This is a case of buyer remorse. I've sold plenty of machines on here and had no problems at all. The BK2000 was a very nice machine that was completely shopped and working. I replaced all lights with LEDs, all posts, rubbers, display, clean and wax, etc. Apparently the Ransom lights weren't working right because they were plugged in wrong and missed two pins for connection. Simple fix unplug and plug back in, Mike was concerned that it fried the circuit board and I told him it wouldn't.

I described everything to him about the machine. All GI was working on the machine. I've got plenty of pictures to show this. I called his repair tech and asked him what he repaired and he said something on the board had broke and said that it could of been the battery pack that hit it and knocked it off. I didn't secure the battery pack so I felt responsible in helping out with repairs.

Needless to say I apologized and credited Mike $250 for the repair.. Edit: Everything else he's claiming is a lie.. F-14 board, chrome trim hiding damage BS, diamond plating hiding damage BS, mason jar, playfield fifty, my machine wasn't shopped, if anything this is a seller beware add! GI not working, etc.. Don't sell anything to this guy!

PS-For what it's worth Mike said his wife didn't know about the purchase. He said his wife wouldn't be happy with him about purchasing the machine but he planned on doing it anyway and probably would have to sleep on the couch.. I laughed when he told me that but now I believe it's true..

I've been trying to ignore this post but I just can't. Let's take a look at my fifthy unshopped machine as he claims with GI problems and damage under trim/diamond plating. I replaced every post, rubber, bad screw, display, new balls, etc on this machine. Added LEDS to all inserts and top GI except flashers. This was a very clean machine all around I spent hours on this machine cleaning it. I was planning on keeping it and adding it to my collection. I will find more pictures later, but I know I deleted a lot of them off my phone months ago. I might even have a few before I put the diamond plating and trim on so we can see the so called damage he's talking about.. You all can be the judge.. I respect everyone's point of view on here except Collin Foust, Captain Fantastic, and Dantebean.

The pictures are in no particular order.. Just some that I could find. And this is why shipping machines is difficult.

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Here's a picture I found before I put the trim on with no damage as he's claiming.

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Here's a picture with out the diamond plating edit: sides where mirror blades usually go.. Sorry I don't see the damage in this picture either..

No I bought this mod from a fellow pinsider to put on the sides of my machine because I thought it looked great rather than mirror blades.

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I found this picture of my kids playing the game..

Yes, the first picture has it.. I also put it on my T2

Yeah I'd like to see this so called F-14 circuit board in this game that he claims is in it which isn't true..

I disagree I think it looks great, to each his own. Regardless the buyer knew it was on there. You're missing the point though the buyer said the playfield was dirty and unshopped, which clearly isn't true..

Speaking of buyer remorse, here's another one.. You've got the nicest Blackout around and you're still complaining after I refunded you almost $400 for a damaged blackglass.

Barry: bought an Addams Family pinball from New Jersey on ebay, worked fine, player's condition, etc. Had issues later on but we put it on location, so it's expected. I didn't see anything crazy there.
Choggard: Wanted to buy Spider-Man pinball from me, kept changing the total, swears he PAID me with paypal for the pin which he did not...so I am not sure how/where that came from but no deal has ever arisen from this. People have warned me about him but I don't have problems selling things to anyone...money is money..

Yeah I remember that I put the paypal address in to forward payment to you and I missed a letter in your email so it didn't go through to you. You kept saying the game wasn't working and then it's working now which made me question to buy it. On my credit card it showed up that I paid someone and then it was credited back to my account.

You're full of lies.. I never said I wasn't a teacher, doctor, lawyer, etc.. All you do is make up stories on here.. Oh that's right you were the guy researching who I am online and PMing saying I know where you live and what you do for a living, blah, blah... Your a piece of work man! If anyone should be banned it should be you!

I sent all these pictures to Mike. He could see all of this in the pictures I sent. The lights were still working though..

What are you talking about?!! Who cares if I go to conventions or not. That's all you do is lie on here..

I never did the hack, but I took pictures of it to show buyer before he bought it..

Wouldn't you think most people could tell from the pictures that it needs a new connector? Pretty hard to hide this.. Mike said he likes to work on things and said that he was thinking about removing the mylar too because of the bubbling.

Like I said I tried to resolve this by crediting him $250 for repairs by a tech..

That machine is at my house in that picture and it's just one of the many I sent you. Like I said I called your tech and asked him what he fixed besides the GI connector he told me that something that usually isn't a problem on the game came off the board. He even said it probably got hit by the loose battery pack during shipping.

