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WARNING: Mad Amusements (aka *pinballparts* on ebay)

By Powerzone

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    #601 8 years ago
    Quoted from silverbluemedall:

    search MIKE DEE LOTTERY on youtube

    How could we go about getting him through his youtube channel? That seems to be important to him.

    #602 8 years ago

    Duplicate!

    #603 8 years ago

    Triplicate!

    #604 8 years ago

    Ah, shit, he's got a Facebook page too.

    https://www.facebook.com/mikedeefanclub

    #605 8 years ago

    Glad I found this thread a s I have been trying to order for over a month now with Mad Amusements.
    No wonder contact is less than poor and he advertises things that no one else has!

    #606 8 years ago

    I'm sure like most gambling addicts, you only hear about his winnings, not how much out of pocket he is chasing this. If he's taking money from his customers, that is probably funding the party. $200k notwithstanding, which will probably be gone before you know it.

    #607 8 years ago
    Quoted from frolic:

    I'm sure like most gambling addicts, you only hear about his winnings, not how much out of pocket he is chasing this. If he's taking money from his customers, that is probably funding the party. $200k notwithstanding, which will probably be gone before you know it.

    Yup, it could be why suppliers said they stopped getting paid too.

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    #608 8 years ago

    I have composed this email if you want to distribute it. I suggest using an anonymous email service so your name/address doesn't get out there.

    Alex,

    I saw your story about the latest New Jersey lottery winner. Mike Ducker, though seemingly benign at first glance, has a troubling business history and background as a fraud artist. He operates Mad Amusements, a private company that supplies parts and components for pinball machine repair technicians. Mike has been and is currently engaging in some very controversial and illegal business practices.

    Specifically, he sells parts and components to overseas non-American markets and refuses to ship his products. He has sold goods to repair technicians, individual private pinball game owners, pinball distributors, vendors, and other suppliers. He has been stealing tens of thousands of dollars from these overseas customers and the best efforts of local and international police, regardless of jurisdiction, have turned up nothing against his name. He operates his business out of a PO box or unmarked location in Brick Township, New Jersey, making him difficult if not impossible to track and criminally charge. This has been going on for years and many cases have been filed, but no efforts of charging or apprehending Mr. Ducker for his crimes have solidified. To my knowledge he has not even testified in a court of law.

    I believe this would make for a good investigation and story for nj.com. For more information, please visit the following links.

    http://www.madamusements.com
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements

    What I speak of is not slander, nor it is not hearsay. There are dozens of people willing to testify, and have testified, publicly on their behalf to substantiate these claims. Please consider investigating Mike Ducker.

    Thank you for your time.

    #609 8 years ago
    Quoted from Crash:

    I have composed this email if you want to re-send it. I suggest using an anonymous email service so your name/address doesn't get out there.

    Very well written.

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    #610 8 years ago

    Just got a response!!!

    The journalist wants a paper trail of what we have tried and who all has been burned. Let's get him everything we need to get an article.

    #611 8 years ago

    He sure looks like a butthole.

    #612 8 years ago

    That would be awesome if winning the lottery led to his demise!

    #613 8 years ago
    Quoted from bbaker2824:

    That would be awesome if winning the lottery led to his demise!

    Karma works in mysterious ways

    #614 8 years ago
    Quoted from futurepinhead:

    Just got a response!!!
    The journalist wants a paper trail of what we have tried and who all has been burned. Let's get him everything we need to get an article.

    Awesome. Fast response! Fortunately this site is the best resource for finding info on this scumbag.

    Great place to start:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/search?q=Mad+amusements

    #615 8 years ago

    Should we start a new post asking for all people to come forward with screenshots?

    #616 8 years ago

    I think that's a good idea. This development needs its own thread anyway.

    #617 8 years ago

    powerzone (the OP of this thread) probably jumped through a lot of hoops to try to get a resolution. Try PMing him.

    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/6#post-2088246
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/10#post-2461506
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/11#post-2671216

    Also, be sure to contact parts suppliers as well--it sounds like Mike burned people at both ends.

