New Bedford, MA
Quoted from Dr-Willy:These two points are whey I didn't post a price. I have seen people post about great deals they get, only to get bashed when they then try and sell the item for a profit. My post was mainly to say that good deals can still be had. It seems there are 100 bad craigslist stories to every good 1, so mine was a don't give up faith post. It was also to say that if you see something for sale just listed as "pinball machine" to take a chance and go look at it cause you never know what you might find, I sure didn't expect to go home with a Fathom.
Now for all of those wondering what I paid, I will go ahead and post it. I paid the guy 200. He set the price, and I kindly obliged.
And the way I look at it, once that transaction ended, it should have no effect on the next transaction should you decide to sell it or use it as trading material. It did not matter to you what the seller paid for it, so it should not matter what you paid to get the machine, if a potential buyer wants it. I understood what you were saying about your experience in the post. There are some good deals out there. And some good CL stories. But like you said, for every good one there are 100 bad. I once posted on here that I had a good CL experience. There were zero replies. If it was a CL horror story there would have been pages of them. LOL. Anyway, good luck with your new machine whatever you choose to do with it.
Zemst
