Yah I'm with hoby1 on this. I'm reading that he's an experienced buyer/ seller in pins, not a nut job who gets his unreasonably high expectations dashed all the time because he lacks common sense or doesn't get the "realities" of imperfections in pinball collecting.

Rather, I'm hearing a guy who knows he's a little OCD (who isn't?... in this hobby) and was doing his due diligence to not have any surprises after a longish road trip. Who can't relate to this?

Hoby1 did not say that he wouldn't necessarily buy it if the seller disclosed the flaws up front.
But he was entitled to know about them and factor it in to his decision. He asked repeatedly about any small flaws and seller still said "flawless". That's a powerful word and a guarantee that doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room. He didn't have to use it. I don't let the seller off so easy as being an innocent rube lacking appropriate descriptive skills. He was trying to pull a fast one (albeit not at the same level as a 600 play Baywatch.) Any one of us could have been caught in this situation. Shame on the seller.