Said to me today:
“Yeah, I have a pinball machine. The only thing that broke on it was those rubber rings, but I just replaced them with elastic bands and it works great.”
“Wait, what do you mean, you wax your game?”
“Why would you ever replace the balls? They are metal.”
I've never had the glass off.
Batteries?! It plugs in the wall!
It stopped working. We haven't played it since.
I know what it's worth. I saw one on ebay.
It's perfect. (it's not)
It works great. (it doesn't.)
Can you fix it?
Went to go look at a machine a few weeks ago and it was sitting in a garage which made it about half frozen.. "Well you got the key so I can open it?" "Umm I don't think we got a key with it"
Fuckin burns me everytime. I don't even want to bother looking anymore.
Conversation with a Bar owner that has a LW3 in his bar a month ago:
-(me): “The plunger needs to be replaced, because the bell has broken off. It will take 6-7 days for the part to arrive and shipping+price is ~20€. I will also install a new solenoid”
-(bar owner): “Couldn’t you just glue it back on? I’d prefer not to wait a week... Maybe I should have my guy bring me another pin if you can’t glue it back on”
...He still has the machine in his shop broken. People put coins but the ball never launches!
Definitely dealt with the "What keys?" or "What batteries?" scenario when looking at a game.
I've also heard "You mean the glass comes OFF?" as I proceed to look under the playfield. That is usually second to their amazement when I remove the backglass. . . "Look at all that stuff in there!" Not sure what they were expecting to see. . . a hamster in a wheel? 
Quoted from Coolpinballdino:Did you change the batteries. " it takes batteries I didn't know."
This, on every home service call lately.
How to sell a game when you know nothing:
- take a pic through the open coin door
- take a close-up pic of the Bally logo
- copy and paste game data from IPDB
- state that it used to work but its probably an easy fix
The angry retort “this one doesn’t take batteries it plugs in the wall, I have other buyers who know that”
And of course “it worked when we put it away, maybe 10 years ago? It worked then so it’s not broken.” Tried explaining the kind of work an EM thats been sitting for a decade needs and they think I’m lowballing them. Yet they refuse to plug it in and see for themselves
"I grew up with a pinball at my (grandpa's, uncle's, friend's) house. We played it constantly and loved it! I think they still have it.."
Really? What's the name of it?
"It had a girl on it. Space something..."
Give me their number, i'll probably buy it.
"I didn't know the head folded down" - Me 5 years ago after carrying down a set of stairs and trying to pick it up over a half wall with the head up.
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:And of course “it worked when we put it away, maybe 10 years ago? It worked then so it’s not broken.” Tried explaining the kind of work an EM thats been sitting for a decade needs and they think I’m lowballing them. Yet they refuse to plug it in and see for themselves
"Don't really know what these go for"
Me: sent links to other CL listings that had sold and got back crickets. I guess they had an idea of what they THOUGHT it should go for. I even put my price equal to the nicest one that had sold. They must have wanted eBay "prices".
One lady got angry when I took the glass off and looked under the playfield as she thought that was “breaking it” wouldn’t believe it’s supposed to do that
“You can do more than one player?”
After showing my friends how to start with more players after noticing they were switching after a full game.
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