Ok, one more post from me on this with some situational updates. I just had a good conversation on the phone with Marco at Marco Specialties, and trying to sort this all out to a happy resolution. They don't have a pinside account but are aware of this thread and gave me permission to post up a summary of the discussion.

It essentially played out as I thought, they never had any inventory of this board and they show a history of zero items received and zero items sold. They tried to buy from me and did the listing early in anticipation of having inventory that never arrived. After I told them I can't sell them any of this design, they marked it as an inactive/unavailable item.

They thought my photo was of an original Chicago Coin board and left the inactive listing available for historical reference. They didn't understand initially that it was a new design and thought it was a 1 to 1 reproduction of the original piece.

Once they got wind of this thread and understood what was going on, their listing was deleted. They said they have not yet spoken to Zitt directly but have attempted to reach out to him, and will be more than willing to talk to him directly to work this out.

At this point I think we've come full circle on the topic. I'd like to motion for closure now unless the OP requests it to stay open.

Make a phone call. Wow easy, now fixed. Cool now play pinball

To be fair, they called me.

I think a not so slanderous title change is in order

Marco stole the puppy, too!

No one gives a toss about IP theft around here so many mods clearly use stolen IP and ppl lap it up.

You just reacted too quick on this Zitt. There was no sign of theft whatsoever especially when you looked and they had no inventory of said item. An easy phone call, which is what resolved this situation, would've resolved this without the public bashing.

I know Marco wouldn't pursue this but if it were someone else, it wouldn't be surprise if they went after you legally for slander!

No rush, it's a holiday weekend, they're not going anywhere.

Good to see you updated the post title but it's still an asinine one! A lot companies list inventory they don't have. Go on Amazon and you'll find a deluge of items they don't have. Not to mention the fact that they showed they had none in inventory so your title is still inaccurate!

Also, Marco has let it be known that they have tried to build a "library" of pinball parts for reference purposes.

Yep, has given me a reference for a part number to hunt for on several occasions.

Thanks for posting the outcome! Have a good one!

Sometimes people would rather be right than happy.

I have been in your shoes; I developed a part for Turbo Shelby Dodges and an unscrupulous vendor stole the design and started turning them out.

When confronted it was all bullshit and evasions.

I'm glad that in this situation it was not the case, but to find one of "your babies" out in the wild without out so much of a "do you mind if I make this" is rage inducing.

Again, looks to be a misunderstanding and worked out.

Marco has given me an impression of honesty and helpfulness in all of my interactions with them. I can't recall reading anything negative on here about them, (apart from maybe re: pricing). I think they could have been given the courtesy of a phone call before writing a haywire public post hammering them as crooks. Sort of like, if your neighbor is doing something irritating, walk over and have a conversation before you off and call the police.

Take a few deep breaths, people!

I’m just happy it ended better and in short amount of time. Could have been something more strung out and more finger pointing.

I'm so glad you didn't end up losing tens of dollars! Phew. That was a close one.