    Try PMing Buthamburg:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/10#post-2498561
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/12#post-2752071

    And of course CPR:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/mad-amusements-gets-called-to-the-carpet-by-cpr

    cppinball:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/11#post-2620447

    Mesmerism:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/12#post-2741460
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/12#post-2744972
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/12#post-2750494

    Doostur:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/7#post-2354379

    the_one:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/5#post-2063012

    epotech:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements#post-2016720

    Lists of other victims:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/7#post-2354395
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/4#post-2055258
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/4#post-2055594

    Plus all these other threads listed here:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/warning-mad-amusements/page/2#post-2017679

    #618 8 years ago

    Why can't this post topic remain as a STICKY? It's a friendly public service announcement, Pinside. It's obvious plenty of people have been ripped off, so you're clearly not going to endorse this shady business, at least I would hope not. So why not make the warning more noticeable?

    #619 8 years ago
    Quoted from sevenrites:

    Why can't this post topic remain as a STICKY? It's a friendly public service announcement, Pinside. It's obvious plenty of people have been ripped off, so you're clearly not going to endorse this shady business, at least I would hope not. So why not make the warning more noticeable?

    I don't understand the complaint. I'm showing that it is a stickied thread, indicated by the pushpin icon on the thread line itself. Nobody has removed it or changed it that I can see. Robin is the only one that can sticky things to the main forum page, (the mods can only sticky to subforums,) but it's still showing on the All Pinball Stickies subforum page for me.

    #620 8 years ago
    Quoted from blondetall:

    I don't understand the complaint. I'm showing that it is a stickied thread, indicated by the pushpin icon on the thread line itself. Nobody has removed it or changed it that I can see. Robin is the only one that can sticky things to the main forum page, (the mods can only sticky to subforums,) but it's still showing on the All Pinball Stickies subforum page for me.

    It might be because stickies are hidden when there are no new unread posts. For example:

    2016-01-19_20_23_44-All_Pinball___Pinside_Forum_(resized).jpg2016-01-19_20_23_44-All_Pinball___Pinside_Forum_(resized).jpg

    Once there is a new post, it will pop up back into view. Until then, visitors have to click the "show all stickies" option.

    2016-01-19_20_26_54-All_Pinball___Pinside_Forum_(resized).jpg2016-01-19_20_26_54-All_Pinball___Pinside_Forum_(resized).jpg

    The behavior is a little confusing and not immediately obvious at first glance.

    #621 8 years ago
    Quoted from futurepinhead:

    Should we start a new post asking for all people to come forward with screenshots?

    Probably a good idea. Not everyone reads through every post on a megathread like this.

    #622 8 years ago

    Okay, I will start a new thread and start compiling all the information I get. If any one else can volunteer if needed that would be great.

    #623 8 years ago

    "He said he indulges for entertainment purposes and is responsible about how much money he spends on tickets.

    He keeps a separate fund just for lottery tickets. In all, Ducker has spent a total of $125,000 on the lottery, but has won $300,000."

    Let's do some simple math. Before Mr. Responsible won $200,000, he'd spent $125,000 and had only won $100,000. Wonder how he funded that $25,000 difference before he hit it big?

    Rhetorical question in case you can't tell.

    #624 8 years ago
    Quoted from stangbat:

    In all, Ducker has spent a total of $125,000 on the lottery

    the "real" number is likely much higher than this as well. This is big money, no way he's keeping real accounting for it.

    #625 8 years ago
    Quoted from ForceFlow:

    It might be because stickies are hidden when there are no new unread posts. For example:
    2016-01-19_20_23_44-All_Pinball___Pinside_Forum_(resized).jpg
    Once there is a new post, it will pop up back into view. Until then, visitors have to click the "show all stickies" option.
    2016-01-19_20_26_54-All_Pinball___Pinside_Forum_(resized).jpg
    The behavior is a little confusing and not immediately obvious at first glance.

    Thanks for the screenshots ForceFlow. I've got a slightly different view and never go into the subforums, so I forgot about that.

    If a new thread is started, I'll check with Robin about him stickying it to the front page.

    #627 8 years ago

    May I suggest anyone with a facebook account pay a little visit to his pade and post something "nice" about this man.

