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Neo Geo Candy 26 sit down arcade cabinet w/ trisync VGA monitor!
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Goz:
Speaking as someone who has had some interaction with Antonio in the past I wouldn't ever do business with the guy. I'm not trying to polute or thread poisen as I believe this crap belongs in the bad seller thread and not in the living BST threads. I wont go into details on my interaction here but if someone wants to know I am available via PM.

I do believe that SegaSonic was likely blinded by lust of a sexy cab and probably just took the guy at his word and didnt look at the unit close enough. It is the buyers fault for not checking out the cab more thouroughly.

Just my .02
tetsu96:
Wow, the Bad Traders thread got more than a bit ugly.


--- Quote from: segasonicfan ---The problem was not easy to find and I did inspect the cab before buying it.  Where I come from it is the seller's responsibility to honestly describe an item for sale.
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It doesn't sound like there was any cover up for hardware issues.  If this was an issue that EB didn't know about, then what makes him dishonest?  Maybe the tech that told him the convergence needed adjustment didn't check as well as he could have, but that doesn't really make much of a difference at this point.  If it's just a $15 part, then what's the big deal?  $100 off the top just to make the deal go through should more than cover it.

Not that you mentioned that he took off $100 of course when addressing other issues.


--- Quote from: segasonicfan ---$500 also is not a really good price especially considering the other minor things it's missing- Sanwa controllers were taken out (no he will not give me back the originals of those either) coin mech is missing, JAMMA harness needed fixing (was missing pin and actually broke one of my boards), lock for marquee light has no key and needs replacing, missing marquee light, replaced beaten up control panel, etc etc.
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--- Quote from: eastbayarb ---You are not being truthful because I gave you back the sanwa buttons (the ball top sticks are still there), you looked at the cab inside and our so you should have seen any missing/broken parts if any, I told you no marquee light or key was present (should have been obvious anyways).
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Sounds to me like he did go out of his way to make you happy between taking money off the top and providing parts / allowing for a thorough inspection.  Sure, it sucks that the monitor isn't perfectly converged / has damage, but you got a good price on the cab and got extra buttons to boot.  If you want a warranty, get a new monitor from a company that supports them.  Or get it serviced by a professional if it is in working / fixable condition - just stay away from whoever EB used. ;)

I don't know if the BT thread gets cleaned up when issues get worked out, but this issue doesn't sound like it belongs there unless SSF gets special mention for trying to squeeze the seller after the transaction.

Even on sale, the Betson 27" goes for $400 after shipping / tax.  You got a candy cab with a  tri-sync monitor for that much.  And you're calling the seller a cheat / liar...  talk about your sour grapes...
segasonicfan:

--- Quote ---'m not trying to polute or thread poisen as I believe this crap belongs in the bad seller thread and not in the living BST threads.
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I completely agree.  I only wanted to bump it once.  I was not expecting this slew of responses and I would prefer to keep this all in the Bad Trader thread too.

and talking about price point and cost is just a baseless argument.  This isn't about how much he sold the cab for, what it's worth, how much a betson costs, etc.  That is just a silly thing to bring up over and over again.

and for the record a Betson comes with a MUCH better chassis and tube.  It is also new, the tube is a flat CRT, etc etc.  Not a very good comparison.

Please lets let this be the last post on this thread.  Enough has been said here and this can just stay in the Bad Trader forum.  Antonio has put in his word and I have put in mine so lets just let this thread die.

-Segasonicfan
davieboynj:

--- Quote from: segasonicfan on April 09, 2007, 12:47:23 am ---and talking about price point and cost is just a baseless argument.  This isn't about how much he sold the cab for, what it's worth, how much a betson costs, etc.  That is just a silly thing to bring up over and over again.

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I'd have to completely agree with this.  If i were selling something on this board, i would be extremely honest about condition...  I have a few items that i want to unload that i haven't just because i don't want to burden someone with a similar problem, if i described the items completely honestly, i wouldn't get jack for them. 

One time i bought a batch of parts from a member on the forum, and they described the condition of a certain part as "only minor scratches".  When i rec'd the item it not only was COVERED with scratches, but also had several chunks taken out in places.  The truth of the matter is, i still got a good deal on all the parts i received, but the point was that i was deceived, and in my case i was primarily interested in the one part. 

It has NOTHING to do with whether you got a deal or not. 
FrizzleFried:

--- Quote from: davieboynj on April 19, 2007, 03:56:46 pm ---
One time i bought a batch of parts from a member on the forum, and they described the condition of a certain part as "only minor scratches".  When i rec'd the item it not only was COVERED with scratches, but also had several chunks taken out in places.  The truth of the matter is, i still got a good deal on all the parts i received, but the point was that i was deceived, and in my case i was primarily interested in the one part.   

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The huge difference between your situation and Sega's is that Sega inspected the item in person before purchase.  It's not like he bought it via ebay and it was delivered all screwed up.  He bought it IN PERSON and had plenty of time to poke around and look at things.
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