Sorry man. That is outrageous.

Was this some sort of store it was located at in that you had to make an "appointment"?

I'd be pissed.

I really hate that. I went to go buy a pinball machine a few weeks back and I had already made a deal over the phone. I stopped to withdraw the cash and headed out. On the way I spoke with the seller on the phone and told him I had the money and would be there in about 20-25 minutes. When I was literally 3 minutes away from his home, he called me and said, "some guy is here now, and it looks like he's buying the machine. He got here first."

I asked him why he didn't keep our deal. His response was, "I don't know, he just called and said he could be here in 10 minutes. That was about 15 minutes ago."

Our conversation actually ended while I was pulling up to his house. I try not to act bitter, but this one really pissed me off. I said, "well, I'm outside your house. I can't believe you'd burn someone to save yourself 3 minutes of selling time. That's pretty awful."

He says, "I have a MAME too. You can look at that so you don't waste the trip."

The last thing I said was, "if you don't get it, I won't bother trying to explain. Just don't expect to have as easy of a time selling around here if you do this stuff often."

I drove home pissed off, out about $15 in gas and a couple of hours of my time.

Dave: sounds like you probably shouldn't have bought it anyway with the battery acid problem.

I know that pumped feeling.. getting the cash.. driving.. contemplating "is this a waste of money".. " should i put this $700 bucks towards my mortgage?"........ etc. etc.

Sorry man.

I hate to hear these stories. I guess the best that can be done is to forget about it as soon as possible and just let it go. I bet that is easier said than done when you have the excitement of adding a machine squashed by some a-hole. Keep your head up Dave that pin wasn't meant for you maybe something better will pop up soon you never know.

Are you the high bidder on it?

I bet. I can't see bidding on a pin sight unseen. I prefer CL must better..

Obviously they didn't want you to see the machine prior to the end of the auction as you may report your findings on the auction page.

Sounds like something is up with the machine. Be glad you didn't win it.

Dave, I kinda agree with TDA, I dont think this pin was meant to be in your collection. Not this one at least. I wouldnt want to deal with anyone like that anyway. If they were open and you went there -than they should of let you inspect the machine, appointment or no appointment. I hope you find a great bk2k and enjoy it for a long time. Peace

So I guess a BJ was out of the question? I would have raised holy hell that's for sure! In fact if I drove 4 hours the cops would have had to tell me to leave...

I woulda started breaking stuff.

sounds like an amateur ,
better off finding another Bk2000

Hey!

That's crazy. Did you say, I like it when you talk dirty?
You could have got those bombs to fall, like out of a B-52.

That really sucks, you will find yours, just be patient.

@dave: I was bidding on that too, glad it went out of my price range. I also asked them about the black skirt that the previous owner nailed to the upper playfield (which is obviously not stock), they respond:
"We took a closer look at the area you mentioned. It does appear an operator put a "skirt" on that area to protect the contacts for the upper level. I hope that helps!"

These guys ARE idiots. I don't think I'm ever going to bid on anything from them again. I'm not sure if they are co-signing pins for customers, or they're the ones sitting on craigslist waiting for deals so they can buy cheap pins and resell them. There was a bk2000 pin earlier that day on craigslist for $1200 in delavan, WI.. I offered him $1000, was all ready to go up and look at it, then he emails me back (some guy offered to come 3 hours before you, sorry I have to sell first come first serve). How the hell am I supposed to leave work to buy a pin? I'm pretty it's the same place that snagged it away from me.

You also could have asked "Do you kiss your mother with that dirty mouth?" and if she replied "Yes" you could have followed up with "Did she like it?".

Are they a real business? If so report them to the BBB.

Honestly, don't bother wasting your time. The BBB doesn't do much about this type of stuff.. or really much about anything in general.

Perve! hahaha I'd watch it myself.....

Either an idiot that knows nothing about pinball, someone desperately wanting a BK2K, or someone with a lot of money that doesn't care. I'd pay $1400 for a bk2k... that was completely shopped.