Interesting, he has a record.

Why's the pic say PDXmugshots.com?

good lord

Per Wiki:

The city of Portland is nicknamed PDX after the International Air Transport Association airport code for the Portland International Airport which is within the city limits.

Guys, please be careful and refrain from direct personal attacks here. You didn't like him posting full customers names, and now we've got pics and info on him personally. We have let the thread go on since it was decently on topic, both parties got their say, and it seemed like a legitimate business practice thread. If it deviates too much from that, it will be locked. Thanks in advance.

Because that's the site I got it from.

Hey Blondetall, I was very careful not to post what the arrest was for or anything. People can just google it like I did to find out. I didn't post anything that didn't come up in a google search on his name + oregon.

I'm not attacking him at all, so please don't take it that way, but I am also not going to withhold information I find that seems to be relevant to helping other people.

Ah, I'm from the Midwest. Phrase PDX was new to me.

Brent- me too, hence the "per Wiki." I had to look it up.

Wolf- wasn't directed solely at you. I agree Google can give a lot of info fast and is informative when making decisions. That was just a general warning to everyone in case you all come back and this thread is locked. I've already been doing behind the scene work on this one to justify keeping it open or not, so it's today's "keep an eye on this thread" thread. (Well, it and Michael Jackson...)

Closing this thread is a bad BAD idea. Potential buyers really need to be aware of this guy and his history. If you close the thread it will get buried and you'll expose more people to potential issues with him. It would be much better to moderate the individual posts if somebody gets too out of hand.

dude has been exposed! SCAMMER!

No sweat, sorry if I stirred up any trouble for you.

Pinside really needs a bad seller/scammer sticky

I disagree. Point has been made with two separate people and a link to more online. At this point the thread has degraded into a heap of people agreeing that he's a poor business person, and I don't see the quality picking back up!

Wonder why he has not posted again to defend himself?

I recall this guy being a <edited> in other threads also.. forget what he was ripping someone about. Anyway, someone set it earlier.. this entire hobby is reputation based.. small community.

TOAST. Time for this guy to get a different scam going.

_{Post edited by The_Dude_Abides : Please no personal attacks.}

Closing the thread just means that it is closed to more comments, not that it disappears forever. (That would be deleting the thread, which multiple moderators have already refused to do, by the way.) This thread will show up on the exact same searches that people have used above to find out info. And unless someone is proactively talking about this constantly, it is going to get buried in threads anyway since the main page has about a 4 hour refresh rate at this point. (I remember last year when the front page was doing good to have posts from that same day.)

Well hot rods, cars and pinball is clearly out. Perhaps hedge funds?

Exactly.

I second the sticky idea for bad sellers.

This is sad to me as I have met Marty a few times, played at his arcde, and did a trade that worked out good for all. He seems like a great guy when chatting and hanging out and if it wasn't for this thread I would not have hesitated to order a new pin from him. Sorry you get screwed PDXMonkey and Stevebighead.

The fact that this board moves so fast is exactly why it should not be locked. If left unlocked it may stick around for a few days.

Think about balancing the harms. If it stays open, there may be some drama but more people may see it and it may save somebody from being scammed. If you close it, drama won't ensue but the result could be that somebody who would have otherwise seen it and stayed away gets roped into dealing with this guy. It seems to me that the scale swings FAR toward leaving the thread open.

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I would even integrate it into the Marketplace. Allow them to post and all, but when I search my area, it could show a rating of the seller based on the Pinside community.

Again I just sent him a lot of money. He has been keeping me up to date with everything so far and responds right away. Ill again update everyone with how the transaction finishes up. I have hear now both sides of this story. Both parties could have acted differently.

anyone reported this guy to Stern? If he is an actual reseller it would reflect poorly on Stern themselves

This man speaks the truth. Bought only my second machine off of PDXMonkey a couple of months ago. Transaction was as smooth as silk. Would not hesitate to buy any machine off of him. Great guy and a true enthusiast for the hobby. Actually hoping to pick up another machine from him in the coming months.

I have to admit, I used Yelp once when I was in Nowhereville FL and needed a real meal.

Something tells me he'll "try" to make your transaction go as smooth as possible after this shitstorm but it might be too little too late....

You know that I have to thumbs up that one. (were they baby snakes?)

BOTH of these men speak the truth. I have done probably 10+ deals with PDXMonkey (most of them site un-seen since I'm about 12 hours away in California) and have NEVER been disappointed.

He is one of the most open and honest sellers I know. Monkey does what he says he will do, and is up-front about everything. In fact, the last few deals we've done I didn't even request pictures because I know that he would never try to "hide" anything and has a great understanding of what us pinheads look for in a nice machine.

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/strykers-arcade-my-story-1

Yes, late at night is when they came out and I sure you know what I'm talking about.

If you all haven't seen this other post, I'd strongly recommend you go read it.

I was hoping for something a little more exciting.

IMHO: In this hobby, reputation has a real $$$ value. I would pay a bit more for a pin knowing the seller is honest. These are not small ticket items for many people in this hobby.
There are always exceptions on both sides (seller/buyer). There are buyers that will take advantage of a seller's good nature.(e.g. a light bulb went out. can you send me a new one and btw, come to my house and install it. yes, I have encountered people like this).

Let's face it. There is always going to be "a problem person" in every crowd. I try and focus on the good folks here that helped me out & ignore the others in the hope that they will go away.

Let's play some pinball.

What kind of a record is it? Drum N' Bass, House, Trance or Dub Step?

A song for everyone!

Thanks! Now I can't get this song out of my head...

RIP Ween.

WTF hahahaha.

That looks like the chick who's playing bass for Cowboy Mouth

Nice commercial! Very well made!

I love how his four relatives all gave him a 10 out of 10 when reviewing the business; it is almost as if he wrote them himself. on a side note I "love" how all the people came to his defense here based solely upon his service to our country. his military service and his business career are two completely separate entities and are unrelated to each other. as the father of a young man who is about to sign up for the guard AND ROTC I couldn't be more proud. if he were to swindle people post military career I could only hope he wouldn't use his service as a shield to deflect unwanted criticism like this clown. my last advice to this clown is to pay your bills and do right by those who give you their patronage.

I wonder what would happen if I walked into his arcade right after Star Trek was anounced by Stern, pretended to be a HUGE trekie, had $7,500 on hand, and started a conversation with him acting as if I have never read this fourm. Could be interesting.

You'd leave with a broken thumb?

Thought I would give an update. As mentioned above he stated he would be giving me a full refund. Well, no refund and no mirror blades. He told me on the day this whole thing came out that the mirror blades had already been shipped (again). Not really surprised as the whole deal smelled from the get go. $100.00 is no big deal but the lack of integrity needs to be documented. I sent him a text letting him know I still hoped he would learn from the experience and he simply told me that it didn't matter because he is closing down after his lease is up. He even tried to turn it back on me telling me I over reacted. Hope there are not too many people like this in the pinball world. Keep on flippn' people and enjoy this great hobby.

Whoa!
Pdx..you are LUCKY you got your money back!!

I think it's great that people even assume he's telling the truth about being a vet. Once a person is caught lying, everything they say should be suspect. Unfortunately, it's very common for people to use sob stories to perpetrate frauds.

sorry you got burned by this grade A loser. maybe get a couple bored dudes to collect for you. get them to post the pics here for all to enjoy. they could keep collected money.

amazing how much one can accomplish with little to no dialog in these cases.

WoW! That was alot of typing! (Or did you paste or somethin')