hey nova nut. come back to the shop. and get your story straight.

i'm chris. not cris. i told you, first question...there is a translite, no backglass. i told you this 3 times in our discussion live about the game. yes, 3 times.

i also told you, you've never spoken to me, so i have no idea "you're a man of your words". that's straight out of your mouth. there was no verification you were going to come to the shop. the boards were placed on mousin' around, and i was instructed to plug them in if you made it in. that was it for me. there's quite a few games i was working on.

and this is for both sides of this slamfest, and EVERYBODY that might drive to look at a machine...have someone text you pics before you drive. day one crap.

3rd of all. and i'll be blunt: you were an absolute azz on the phone talking to dave, when you had him on speaker phone. night and day with how you and i were communicating in person.

now let me tell pinside the WHOLE story:

you spoke to dave and eric. i will not assume they didn't tell you it was a project mousin' around. because i wasn't privy to that discussion.

you came in. i plugged the 2 boards in, that were sitting on the game, on the coffin mover.

the game powered up, booted fine. even i was surprised. it was not a game i had touched in that shop, ever.

you asked where the backglass was. i said "there is no glass, the translite is in the office" and i went and got it.

the game went into ball search. of course...it was missing 2 pinballs. i plopped the other 2 in for testing. wow. slam a shop for needing to source some balls.

so, the game booted, and it played. yes, dammit, it worked. we suck because of that. the balls ended up getting caught in the wrap around ramp behind the backboard. took me 3 minutes to find the shop magnet...and another 20 seconds to fish them out with that magnet. game wasn't level, of course.

after you left, i fixed that coil issue. 1st time i have worked on that game. it took me 3 minutes...it was binding up.

the ramps are epoxied at some screw holes. the center ramp is held in place by tape, a metal/plexi bracket will fix that pretty simply.

the game was offered to you at $1000.00. that's not my price. you offered $500 after dave left. i said, "i know he won't take that, he has more into it, but i can call him"

so you called dave on the phone. and you flipped a switch. wow...what a conversation. i'm glad it was on speakerphone. "i'll give you 500 bucks." "you ripped me off, i think, on that taxi game" "ok, i will load this turd in my truck and i will slap 700 cash on the table and load it up." it was craigslist live if i've ever seen such a situation.

dave offered you the game at $800. i know he's losing a bit of money at that price. i know you're upset with whatever the hell was/is going on.

as i said before, i'm Switzerland. i don't care. i will tell both sides of whatever and to whoever, how i see stuff going down.

it's a hobby. and i don't know any of the backstory.

but this thread? well, look at the downvotes....kind of sums up what people have seen in the average american pinball store location.

oh, this might hurt, but it's not meant to...i sold that exact piece of crap garbage, hack job, cris had to hunt for legs, no-board housing junk paint dog pooping disaster missing leg bolts mousin' around for $1400 locally, about 10 minutes after you walked out of the store. ya...that POS went for double your offer, with little effort from me...remember again...i don't care. i took clear pics, sent to the buyer and the whole 9 yards. as much as i personally hate it, it's not 2008ish pricing anymore.

and we have 300-ish leg bolts onhand. so don't fabricate issues that aren't there. i also showed you chrome bally legs. you were fine with them. why is our storage area such an issue now? now you'll make me keep every customer on the curb, instead of allowing them to follow me to see which leg set they would prefer.

so yes, please don't come back to the "crappy" shop. you know...one where games are repaired. one where the owner purchases games as described, and i get to come in on Fridays and tell Dave how badly he was lied to about issues.

and i'll post some more things you spoke to me about, concerning how Chattanooga pinball is such a beautiful shop to walk into, that will make people cringe on this website. sad panda emoji insert here.

you were nice in person. but on the phone and obviously on the internet, you're a different breed.

seriously dude. prozac. it's just f@@#&^%$ pinball. where i, personally, have met the best people on earth.

get pictures texted next time. if that didn't happen, i'm the first person that will apologize for that. i'm there every friday.

and don't be a keyboard warrior. it's just plain off putting.

reviews are more than fair. but there's a need to have some details.

both boards were sitting on the game or on the stern box next to the game. i can't poop up system 11 boards and roms like magic.

we have leg bolts all over the place. seriously. i throw out 10 on an average friday because they just plain suck.

dave was losing money on that game in an attempt to make you happy with whatever taxi deal you did in the past that has you annoyed.

he sent me a copy of your text as well with how you would slam them to stern, pinside, craigslist, etc...after you left. i'm still sure that wasn't the same guy i was speaking to in person just 20 minutes before.

i told dave to "just relax, enjoy the weekend, don't sweat it".

then i get home after midnight, with good options...out of those choices i had in front of me, the dummy that i am, i log into pinside.

i have no horse in this race. i enjoy repairing pinballs more than playing pinball. i'm getting paid zero dollars for moving the mousin' around out of the store. i'm equally happy putting it in your truck, art's truck, a UPS truck, or the dumpster. it's not centaur.

but i'm going to spend some time on it to get it as good as i can for art to enjoy. my wife is driving 30 minutes on monday to pick up a back glass for the game.

i tend to think we'd get no thank yous for the game if it sold for $400.00. still, the best people i've met, i've met through pinball.

i'm sorry you are not happy. get pictures texted next time. other than that, this is a complaint about how we don't have leg bolts.

and everybody that texted me...dave gets 9 grand for addams family on eBay. ya...that's the world we live in nowadays.

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the game is 100% now. even had my wife drive south to pickup a new back glass. oldpinguy is getting something nice for the price. to be blunt, he can put this on craigslist the second he gets home, and clear $800.00+. but art's good people...i know it's a game he will keep until a nicer one shows up.

a lot of machines did come in last week, so it's crowded right now. here's the shop last month:

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everyone has you covered for a new stern . you will not find a working solid state for under a grand, normally. low desired EMs are creeping up to a $1000 for working examples.

they have a 100% Bally goldball in the shop for $850 bucks with an alltek MPU. they also have a working Arena, no sound, for $700.00. so get your shipping ready.

Pinball owners are holding their machines. the buyer demand is there. and the supply is not. because those same owners are still holding. no surprise there. there is a lot of people who are probably just thinking, "let's wait and see..."

i think today's values suck. but i don't control the demand. games i skipped on at $600 bucks back in the day? i'll skip the same game today for $600 bucks. but people are paying $5000 and up for the same damm game. it's a sellers market. it can be a buyer's headache.