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Folks, let's tap on the brakes a little bit on this one. Advice has been requested and given, so let's wait for the OP to contact the seller and/or for the seller to respond before we drag out more of the torches and pitchforks.
From what I understand, Rob is a stand-up guy who has a good reputation as a seller with many happy customers.
If everything the OP says is true, hopefully this is somehow just a mix-up.
Quoted from TOK:I think when you see stuff like wires soldered directly to pins, its a safe bet the machine was maintained by a hack in the field and pretty much everything that went wrong with it was rigged with whatever parts they had on hand.
To be fair, it was a common solution to a common problem when WPC games were on route--it was cheap, quick, and it worked. It also didn't require any delicate board repairs (which could result in more problems if things went wrong). This hack/repair doesn't always necessarily mean that the rest of the game is in shambles.
Quoted from rcbrown316:this is what I would do and I bet Rob would prefer to handle it this way but you need to confirm all possible expenses starting with the dmd. if reseating ribbon cable didn't work you might have a bad dmd driver board or dmd. those are 149 and 180 respectively. the hole in the PF can be easily fixed but needs to be compensated for. missing levelers should be comp'd also. the hardwiring where the connectors were is a pain too. the cabinet issues are your responsibility buy I bet he will still comp you. in the future ask for tons of pics, focusing on the bad. not to rub it in but a 3200 shadow from a private collector would be really nice and a coolectors copy should be about 2300-2500.
The mini-playfield is available, if that's where the problem was: http://www.planetarypinball.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PPS-A-13769-50032
Quoted from Mbecker:Maxi? Haha is that the technical term? That's a new one to me
I tend to call it the main playfield.
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