    #628 8 years ago
    Quoted from vdojaq:

    May I suggest anyone with a facebook account pay a little visit to his pade and post something "nice" about this man.

    I'd say not yet, we'll see how this goes with the article first. After we have an answer from the journalist, I'd say we blast him whether he'll do it or not.

    #629 8 years ago

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    #630 8 years ago

    It would be pretty easy to have fun with that picture in Photoshop

    #631 8 years ago
    Quoted from frolic:

    the "real" number is likely much higher than this as well. This is big money, no way he's keeping real accounting for it.

    Exactly. Now we all know where all the vendor and customer money has gone ... On scratch lottery cards. Disgraceful.

    rd

    #632 8 years ago
    Quoted from futurepinhead:

    It would be pretty easy to have fun with that picture in Photoshop

    Oh, it looked so bad I thought it was a photoshop-job

    #633 8 years ago

    I fought this battle for a long, long time, but few on Pinside would give me support. Back then, most every comment was about how great Mike Ducker was. I tried to help several guys from overseas who were ripped off by him. I felt sorry for them because they were so far away and didn't know how to get relief. I got pretty deep into this . . . . probably too deep . . . for I received threats. They came from anonymous person(s). If you explore one of these threads from a couple of years back, you will see a post to me by an unknown person, making veiled and outright threats. I found it shocking and backed off. Not out of fear, but feeling like I was a lone wolf. I ran out of desire.

    I sure hope you all have good luck with this. I assume when you read that article obout where Mike D. won the lottery money, that he was quoted with saying he owned a business but kept track of all his gambling funds, as if he WASN'T using 'our pinball money' for his lottery tickets!

    #634 8 years ago

    Nobody wins the lottery three times...I smell a rat.

    #635 8 years ago

    Just dug up a thread from back in 2010. It looks like complaints have been surfacing for quite a bit longer than I originally thought.

    http://www.maaca.org/viewtopic.php?t=1657

    #636 8 years ago
    Quoted from Lermods:

    Nobody wins the lottery three times...I smell a rat.

    Sure you do! When you use stolen money to fund your lottery habits, you get a lot more chances.

    #637 8 years ago
    Quoted from Pintucky:

    I fought this battle for a long, long time, but few on Pinside would give me support. Back then, most every comment was about how great Mike Ducker was. I tried to help several guys from overseas who were ripped off by him. I felt sorry for them because they were so far away and didn't know how to get relief. I got pretty deep into this . . . . probably too deep . . . for I received threats. They came from anonymous person(s). If you explore one of these threads from a couple of years back, you will see a post to me by an unknown person, making veiled and outright threats. I found it shocking and backed off. Not out of fear, but feeling like I was a lone wolf. I ran out of desire.
    I sure hope you all have good luck with this. I assume when you read that article obout where Mike D. won the lottery money, that he was quoted with saying he owned a business but kept track of all his gambling funds, as if he WASN'T using 'our pinball money' for his lottery tickets!

    Pintucky has been fighting the good fight for many years. He was the first person to really call him out and take a stand. I'm following your leadership here bud. (Also, we need to get together very soon again and play some of those pinballs you gots)

    #638 8 years ago
    Quoted from futurepinhead:

    (Also, we need to get together very soon again and play some of those pinballs you gots)

    First, thank you so much for your remarks. I would do more to help, but right now I've got a 90 year old mother doing poorly, plus many other family obligations. I barely have time to even go on this forum!

    As for us getting together to play pins . . . no . . . you keep your ass in Wades-fricken-ville! We don't need a human coin changer for Quarters down here!

    One of these . . . days . . . weeks . . . months . . . years . . . we will get together again!

    Hang in there with this fight. By the way, I DID email that journalist who wrote the lottery story on M. D. I gave him some good fodder.

