agreed. I expect them to count it right then and there. Because it could go the other way, where they said they didn't get it all later trying to pull one over as well. Nothing wrong with counting the funds in front of each other. Good for both parties.

when I bought my first machine 13 years ago. The first TZ I was after turned out to be a scam. I knew nothing about nigerian scams as they were relatively new at the time. The guy insisted that he send me a ebay auction BIN second chance offer to close the deal to prove he was legit. Which actually was my tip off. Since I delt with ebay for 10 years before that, he had a sentence the offer that said something on the lines, that said. Payment must be western union money order. Do not tell western union that is for an ebay purchase, or they will not complete the transaction. But they made it look like it was ebays rules on the second chance page. I already knew ebay would not tell you to falsely send a payment. Plus the second chance offer was a site that looked like ebay, but had a slight variation in the website. Forwarded that message to ebay to confirm it wasn't them. Did some research on nigerian scams and was thankful I dodged a bullet. took me 6 months to save up to buy a TZ. Found one close to my house and could pickup in person. Learned how a machine breaks down and easy to move right there as well. Learned how to take the glass off, lift the field, what things to look for. I can't stress enough how important it is to buy games in person, or from people that are well known in the community.

Ever since then. I get scam email or phone calls about twice a week over the past 13 years. I enjoy wasting their time and resources as much as I can. Nothing is more satisfying than having them fedex over a payment overnight because they think you will sell the game to someone else, when they think they have you on the hook to fork over overpayment. Costs them a fortune to fedex an overnight payment. Then you tell them you didn't get it and have them send another. It's hilarious how pissed they get. Or when they give you instructions on how the deal is going to go down, and you keep repeating it back to them completely wrong. Many times i'm extremely entertained with screwing with them. I am collecting many fake m.o., cashier checks and everything else to make a nice framed mural dedicated to their stupidity.

how would the smoke signal scam go? You send horses NW. Once we receive said horses, we will send one of the horses back with a cart of blankets. Keep the cart as a token of good will.

that's when you ask, where are you and where is the game located? Once he responds. No matter where it is, you say, that's where you are and arrange a time to meet to come look and pick it up.

yup, i've had nearly that exact same conversation at least 10 times before. Except the name of the club changes with each phone call.

should have used a fisheye lens, and then it would have looked like a doughnut.