Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:

If there is one thing that I have learned from crawling pinside for the last 4 years, it is that the pinball business is not a good investment. It's great for your own personal enjoyment, but it is a tough way to make money. Based off of the changing inventory he has on Craigslist I am inclined to believe the 2 games per day figure. If you were buying/selling used games to put bread on the table you would have to come close to those numbers.

Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:

Did anyone else just receive a PM about this thread? I would encourage those involved to defend themselves here instead of via direct messaging others that shared their experiences.
As an aside to my PM I can assure you that I am not a local dealer and have a small basement lineup that I rotate for the amusement of myself and my small family.

Quoted from spikelou2:

Bump .. let keep this going

Quoted from kmcmorris:

0n the way to meet him now ; I'll keep you updated

Quoted from Moomert1:

I got my BSD from Manny. The condition wise is great. Al least for me.
Communication was another thing. I set up shipping. The shipper could not get ahold of him. After a few days they contacted me and said he would not pick up phone. . I even told him when the shipper would him. A few days after I contacted him, he responded and apologized. He said he had to leave asap as a winter storm was coming and roads would be blocked. He said he was back in town. I told the shipping company to call him again. A date for pick up was set.
The company was suppose to call him an hour before pickup. Apparently they just showed up and he was not at home and would not wait. He called company and rescheduled and set up a new day. I asked him to contact me as soon as soon as they picked up the game.
After a day after the pick up I contacted him again as i had not heard anything. He apologized and said it was picked up the day prior.
Game arrived in perfect condition. Game was wrapped prett good. i think Manny is maybe am older guy and kinda works old school style. That's the feeling I get. He did say if I buy again from him, he would give like a $500 discount as a repeat customer.
All in all, I would buy from him again.
That's just me and my experience with him. Take it for what you will.

Quoted from spikelou2:

Is this really over ? Now I’m gonna have to find a hobby

Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:

It a hobby to us, it's his livelihood to him.

Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:

In all seriousness if you are drinking and typing I strongly suggest sleeping on it before typing anymore.

Quoted from Manny10:

Freddy, or are you using a fake name ?? If you know me, you know where I am. Come get some

Quoted from Manny10:

Freddy AKA Tom. Now I know who you are . Tom, we have never had a quarrel. I do not think we have ever traded or done any business except for some rubber parts that I always give you at close to my cost because you would come around and hang out and talk here and there. It is very disheartening to see a guy in his 60's turn around and be two-faced like this. I have always been cordial and kind to you. I have been to your house once even. I simply dont understand the rhyme or reason, but just accept that some people are just a little touched. I surely have never wronged you. Im not sure if I had a game and you did not like the advertised price or something. That is not a reason to hate someone. I am an open book. I dont lie. I have not ripped off anyone. Its funny how these people have "heard stories", but the only disputed case ever brought up was settled amicably. 1 issue out of over 500 machines sold . It just makes no sense. Tom, I am sad for you. I really thought you were a nice guy. Its so disheartening to see someone you thought was a mature, normal, old school nice guy turn out to be some odd backstabbing two faced lier. I apologize for saying come get some earlier. I would never do harm to someone that was elderly, even if they deserved a smack in the face.
It is what it is. Just sad. Take care of yourself Tom, three is no need to hate someone that has no gripe or ill will towards you what so ever. A man in your stage of life should not be taking part in these types of things. You should know better Tom. You should be ashamed of yourself for acting like a 15 year old girl. Very disappointing

Quoted from Ivanhoe:

Hi guys, unfortunately I'm having issues with Manny10. Since its still unfolding, I'll keep my judgement reserved to the end to see if he keeps his word. At the moment I'm not happy. He's making promises to fix the situation within a couple of days (as of a couple of days ago). I will keep this thread updated.

Quoted from rvalkenburg:

So a bit of a different topic....
Has anyone heard if the one who must not be named ever opened their onsite arcade location?

Quoted from Manny10:

Ron, you seem to really be concerned about what other people are doing. Perhaps you should go out and get a job or something. For someone I have met perhaps two or three times, you really want to know an awful lot about me. I tried calling you, and texting you in order to hash out any issues that there might be between us that I did not know about or realize, but of coarse you never called me back or responded. That is common with most keyboard warriors. They have always heard bad things about you, and love to type away, but they are cowards in real life. Ron acts up every time I do not agree to his price when he wants one of my games, and Freddy/Tom is angry because of a deal that did not happen between a friend of his and myself . I have not done a negative thing to either of them, it is the opposite obviously since they spend as much time as possible trying to ruin my name. Ron, I would love to work things out with you. I honestly do not know why you put so much time and effort into disliking someone that you do not know. The only issue that I have is that you continue to try to bad mouth and slander me. I am always open to talking, so if you ever turn your negative energy into positive energy, give me a call. I would love to have a discussion with you. I want my place to be open to everyone, and I would love to talk to you and anyone else with an issue; in order to resolve any open matters that might exist that I was not made aware of. Being that we have been giving a 2-4 week trial period for all of the games that we are selling or trading, there should be no reason for anyone to have any issues what so ever.
The showroom location is comprised of 3 retail stores. The landlord is currently creating one large space for me. unfortunately the landlord decided to add on a fairly big sound dampening aspect to the work, so it caused delays of about a month. We are still hoping to open the place up around the 3rd - 4th week of February, however I am at the mercy of the landlord and his construction crew.
The DBA for the Showroom will be Game Gallery. It will be located in the Pine Watson Shopping Center in Langhorne PA. The address that I was given is 140 North Pine Street, units B,C, and D. It will be a total of 8613 square feet. The location will include a showroom, pinball mod store (products made by Lights Out Pinball as well as others such as Pingraphix, The Modfather and others), hourly membership based pay to play, home video games store, E-sports arena , full powder coating facility, Arcade 1 up dealership. Obviously a few of those things will be in the process of being completed when we first open, but we are full steam ahead. The lease has been signed for nearly 2 months now. We currently have over 70 pinball machines , and around 45 arcade machines, and anticipate those numbers to grow quickly. We also have : skee ball, basketball games, darts, bubble hockey, air hockey, shuffle bowling, crane machines, foosball, large gun games like "The Walking Dead", " Dark Escape 4D", "Island Adventure", " House of the Dead 2", "Rambo", racing games like "Mario Kart", " Fast and the Furious Drift", " Spongebob", and many others. We also picked up a large 4 player Pac-man Battle Royale. We will be hosting tournaments, leagues (for pinball as well as home console games), private parties, video game summer camps for kids, special event parties such as Halloween and New Years parties, DJ events, band events (possibly), and a lot of other things that will make us different then other pinball showrooms.
I am using the name Game Gallery, because it was the name of the chain of video game stores that I owned back in the early 90-s through to the mid 2000's, and the name fits the business better. We will still use the Lights out Pinball name as well.
Please call me with any questions or comments.
Manny - 215-840-3147