Yes I did send you a picture of the boards. I'll see if I can find it.. Plus I am not sure why you keep saying the playfield was not shopped/dirty. It wasn't and as you can see in the pictures it was very clean.

Could careless what you think..

I am just glad you got the game working and are now happy with it. I am really sorry if I miss leaded you in anyway. As I've said all along the game was not a collector quality game at all. It has plenty of flaws just like any other 30yr old machine does from back in the day being on route. I tried to take as many pictures as I could to show you the condition of the game.

In the end, I love playing pinball just like most guys on here do and if the game isn't working I usually have to send the boards out to a few local professionals in the area to have them fixed.

Just like most people on here I would prefer not to ship games and have the buyer come to my house and look at it before we make the deal, but sometimes that just can't happen.

All pictures were sent, just like I said the game was shopped too which we all can clearly see from the pictures.

Spiderman Pinball -Like I said I left a letter out of the guys email to pay him for the spiderman it was a deal that wasn't meant to be I guess.

More lies from this guy..

Pictures speak 1000 words.. I always send pictures of the boards, cabinet, playfield, etc. to show everything.. Now that I think about it didn't I send you plenty of pictures of my BR when you were interested in it months ago? You know I did and that's why you wanted to meet up with me and buy it.

You lie and joke so much I can't tell which is which anymore..

Great working machine.. If you go back you'll see the guy who bought it from me on here said he loves it..

Your issues run deeper than pinball man.. Relax and go play a game or two..

Good point I've found hacks sometimes 6 months after even having the machine..

Such BS! I still don't believe the F-14 board.. Simply battery pack issue! Nice try though..lol

I really wish I would of sold you that BR..

It was the battery pack issue.. All I had to do was take the old one off and put a new one on..

Nice try though! Lol

It's the same pictures with a very clean shopped playfield as I've said all along..

I stripped the playfield down completely as I've said on numerous occasions. All new posts, lights, rubbers, cleaned with Novus, waxed, etc..

@ dantebean and Collin -You two need to get a room..

Not true, there are plenty of people on here emailing me right now and saying to forget this guy and move on..

Great story if I could fix it I would have, but the lights were working so I didn't bother.. When I buy games that are 25 plus years old I do my best in cleaning them up and making them a better game. I've ordered tons on stuff from Marco, pinball resource, coin taker, pinsider's on here, etc. monthly to add to and improve my games. When I go to sell them I do my best to describe the game and send plenty of detail pictures to show condition of game. I am always on pinside asking questions on how to fix things on my games or researching stuff to get or improve them.

Just within the last few months I have sold three machines to fellow pinsider's on here and they all were very happy with the games. All of them were able to come to my house and look at them and play them before they purchased them which sometimes makes a difference. But when it comes to shipping games that's when things can sometimes get interesting. People get upset about a scratch in the backglass or cabinet, burnt GI, bubbled mylar, cracked plastics, etc. in which all the pictures show this condition.. All I can say is be careful when shipping games, because shit like this can happen to you.. Buyer remorse at its best!

FYI -I sold all three because I sent plenty of pictures before hand and details about the game.

Maybe what's it to you?

No problem... I typically don't buy from pinsiders anyway. Most of the Michigan guys on here do the exact samething I do hunt for deals everywhere.. The pinball market in Michigan is dried up because of this. It's hard to find deals on games around here because there are a lot of people doing it..

Right coming from a guy that tells the seller don't sell that game to Cory if he shows up.. He's just going to sell it.. lol No hard feelings though..

Andy never wanted that game, what are you talking about it?

I've posted it once and I'll post it again on here..

I haven't scammed anyone on here, I've bought and sold many machines over the years and met a lot of nice people along the way. People like you are focused on a couple of issues that I've had with some buyers. All it takes is a couple people to have buyer remorse and I am the bad guy some how?! In every case I've refunded people and compensated them to try to resolve the issue. I've got about a 1% complaint record when it comes down to it, I'd say I am doing pretty good considering the amount of machines I've sold. People like you are what's wrong with this community constantly spewing out garbage on these forums. You sit back and read every post on here and look for something negative to point out or ruin a FS thread. Very sad! Hopefully one day you'll realize you're in the wrong sooner than later.

I thought you were the person emailing me and asking me to join with you on a container of machines?

This is what you posted about my KISS when I got it..

I am a little sour about the kiss pinball deal...Actually most craigslist deals in general. Rich is a nice guy.

