I found a Fishtales for sale locally and it was listed as working condition with a price of $900 obo on it. I was the first to call and said I was bringing cash and would be there in 15-20 minutes. During my drive over there, no less then 10 folks had emailed the seller telling her I was ripping her off, it was worth 3 times more than what she was asking for it and blindly had 3 offers of $1800, $2000 & $2200 cash for the machine if she wouldn't sell it to "the coming over to screw her guy".

I got there and yes, the machine was fully working, but had massive cabinet fade, many bare patches of wood on the playfield, battery acid damage to the boards, topper fish motor shot and super dirty. I am currently now making it all shiny and solid (new playfield, mini-playfield, cabinet decals, ramp, plastics, etc) and will be into it another $2k when finished. Not including my time and time of others who are helping out. All in all, I am going to have a really nice machine that I would not be able to afford at today's prices, especiallyon older DMD's.

The fact is because others miss out on great deals, which are very hard to find nowadays, they get upset and try screw over the one getting the deal. It's just wrong and really bad karma to those who do. My $.02