Its tooooo late babyyyy ohhh its tooooo late!

Tell him he can come over and play it if he wants.

Give him back his game.

When you’re dead and gone no one talks about how shrewd you were or how much crap you’ve accumulated in life.

Its always those kind and generous acts which seem to come up.

When I’m dead and gone I can 100% guarantee I’m not going to give a shit.

Boggles my mind how some folks can't just move on to the next thread without spewing some kind of negativity. He asked for advice in an advice thread, if you don't want to give any, then move on.

If you sold the game and payment was made to the terms the seller specified, then you have no issue. So long as the check is good, you are not legally obligated to return the game. If he claims not to have received the check, you can send another by certified mail. If he refuses it, then you have proof you attempted payment and go about your business. The certified mail doesn't relieve you of the obligation to pay if he does come back to collect, but you will have the proof you did not steal the pin.

I am surprised nobody has asked the amount of the check. Not that I would care (:

Totally agree. If ultimately you don’t pay then he has an issue. Key here is that you agreed to terms and he delivered it to you. If everything you are saying is true, I’d stick with the check and tell him to leave you alone.

Possible reply...

I am sorry for the mis-communication but I have picked up this game and it is now in my possession after an agreed upon price and payment being made. While I understand you now have changed your mind and you may have the room now, I too also now have vested interest. I have payed for the game, picked it up, shopped it, set it up and have grown attached to it. I am sorry for this and am willing to send you a Paypal, or another form of payment and cancel my original check to complete this transaction.

The game was taken before money was in hand?

You guys both messed up. BOTH OF YOU. And now here we are.

Since you sold two games to make room AND the game is now in your possession, I think the proper solution would be to make sure he gets his money.

However, since you have something you didn't pay for, I also think he could take you to court. That being said, the ruling would be that you owe him the money all along, so you'd have to pay him and that is that, but he could still make it messy for you.

OP, you need to take responsibility for some of this. You're not wrong but you're not 100% right either. Be nice, try to work it out, but I think you're going to feel some pain and agony before this gets resolved. My stomach is in knots just thinking about it.

gl to you.

Dying with the most toys and winning is certainly the path chosen by most.

You are spot on. I see so many negative responses from the same few members. They spend more time on this site spewing negativity than positive, constructive responses which is what this whole community is supposed to be all about.

I actually think he got the check but didn't cash it because then the deal would REALLY be done. If he maintains he never got the check, he can claim the game is still lawfully his. That's the angle I think he's playing here.

And John...doesn't he know it was just your birthday? This is certainly no way to treat the Birthday Boy...

The only person who messed up is the seller who wants his game back. Buyer did nothing wrong and the terms of the sale including payment method were met. If the seller really didn't get the check (which I highly doubt) then I'm sure the buyer would cancel the old check and issue a new check, hopefully via certified letter this time due to the previous issues.

Do you have any agreement in writing?

I am not a lawyer and not making any judgments about this situation, but how could he prove that he sold two games to buy this game? He could have sold those two games for any number of reasons.

My two cents (probably not even worth that) is that it's the buyers game, but also highlights that people should really never do transactions with anything other than cash or cash equivalents (e.g., wire transfers). Who does transactions with checks anyway, they are the worst form of payment for a seller and opens the door for something like this to happen?

This is an interesting thread with lots of good information and advice. But yeah, this one was great. This won the internet today is far as I am concerned, I can't stop laughing.

Honestly, do not give him back the game. If there are issues with the check then make that right and move on. A deal is a deal. That is it. I agree with Boob that he probably does have the check and is using that as an excuse. We all make decisions we regret. Everything is worth more to you when its gone.

This is pretty amazing - that someone would ship a game out before receiving payment, and that you would send payment without a certified check/tracking number.

Aside from this, you just need to ensure he gets paid - whether that is placing the check in his hands or re-sending a certified/tracked payment with signature confirmation.

If he doesn't seem open to this solution, you can then point out the fact that you sold two games to pay for and make space for this one. Hopefully that will make him realize he's being unreasonable.