You know instead of us all competing over craigslist to heckle some home user into selling us their pinball for super cheap we should pool our efforts and just get a container of games. I am shocked how many times I run into a seller who is just annoyed with us pinball nerds lowballing them and talking trash and just want it gone!

John wanted my Blackrose a few months back that's all..

More lies from Collin, doing what he does best!

I took the post right out of the Michigan FS thread I created.. No lie man! Check for yourself..

Wow, people are unbelievable on here.. How sad!

Like I said there's a lot of great people on here and Michigan but you're not one of them..

It was Galaxian from Flint.. Your avatar looks similar to his.. Sorry wrong guy..

So you're the guy posting CL adds about me.. I believe I've meet you before at one of Andy's pinball tournaments..

I just bought a nice TZ, so that's why I am selling the JM to fund my purchase. Clay knows me and he doesn't care.. You're making everything up man!

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PM me and we can talk..

I can't believe you don't like that chrome trim? It looks sweet!

Oh so this is just a plan of yours to see if I would sell it to you for $2k..

I really like JM, but I like TZ more.. I am not slapping anyone in the face as you would call it.. Just need funds to pay for my TZ that's all.. The funny thing is you were just emailing me a few weeks ago offering to trade your FT you just got and Mars game for my TAF.. I really don't see your logic here.. To me you're doing the same thing..

I really don't know what I am looking at here? Can someone confirm this board is from an F-14?

Like I said I don't work on boards if I have problems I send them off to a professional.

Looks like this board can be used in a lot of games.

Used by game Alley Cats, Bad Cats, Banzai Run, Big Guns, Black Knight 2000, Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball, Cyclone, Diner, Dr. Dude, Earthshaker, Elvira and the Party Monsters, F-14 Tomcat, Fire!, Game Show, Grand Lizard, High Speed, Jokerz!, Millionaire, Mousin' Around!, Pin*bot, Police Force, Radical!, Riverboat Gambler, Road Kings, Rollergames, Space Station, Swords of Fury, Taxi, Transporter the Rescue, Whirlwind

Yeah I see what he's saying..

This simply isn't true as I've said before I sent plenty of pictures showing the condition of the machine. I think another reason he was dispointed was prior to getting my machine he went to a pinball show and played a restored BK2000 that was in near perfect condition. If you look at his avatar with the picture of his son you'll see what I am talking about. I had a feeling this deal wasn't going to go good from the start and I probably shouldn't sold it to him. I had another guy that came to my house locally that wanted it for $2K in which I should of sold it to him instead.

But what I don't understand is why Mike continues to lie about me not shopping the playfield, saying there's damage under chrome trim I put on it, and damage on sides, etc.. As you can see from the pictures I posted that's simply not true. I tried to make things right by refunding $250 to fix the GI repair and whatever the battery box knock off on the board. By the time you take off around $400 to ship and a $250 refund I gave. I sold the machine for around $1,850 which is a fair price for the condition of that BK2000.

After talking with Todd on here I understand why local pinball people would get upset with me because we are all in the same market competing for the same machines. I get that but to personal attack someone for beating them to a machine just isn't right. Every time I see a good deal online on a machine and don't get it I always congratulate the buyer on a great deal/find if it someone I know on here. Actually I know several people on here that I text quite a bit with to see if they got the deal to congratulate them. Too many times people become too emotional about pinball and get upset that they didn't get the deal on the machine and take it out on others on Pinside. It's very sad to see people posting here on the local craigslist site that I am a scammer when they've never even met me. If anyone of you guys are in the Flint area please contact me and you can come to my house anytime and play some pinball. My door is always open to all pinball enthusiasts around.

Cory

I told him my tech charges around $250 for all repairs, and I figured for a simple GI repair and whatever else happen form shipping it would easily takecare of it. Regardless it wouldn't of mattered I believe Mike wouldn't of been happy either way..

Collin and Dantebean are two very sad individuals who have nothing better to do with their lives except attack individuals on here. Don't waste your time trying to understand them you never will..

No it wasn't broken the lights were working. Someone had solder the wires directly to the board which seems to be a method used by a lot of repair guys in my area.

You're right Clay I probably should of given him the $350 but I still don't think it would of mattered in this case..

No, I will not give him anymore money. $250 was more than fair to pay for a GI fix and a shipping problem. The question was: was a $100 worth all this mud slinging and my answer was of course not but like I said I don't think it would of mattered with this guy.. Especially since he knew what the condition of the machine was in by looking at the pictures and many discussions we had on the phone..

No, I don't live in NY..

It was included in the $2,500..