Arcade Collecting > Pinball

Pinrepair website switches to pay site!

<< < (6/9) > >>

TOK:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 23, 2011, 05:54:33 pm ---We've all seen that show.  That guy is probably not high functioning.  I was clinically specific.  You're either going to have to read up on the autism spectrum or just believe us on this one.

--- End quote ---

Or neither.

Jeff AMN:
There are definitely a lot of odd individuals in the pinball and arcade hobby. It's disproportionately high, in fact. Ever since I started doing shipping for pinball/arcade machines, I've seen firsthand how crazy people can get. You tell them that they'll be contacted by someone to finalize billing and set up their pickup/delivery dates, and they'll start emailing you within 20 minutes that they haven't heard from anybody. Then they'll start emailing every 10 minutes after that wondering why they haven't been called. You try to tell them that it can take a couple of hours because they have a queue to get through with scheduling, but you'll still have them on your back nonstop.

I still love the people in the hobby though. Their eccentric natures make it interesting. Even when they're blasting me with panicked emails, I still have fun interacting with them. Sure, there's always the "WELL IF I DON'T HEAR FROM SOMEONE IN THE NEXT HOUR I WILL GO ELSEWHERE!" few, but the vast majority of guys I have dealt with in pinball have been really nice guys.

I try not to be weird, but who knows how weird others see me as being...

TOK:
I think you just tend to notice it because you're involved... I've been in and out of a bunch of other hobbies, and their are weird/eccentric people in all of them. Go to anything involving radio controlled planes and you will see just as many screwballs as you see at an arcade show.  I also think what tends to happen is that you notice the weird behavior and that is what sticks with you.

Wouldn't you expect someone shipping an expensive, heavy and fragile pinball machine is going to be more concerned about it than someone shipping standard stuff? You example seems like excessive behavior, though.

Maybe I've just been really lucky. I've been in the hobby for a little under 10 years and I haven't dealt with a genuine screwball yet. Deals here, KLOV, and the video and pinball newsgroups. Jim says the pin newsgroups are terrible, I've had like 10 good deals there and no personal run-ins. Yea, I've seen the crazy arguments there, but its an unmoderated newsgroup. There are a couple of people that I'd consider just as wacky here.  ;)

ChadTower:

There is nothing fragile about a packed up pinball machine.  People act like they are made of crystal but it's a plywood box with parts screwed into another piece of plywood.  Pack it up properly and we're talking standard cargo.

TOK:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 24, 2011, 12:11:49 pm ---
There is nothing fragile about a packed up pinball machine.  People act like they are made of crystal but it's a plywood box with parts screwed into another piece of plywood.  Pack it up properly and we're talking standard cargo.

--- End quote ---

Excellent info, given your proven expertise in material loading/handling.  :dizzy:

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page