beer, Blondetall is a guy who's affiliated with socal and trying to plug business.

Love to see pics or video of the family in tn enjoying that jp. I'm sure their all over facebook. Fishy story.

I'll take a case of Maredsous Triple. Thank you, kindly.

David Socalpinball is a straight up guy and does his best to ensure good games . Not sure what TommiGunn has going on but from his past post I would ignore his opinion .

Jim

uh,well, why you don't you tell us how you really feel...btw that forum seagull thing is great...can I use that, I promise to credit the original author of course.

It's all good Blonde once again Congrats!! and have fun with your Pin!!

Love it Have fun with your new pin!

Do you have a sister??

Haha!! I knew that was coming.

Jim, I couldn't agree more on both counts. Tommi Gunn has no credibility here and has done nothing to improve this forum.

I also call BS on him supposedly getting a BSD from SoCalPinballs. I spoke to David quite a bit about a BSD that I was considering buying from someone other than him (yeah, he has actually helped me with several deals where I buy pins from someone else) and he told me that he had one once, it was his first pin, and he loved it, wanted another one, and got his second one a few months back. So I seriously doubt that he had sold one to "Tommi Gunn".

I've bought several pins from David. Just as indicated in Blondetall's post, he always stands behind the pins he sells.

The guy is a flipper, I saw two bsd,s in his garage a couple years back. I also looked at a sttng he was selling that had water damage he failed to disclose.

I think he collects games locally and then ships them out of state and/or country, can't say I'm a big fan of that.

I like the plant in the picture Blonde. Gives it a rain forest feel.

Congrats on the new pin. That is awesome!!!

I'm not dissing him, but he is a flipper. I bought my WH2O off of him a couple years back, and it was filthy, and the thing needed a new bridge rectifier in the first week. Plus someone tried to grease up the plunger, so it gunked itself up real quick, so you couldn't plunge a ball. I still got a screaming deal on it, so oh well. I would still buy from him, just don't expect a perfect playing machine most of the time. I'm very happy to hear you had a great transaction. JP is a great game. I wish my dealings had worked out so well. Yet again though for the price it was a good deal.

Yes, David is a seller/flipper we all know that.He is a seller not a collector.

He has a personal collection ..

Jim

I think mentioning the above would call the story B.S., I mean c'mon you really gonna mention "Huge Real Chest", and etc. like that here. Well I would like to see some pic's, you have mine and i'am sure everyones interest as well. Kinda like my cousin in Missouri always says "SHOW ME!". Nice pick up on the pin and good write up about the seller as well. Glad your happy with your purchase,as thats all that matters!!

If I had my own I'd never leave the house.

Nice pic

Congrats on the pin! I bet you agree that getting it in your home, even if there were a few stumbles along the way, is an awsome feeling of relief!?!?!?! I went through one recently too (a delivery of 2 pins). My merchant did not use NAVL...I received my pin -via- ABF Freight Systems. Let me tell you honestly, it was perfect. Immediate follow-up calls, friendly and cooperative to deliver on a day that I was able to skip out of work, driver helped us and he was super nice too!

Anyway, back to you! Congratz again and please update us on the pin after you (and hubby:)get settled in with it!

I have also dealt with David and can say he is more honest with the description of his games than anyone else I have dealt with. He is a really nice guy too.

LOL Good one Rob

Let us know when tommi gunns beer arrives. Party at blondetall's

Done and done... On the house.

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Welcome to the Pinside blondetall! You are A-Ok in my book; way to stand up for yourself.
I look forward to reading more of your posts...

I purchased my bsd back in Jan 2010. Spoke with Dave on the phone in detail about the game before I bought it. It arrived, and it was grossly misrepresented. Several MAJOR cracks on the top and bottom of the playfield. Most of the screws were completely stripped out. Coin door wiring was completely tore out. Some parts were secured with drywall screws that protruded 1/4 inch through the playfield. I was blown away with drywall screws. Regardless, this is the stuff you need to tell people. It wasn't overlooked. I purchased many machines throughout the years, and had good experiences, but socal was the worst. I wish someone told me about them years ago. Sounds like I'm not the only one that had a bad experience.

Regardless if my two bits are viewed as negative. I just tell it like it is. The problem is on their side, not mine. It just means that people are too sensitive and they take things way too personal. I have no reason to kiss ass or sugar coat anything. I have respect for people that just come out and say it, avoid the filter, drop the political correctness, and the ass kissing. I could care less what people think. If I offend someone with a comment on a machine, oh well. Those people are offended by everything anyway.

Forecast calls for lightly scattered shit. Have a nice day.

Forecast calls for lightly scattered shit.

Thanks for the heads up, I will keep my hat on and my eyes open.

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Didn't you request any pics Tommi?David always provides pics of the game inside out and with very close up shots.

And yet you don't make a single reference to what contact you tried to make with David *after* you received this pin. Did you? What did he say? Like I said, he always stands behind his pins and will do what he can within reason to make things right.

I find it curious that you make no mention of any attempt to rectify the alleged situation with David once you got the pin.

You still think Blondetall is a "shill" for him?

Without pics who knows what/where those screws were so its not a "Dumb blonde" thing babe .No Pics we will never know.

Best Ever....

Neither am I, but I understand he's had positive reviews from Pinsiders, which is great.