CASH.

Court doesn't bother me so much, aside from the waiting around.

I actually enjoy hearing people try to weasel out of something, and their silly excuses.

I have a realtor friend as well, and she is always in court trying to evict someone. Recently, she came across a tenant who was turning his apartment into an outdoor garden. Concrete pavers and everything.

Yes, that's his living room carpet underneath the stones and gravel, lol.

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He put plastic down, what more do you want!?

Oddly enough, she couldn't evict him because of the plastic. The judge ruled that he made efforts to make it reversible when he moves out. What happens when he moves out is a different story though.

This guy thinks differently then normal people....does he have any pinball ideas?

Look at the bright side - free pavers!

Can't this guy grow weed in the bathtub like a normal human being?

some nice colius growing there. Looks better than my yard.
He could have brought sand in and made it a "beach house"

looks like they may have walked into a prank in progress, if not , I would stay away from that wacko, you may end up as fertilizer

free tomatoes and herbs if you play your cards right

You can almost be certain that there is at least one hole in the plastic. The plants on the left edge don't look like they are in planters, so they will be watered directly...

The wet carpet will hold the moisture perfectly to keep those plants alive during a drought.

pay no attention to that mold. I'm sure they will pay for its removal when they leave.

I actually was thinking along those lines . . . maybe it is ME they are looking at!

Screamed with laughter!!! Good one!

Huh?... I was under the impression that this is a thread about a stolen BBB. It seems to have turned into the "Anything you want to discuss, even it it's not about pinball" thread.

Welcome to pinside!

Find me a thread that stays on topic (more than 10 posts) and I will give you a doughnut.

Vid's guide threads stay on-topic

Just passing the time. Until he gives up on getting his game back, there's no harm in keeping this thread near the top.

My post was less of a waste of time than the posts telling the OP what he should have done to avoid being robbed.

Will Stern make a Tron Premium?

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Here is a picture of my dad playing my Big Bang Bar that I had. Hope the OP gets his BBB back.

Why is the sky blue......???....Hmmm.............Joey

i dont have the time to read thru 14 pages of posts, so forgive me if any of this was answered, but sum up this caper:

1-how much did the bbb cost?

2-how much do they go for today?

3-is there a serial number on it, or something else to singularly id it?

4-what's to prevent someone from just showing up at some obscure show in say, atlanta, and selling it to an unsuspecting buyer?

5-if it is worth thousands of dollars and being sold over state lines, then the fbi would be interested, no?

really into the house-garden dude.

Really....?
Sorry to bother you

I know this thread is no laughing matter by any means, but as far as good clean humor goes this had me rolling. Good stuff.

all i want is the guy to get his BBB back in one piece. i would fken hate that to happen to me.
and a beautiful pin as well.
hope theres an update soon.

1) I don't think it was mentioned.
2) $10k-$30k
3) Yes, #153
4) That's why this thread exists. I've also seen it pop up on other pinball forums, as well as facebook pinball groups, and on twitter. The word is out throughout the pinball community.
5) In the OP's last update, the case was open with the Houston PD.

1 - A new BBB cost $4500 plus tax or shipping when new. This was paid in advance of receiving ANYTHING but a promise.
2 - $17k+
3 - Serial numbers are stamped into the wood in multiple places.
4 - I know that at least 5 BBBs were originally shipped to GA. I bought one of them. We would be all over it.
5 - I'd think that makes sense - it has to show up. Also, they are going to have to sell to a collector to get the big bucks. That's where the problem comes in for them.

Hmmmm.... well well well what do we have here...
Has your dad been making trips to Houston lately?

They could easily get $2000 from a non-collector. Sure, it's worth a lot more, but $2000 is a good ROI on $0 invested.

The whole idea of it being stolen by someone that know you is unsettling. I've had a few Pinside parties where I've invited Pinside people I've never met into my home to play pinball. I'd hate to think that someone would target me after that. But that's just life I guess, and we can't live in fear.

Hope the OP is having some luck and gets his game back. And that the the culprits to to jail.

Here is the other issue/caveat.
If the OP decides to go the insurance route, first, I'm sure there would be a deductible.
Second, he'd probably have to settle between original cost and current value, his policy probably holds a few clues in that regard. Third, once he accepts payment, if the game shows up in the future, the insurance company may make a claim to take it, as they would have rightfully paid for it at that point. If they don't care, op may have a possible windfall - insurance + game back. Also, maybe tigerlaw can answer - is there a timeframe when the owner loses any claim to the property, or is it considered stolen as long as someone can prove a claim to it?

Hoping op gets it back with as little headache as possible....

Then again, I own Avengers, and who'd steal that? People probably just feel sorry for me, and move on to to the next pinsiders house.

Sounds just like every pinball show, minus the kids

If anyone wants to see a bit of BBB history, take a look at my website at http://www.bbbpictures.com . There are some descriptions to give you an idea about what you are looking at.

Al

Funny, because everyone else in the group is looking around at the others and thinking the same thing.

Uhhhh no. If you do not live here you have no idea. 50% of these people have no idea what a bath is and still throw shitty toilet paper on the floor. They have no earthly idea of personal space and will squeeze in right on top of you and they smell like ass. (Racist remark edited out by moderator). You get there at 7AM and are lucky to leave by 12 or 1 PM and that is if you have a lawyer. But when you have 2 sets of 3 tickets you have no choice. I would rather sit through the hell than pay the bastards

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Lets not get carried away. (Odd thing to say in this thread I know...)

The stolen game in this case was wrapped up sitting on its butt in a garage. My guess is they back up and were gone in three minutes or less. Most people have their games in a basement. That means breaking into a house, drilling the machine locks, breaking the game down, wrapping it up and hauling it up and out.

And in my case, I have a sixteen foot ball bowler in the middle of my game room surrounded by pins. They'd have have to play several levels of pinball Tetris to get to any one particular game.

Could it happen, sure but you're overreacting to a unique situation here.

I also have a security alarm and I'm a gun enthusiast.

Er, Nelson, when are you going on vacation?....just curious...

i'm on vacation now! Sitting in the dark corner of my basement, aiming a double ought six at the door.

"ghetto monkeys"?

That was such a funny episode.

Sounds like San Berdoo only here they break into your car and steal your stuff while you are inside the gates of hell.
I seldom get tickets but if I do I mail in the money.
We also have 2 hour parking @ the courthouse so everyone has to play musical cars, if you don't then a 65 dollar parking ticket goes with the deal.
You also have a good chance of being carjacked and robbed while you are down there, I don't care what the fine is I just pay it.
People with money and a nice car have no business in Berdoo, I drive up the mountain and down 330 to Redlands to avoid the place.

Seriously, get that bigoted, racist nonsense out of here.

Before all the bleeding heart, PC sops start jumping on this guy for being a bigot, come and spend a day down here in court and you'll see and smell exactly what he described. The only demo he missed was the inbred rednecks.

Yeah, zr11990 is pretty crude and I don't tent to agree with much that he says, but he's pretty spot on here.

Don't forget the one guy who brings his wife and four kids under the age of six! I haven't been to the the downtown courthouse in over eight years, good riddance.

Boshie!! This kind of talk is not OK. I am certainly a bit of a nutcase partier potty mouth but not this crap. Never acceptable!