    See you later on dirtbag . . . er . . . I mean My Dear Friend

    #639 8 years ago
    Quoted from Pintucky:

    I fought this battle for a long, long time, but few on Pinside would give me support. Back then, most every comment was about how great Mike Ducker was. I tried to help several guys from overseas who were ripped off by him. I felt sorry for them because they were so far away and didn't know how to get relief. I got pretty deep into this . . . . probably too deep . . . for I received threats. They came from anonymous person(s). If you explore one of these threads from a couple of years back, you will see a post to me by an unknown person, making veiled and outright threats. I found it shocking and backed off. Not out of fear, but feeling like I was a lone wolf. I ran out of desire.
    I sure hope you all have good luck with this. I assume when you read that article obout where Mike D. won the lottery money, that he was quoted with saying he owned a business but kept track of all his gambling funds, as if he WASN'T using 'our pinball money' for his lottery tickets!

    sounds like him, you should see how angry he gets on youtube if you say comments like "im sure he losses more than he wins"... there seems to be a screw loose.

    #640 8 years ago

    I went to High School with this guy, he was always a super weirdo. I remember him walking around with bags of stuff animals that he won at he boardwalk. He would do this almost daily. His parents are loaded, I remember people talking about how he had an elevator in his house. I used to see him in the Brick post office mailing stuff out, no idea what he did. Now I see people who work for him mailing stuff out from time to time, usually late afternoon. Not sure what other help I can offer you guys but I feel awful that he ripped people off.

    #641 8 years ago
    Quoted from Pintucky:

    First, thank you so much for your remarks. I would do more to help, but right now I've got a 90 year old mother doing poorly, plus many other family obligations. I barely have time to even go on this forum!
    As for us getting together to play pins . . . no . . . you keep your ass in Wades-fricken-ville! We don't need a human coin changer for Quarters down here!
    One of these . . . days . . . weeks . . . months . . . years . . . we will get together again!
    Hang in there with this fight. By the way, I DID email that journalist who wrote the lottery story on M. D. I gave him some good fodder.
    See you later on dirtbag . . . er . . . I mean My Dear Friend

    Yes Pintucky was one of the few to stand up for my thread that I created years ago telling about the negatives from MAD. He found out a lot of info. Perhaps it's time to take up that fight again Pintucky, except this time I think you will have more help.

    #642 8 years ago
    Quoted from vid1900:

    Mike_Ducker_(resized).JPG

    Mike's new mugshot coming soon!

    #643 8 years ago

    I got in touch with a big parts manufacturer in Germany, he is sending me a lot of stuff hopefully today. I need Powerzone to message me back so we can get his paper trail of what all he has tried. Emails from lawyers, police, any other ways.

    #644 8 years ago

    Someone mentioned they thought he resembled John Belushi, i say yes, with a tad bit of Homer Simpson also.

    #645 8 years ago

    i live very close to the store he plays in. if you watch the video, the girl is not even happy for him that he won when she cashed it in. I could understand why.

    He comes in and scratches hundreds of tickets and leaves all the losers/trash for the store staff to clean up all around where he is scratching.

    Totally disgusting, he wont even clean up after himself.

    #646 8 years ago

    I couldn't find a video on his third winning. Got a link?

    #647 8 years ago
    Quoted from silverbluemedall:

    i live very close to the store he plays in. if you watch the video, the girl is not even happy for him that he won when she cashed it in. I could understand why.
    He comes in and scratches hundreds of tickets and leaves all the losers/trash for the store staff to clean up all around where he is scratching.
    Totally disgusting, he wont even clean up after himself.

    This is most of the reason I dislike him. He thinks because he has money it allows him to be a dick. He's just a creepy weirdo who apparently has been ripping people off since 2008

    #648 8 years ago
    Quoted from Crash:

    I couldn't find a video on his third winning. Got a link?

    I am too new to post links, but go to youtube and search for:

    Huge Winner! $200,000 Jackpot! $500 Frenzy Instant Lottery Scratch Off Ticket - Mike Dee

    #649 8 years ago
    Quoted from silverbluemedall:

    I am too new to post links, but go to youtube and search for:
    Huge Winner! $200,000 Jackpot! $500 Frenzy Instant Lottery Scratch Off Ticket - Mike Dee

    All you have to do is just copy and paste the address from your browser's address bar.

    #650 8 years ago
    Quoted from silverbluemedall:

    I am too new to post links, but go to youtube and search for:
    Huge Winner! $200,000 Jackpot! $500 Frenzy Instant Lottery Scratch Off Ticket - Mike Dee

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