I agree - the owner would be the blame (if anyone). The buyer seems to be in the clear.

The buyer stressed interest in the game - if the other guy doesn't buy it - and let the owner know. The owner then reached back out to complete the sell. I would have bought the game too if the owner called me back.

I'll vouch for that, LOL, you flaked out on your word to do a deal with me...

Much ado about nothing... You just started this thread so you could post your EBD purchase, right?

Just attempting to point out that making a post about all of this just conflates the issue in a pre emptive fashion to make it out like Guru was somehow morally above the situation. Anyone reasonable would have taken care of all of this behind the scenes face to face and seen no reason to start a bitch thread here about it, case closed.

Ok, go ahead and remind me, when where and on what? Thanks.

Agreed.

Cash on the glass.

If I wanted to start drama about it, I would have started a pinside thread back then, LOL...

Snooze you lose.

I think that pretty much sums it up here and it is just that simple. Original buyer snoozed on the seller/deal and the seller decided cash in hand was better than cash being planned.

If I understand all of this correctly, the owner of the game said come get it I'll sell it to you and you showed up cash in hand on time and took it away?

Sounds like the perfect pinball sale/purchase. Anything else is completely immaterial.

There's no real way to know the full story unless all parties air it all out here.

I personally have had pins sold out from under me. I always felt like it was my fault for not showing up with cash immediately. The lesson I learned years ago was to act fast.

Sage words coming from the guy who wanted 20k for a Medieval Madness

Hey PinballGurus

How's the listing for your other EBD going? Very kind of you to discount it from it's normal 6k asking price, thanks for looking out!

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Well, sounds like it's water under the bridge but since I have the opportunity to air it out it was no doubt a bit shitty of me to flake/backout or whatever I did (feel free to PM me) but I still say that it's never too late to start drama!

You definitely need to be on top of it. What sucks IMO with this situation is that it supposedly claims not to be burning anyone but yet it reads (to me) like a pre emptive attempt to preserve one's supposed good standing and ethics. Having discussed the situation with the other party it sounds like there is a bit more to the story, doubt they'll add to it here as they are incredibly chill and are moving on.

Business is business, but like I was told by a wise man years ago "you'll meet very few stand up people in your life". Offering to pay over asking price to grab a game, great business tactic but an unfortunate method to employ, especially if you have an existing relationship with the other person. Of course this is just like my opinion, man.

"in great shape for its age" is one of my fav selling points

Wasnt me, sorry.

Although i would definitely take 20k for my MM lol

The story will only get better if the OP tries to flip the game within this thread

Seriously, can you really get $4k for an EBD? I may need to sell a couple of my older pins.

Well, since the other less valuable editions are going for 6k this is a solid deal.

That will be Jays problem

I wish I'd seen post before it was edited trying to make himself look better because people said it was confusing and he sounded drunk. Reading responses he must have left a lot out of updated post with stuff like "Fix up, sell, split the profits!". Really long stupid story just to find out in the end OP doesn't know machine is for sale, hears from someone that someone else already agreed to buy and the price he is going to buy it for, OP hears that and has other guy contact seller to offer more money and buys the machine he knows someone else was going to buy. I would not have done that and I don't think most people would have. It's not the sellers fault to take more money. Sounds like no one on forum has met or talked to this guy. I have. He must have been trying to get his first machine around 2 years ago. Didn't sound like he knew anything about pinball trying to beat me down on price over the phone. Said he was opening a arcade and would send me stickers of his new business the pinball gurus. Never happened. He called months later trying to buy. Just him making his post proves he is trying to burn the guy so I'm 99.9% sure he did on that pin. His post makes him look as bad as he does posting highly over priced machines. Check out his Craigslist ads in Salem Oregon for a good laugh and wait to see how much he asks for this one. I'm betting $4,500 because it's the rare LE version. How much do you think he's going to ask for? Just a business deal to him. Sounds like he's wrong person to do business with. Maybe if he got a boyfriend he wouldn't need to bend people over on pinball machines. He's no pinball gurus. Maybe Fellatio Gurus. He definitely sucks.