And they get your email to spam the sh** out of you.

I have seen this auction technique,glad I never got wrapped up in it, Great deals to the unaware.
Mike

I'm stunned that anyone would even consider buying a pinball sight unseen. Nobody buys a car without a test drive. Same logic should apply to pinball. Those eBay ads are not to be trusted ever. I once saw a Nugent for sale. The seller claimed it was the actual machine pictured for sale. They posted 4 pictures and all 4 pictures showed 4 different color flipper rubbers. Now thats some total bullshit right there. My advice is to find a game you want close to home and go see it for yourself.

People all over the world have been taken in by scams selling cars & other items, renting real estate, wiring money for any number of reasons that are obvious scams to the jaded/experienced eye.

Never assume people act the same as you, or act rationally. The promise of making or saving a few quick thousand is enough to make too many people take leave of their senses.

Take a look at how many multi-level marketing scams are out there. Some have been going on for years (I'm looking at you Amway) and have basketball arenas named for them. Their names and the perps change but the scams keep on coming.

Wow that's something else, I have been selling vintage toys on ebay for years and have never heard if that scam thanks for the heads up!

I have bought several pins sight unseen. Some were exactly as represented/as I had expected and some were disappointing. Nevertheless, it was not the end of the world and it has never been anything that a litte time and effort could not fix. I prefer working on the machines rather than playing them anyway.

I cannot recall ever having test driven any car that I bought. I typcially order a new car from the dealer and give them a list of all the options I want. Many of them were models of cars I had never driven before I took delivery of mine when it was finally assembled.

I pre-order pizza before I have a chance to taste it.

OK so your willing to pay for junk cars and pinballs in hopes the next will be a good one. Mr. Spock would say "highly illogical Captain".

If only I could get them to send me a fax machine number. Been really wanting to try out that "fax a black sheet taped together at both ends" trick.

Actually, I know a guy who bought a car off Ebay without having seen it in person. He's very happy with it.

Remember if it seems to good to be true. 99% of the time it's not.

Don't bother. eFax is common today, they just show up in the recipient's email box.

I bought my Audi TT off EBay site unseen. The rental dealer that sold it to me took care of a electrical problem that popped up the second day I had it. It was a $500 fix and the dealer mandated that I take it to an Audi dealer to be fixed. Up standing outfit and a nice transaction.

I usually buy my yachts out of a catalog. Just circle the one you want and hand the magazine to one of the staff. Not sure why people make it harder than that.