First of all - I am saddened to have to post this. I received retaliatory feedback (Negative) from this guy after he sold me an Indiana Jones The Pinball Adventure - that wasn't as described. I did post negative feedback after he stopped responding to me completely.

I have the whole thread available for viewing by anyone interested (Attached). The guy didn't get back to me to resolve the issue for almost 1 month. He says he was out of town, but we all know he has control of his banking and a cell phone while out of town. He got back and didn't offer anything that I thought was fair for the situation. Then he decided that waiting 3 days for me to determine whether to keep the game or take a partial refund was too long, and stopped responding to my PMs.

Robin (Pinside guy) spoke with me about this and agreed that he didn't tell the truth about the cabinet. The playfield is also very worn with several "Gouges" near the flippers. It's not "Pretty much mint" as he describes in the attached thread. You can see the pictures I posted in that thread.

In any case, what would you guys do - go ahead and sue him for misrepresentation in small claims court. I have a trip near to where he lives soon, so that will be easy fortunately. I have sent a PM the moderators and robin to intervene for the retaliation feedback, but just looking for other ideas.

Image is the copy of the thread between us - you'll have to open it and download before it gets big enough to see everything.

Pinside thread WDPVIDEO.pdf

Thanks for the info - keep it coming. Trying to decide what to do.

This POS seller won't respond at all to me now.... He claims he does this for a living - restoring games... So it was "Pretty much mint" from out thread you can see.

So for the small claims court, I would garnish wages if I get a judgment. Definitely have to work my trip around that date - but i could do that.

For the refund ($500 back)... He won't respond.

As you can see from the post I did make a decision - but he will not respond now. He won't make any effort. You can;t say I didn't try after waiting a month on him lol.

Good point.... I was sick the whole weekend and didn't have mind on the deal, probably because he let it go almost a month before getting back with a resolution. If he were to respond I would send an immediate answer for sure.