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menace:

Best one I've got was when I sold a fully setup machine, nice 25" monitor and everything was setup so you push one button and one button to turn it off--I triple checked all the controls and the mamewah setup to make sure there were no hidden features that would get unlocked with certain key presses etc..It was solid..so the guy picks it up and a few weeks later I get a terse email...

"why can't I see all my icons?  Nothing is working" 

Icons I wondered???  I found out he had kludged in a mame32 build on top and now nothing was working--who puts mame32 on a machine and on a machine with a 25" lo-res arcade monitor???

Le Chuck:

I've had similar a few times, when confronted the perp stated that I had left off some awesome feature or awesome game that really needed to be on there - which of course was left off because the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- system he insisted on using to save money couldn't run it anywhere near playable. 

But Time Crisis is my FAV game@!!@1211!

Me:  So how's it running?
Perp:  It doesn't work, I think you messed up something when you changed all the settings to hide windows and go right to the old gaming menu
Me:  Yep, that must have been it, those PIIIs are finicky.  well see ya! 

pbj:

If you sell illegal, glitchy crap then be prepared for the customer support.

My last MAME cab I sold, for what, $150? working suffered a deluge of texts, phone calls, and e-mails.  Then he sold it for 3 times what he paid.

 :laugh:

Next one goes to the dumpster.



yotsuya:


--- Quote from: ChanceKJ on December 16, 2013, 06:23:18 am ---So what your telling me is: Don't offer to build cabs for other people.  :)

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Build them the cabs, but tell them they're on their own for the software and games.  >:D

drventure:


--- Quote from: yotsuya on December 16, 2013, 09:53:04 am ---Build them the cabs, but tell them they're on their own for the software and games.  >:D

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Amen to that.

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