For sure the deal is done. Payment was sent. Merchandise traded hands. Done. From the legal perspective. Done.
Now, if this was a friend and in the names sake of keeping a friend it might be worth a sit down discussion. but in the eyes of the law, it's done.

I suggest you get an attorney and give them $3500 whom will give you the advice to not do a damn thing and just play pinball! The other guy is now what you call a player hater.

If you want to help him compensate for his own lack of intelligence, then you’d be putting yourself a step below him.

Try just saying no.

100% greed, he believes he sold it too cheap and left money on the table I would keep the game and sleep like a baby.

I could use pedicure, bro...

my guess is the OP knew he was getting a better deal than the seller and way way underpaid for the game

you should proceed by simply texting "No.". Nothing more, don't reason, don't rationalize, don't apologize. There's a better than 90% chance you won't hear back again. In the 10% off chance he does respond, simply write "No.". There will then be another 90% chance you won't hear back again. Repeat until you can close this thread with the resolution of enjoying YOUR new game. **Just make sure he gets that money somehow.

tough to say, when it's simultaneously called the most collectible pitch and bat ever while having an estimated value of like $100

You gotta read between the lines on Levi’s posts. He knows embryojohn made up his mind before even starting this thread and was only looking for like minded posts to soothe his conscience.

Lol yeah you got all of that from his snarky post. Imagine all of the insight and information we can all get from reading between all of Levi's posts. Oh man what a treasure trove of insightful information!

Tell him to go kick rocks! Next he'll tell you he is taking his ball and going home. This is a total no brainer, don't sell shit you don't want to sell. You didn't accidentally misunderstand the terms of the deal and the game was really only given to you on consignment was it?

I did actually. I mean unlocking Levi’s mind is like finding the keys to the universe.

What does the mutual friend think?

Be tactful and say a deal is deal. Or dont answer his text. U would be willing to sell it back for 500+ more.

Agree. No sense trying to reason with irrational people. The seller sounds like he is being manipulative and attempting to guilt trip the purchaser. He is an adult who made his decision based on the most important commodity to him at the time (physical space) and now has to live with it. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

Oh yeah, speaking of people who lie and don’t give out the whole story just to badmouth and shittalk people they don’t know, YOU!

Here’s the actual quote “LORDDEREK” is lying about and claiming a machine with 88 THOUSAND on the coin meter is HUO

And here is my calm response “blowing a gasket” claiming I lowballed for a game I never wanted, but just knew the original seller. What is up with people?!

Buyer beware, we’ll probably see a thread like this in the future when mister <1y sells his mint HUO 88k play game

It’s your game. I wouldn’t even respond. The way he is almost forcing you into giving it back by “the movers are coming to get it, ok?” is hilarious. He found someone that would pay more imo. You’re in the right to keep it for sure! Looks cool!

Deal is done and you paid his asking why give it back ... batter up have fun playing that sweet pitch n bat

Small claims looks at how the deal was structured and then executed. Did buyer and seller meet the terms laid out. Here we have one party crying foul. If it ends up in small claims and the check was never cashed, small claims will likely place funds into an escrow account to make the seller whole once the original check has had stop payment processed and funds placed into escrow. Very easy. All parties made whole.

Well, the day you start a thread like this and get 3 pages of responses telling you to give the game back instead of keeping it will be the same day I can finally go pick up a potcle for less than it cost new.

Read between the lines on that.

Cancel the check, and keep the game

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(obv. kidding)

Like I said:

Thou doth protest too much, methinks…”

Lowballer.

Has nothing to do with dying with the most toys.
Dying with the most toys is a dick move because your family has to deal with selling off all your shit when you're gone.

Oh...that's not so bad. My wife is all set to sell my shit and buy a lake house. She walks in the house and says, "You still here?"

Unless I die some untimely death I’m going to sell all my stuff before I die and leave the family money.
Can’t even imagine them trying to sell a bunch of pins, arcade games etc.