Quoted from markmon:I dunno. Its a 20 year old game. If it was working when he left, that's really all you can expect. If I went through a game like that and tested the clock well and it was working, I would move on. $300 doesn't buy you a full tear down and rebuild of everything. It buys you a checkup. And yes, actually possible that things were working when left and that the guy isn't a hack. So I'd say that you are not entitled to anything for free here. Further, if you want to own a pinball machine, you should learn how to debug and fix these types of things yourself. TZ especially has a lot of issues and needs regular maintenance.
Agreed. And this is why I will only sell to other collectors. With pins it is not a matter of "if" it is going to break or have an issue, but "when". You learn quickly if you are going to be a pin owner to either learn to keep them running yourself or write checks. Sorry, harsh truth.
If the game worked for the first 4 games then that is what the tech may have seen. Older games are temperamental and new games have issues right out of the box.
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