Interesting Craigslist find.

[JMB]

I saw this posted for a free Ms. Pac Man in Boston

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/zip/601115305.html

I sent a message to see if anyone had claimed it and if they had any pics.  I got a response back saying that it was available but no pictures.  I emailed back asking why they where getting rid of it for free.  Here is the response I got.

"When I bought this machine the previous owner told me it was haunted.  I laughed, didn't believe him, because I didn't believe in that sort of thing.
 
Got a bad feeling the day it was delivered.  Game started on its own in the middle of the night several times, had a tech service the machine three times (very pricy housecalls), but he couldn't find the problem.
 
Three-year old daughter started talking about the "man in the video machine", didn't think much of it, then my wife saw a dark figure move across the basement and into the machine.  She ran out of the house, would not return until the machine was out of the house.  I moved it to my business garage (two miles away), and several times I have opened the garage to find tools missing or scattered, things tipped over.
 
This is why I am giving away a $1000 machine for free."

Chad you need to go pick this up and report back.

[Jeff AMN]

Sweet! Free cab!

I hope I don't get ridiculed for saying this, but I've actually seen a ghost and I do believe in them (didn't before that!). I may take a chance on the cab if I were in the area, but I wouldn't keep it for long if it really had those sort of issues. I am more inclined to think it's just paranoia winding them up.

[RoninEditor]

The only ghosts you're gonna see are... the four chasing you in the maze while you are playing you FREE CAB!!! LOL... dude, get it!!!

[pincky]

I would love to hear the follow-up on this!

[pincky]

The only ghosts you're gonna see are... the four chasing you in the maze while you are playing you FREE CAB!!! LOL... dude, get it!!!

Play's rimshot sound

[TelcoLou]

I'd take the word of the 3-year old. Kids at that age have no filters, and don't know that there's "no such thing as ghosts".

My nephew (at the time, he was 4 years old) came over to our first house a couple of months after we moved in, and told us about the little girl "Marcy" who used to live in the spare room.

Soon after that, we got a chrome trash bin, and started to notice child's hand prints all over it .. which would re-appear after we cleaned them off. 

[FrizzleFried]

Pincky...

I am not sure why,  because the forum SHOULD have resized it for you (i think) or not let you upload it,  but your AVATAR is freakin 1MB in size!!!!!!

Here...replace it with this MUCH SMALLER version...everyone on slower connections will thank you!

[Singapura]

I sincerely wish someone could prove there's such as thing as ghosts. You would think that with all those camer'as out there and the easy way people can commmunicate these day there would be solid proof by now. I would love to see something supernatural 

[ediblegod]

That's Freakin' Awesome! I wouldn't put it in my home but I'd definitely pick it up and put it in the shop or something.
Are you gonna actually pick it up tomorrow.
Seem kind of specific though... 9a.m. tuesday?

Let us know if you end up with it...

[rackoon]

YOU ARE MESSING WITH "EVIL" FORCES FROM BEYOND; this wont end well. 

I will be waiting for your post regarding the need for a good exorcist.

[Extreme8]

I sincerely wish someone could prove there's such as thing as ghosts. You would think that with all those camer'as out there and the easy way people can commmunicate these day there would be solid proof by now. I would love to see something supernatural 

I believe there's something to this stuff.
This is a first hand story - not some friend of a friend deal.
Close friends of my parents tried for years and years to have a baby. Finally got pregnant and had a baby boy.
When he was 5 they got pregnant again. The very day the new boy was scheduled to come home from the  hospital the first born died completely unexpectedly.
They never told #2 he once had a brother.
Cut to 3 years later, boy #2 is in his bedroom talking up a storm. Mom says "what are you doing" he says "talking to that little boy in the corner, he says he's my brother"
I get goose bumps whenever I think about it.
If you could see the mom in my mothers kitchen shaking right after it happened you'd believe it too.

Haunted Ms. Pacman - who knows....

[SavannahLion]

Ghosts?

Just get it. If no one in Boston wants it, ship it to me. As long as the ghost doesn't

teabag

me, I don't care what he/she/it does.

[Level42]

Do ghosts like to fly ? I think so. Put it on a plane to Europe. I will take care of the Pac - Man.


Regards, Andre, Dutch head-office of Ghostbusters Inc.

I've never had anything like these things happen to me or heared about from people I trust. I don't believe in any of this. People watch movies too much.

[DaOld Man]

I long as they aint vampires I dont care.
I hate blood sucking vampires. (Could also be blood sucking lawyers).

EDIT: I just noticed I am poster #13.... Better get out the Crucifix..

[ChadTower]

Chad you need to go pick this up and report back.

Hadn't seen it... but it says must pick up at 9am Tuesday and it is 8:48am now.

I bet it's a scam of some sort, though.  Free games with no pics and a weird story around here are usually someone effing with collectors.

[CheffoJeffo]

Pincky...

I am not sure why,  because the forum SHOULD have resized it for you (i think) or not let you upload it,  but your AVATAR is freakin 1MB in size!!!!!!

Here...replace it with this MUCH SMALLER version...everyone on slower connections will thank you!

 

[shardian]

That's a good one. I emailed the owner just so I could get my very own rendition of the story.

[ChadTower]

FWIW, it's about an hour north of me, just outside of "outside of Boston".

I've been looking for a beater Ms Pac too.

[Neilyboy]

I got to see what this guys response to you is!!

Neil

[billpa]

That's a good one. I emailed the owner just so I could get my very own rendition of the story.

I emailed him last night that I was interested but curious why he was giving a great cabinet away for free. His response was "My life is very blessed so why not give it away?"

Dunno...sounds a bit fishy to me.

[Dazz]

Heh, ghosts...  I do haunted house (scream houses/haunted attractions) reviews for the DFW area.  I have met a LOT of interesting folks, including several "ghost hunters".  I've been out on their ghost hunting expeditions several times and have never seen anything at all.  However they all get spooked at the slightest wind movement or dust on their expensive ass camera lenses... 

I'd take this cabinet in a heartbeat, if anything just to have the ghost hunters come over and play it. 

[lanman31337]

I am the ghost of Pacman past.................... 

[ChadTower]

( has anyone considered it's a joke.  A Ms Pac full of ghosts?  One is red, one is blue, one is yellow... )

[padstack]

I e-mailed him too.  Here is the reponse:

No offense man, but you’re GIVING away a Pac man in good condition?  What’s the catch?
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Someone gave it to me, at a time in my life when I could NEVER afford to buy something like this.  Now I'm giving it to someone else,
 
It's not worth much, maybe $500 or so.

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If this is all true, then he's a better man than I!

[pincky]

Pincky...

I am not sure why,  because the forum SHOULD have resized it for you (i think) or not let you upload it,  but your AVATAR is freakin 1MB in size!!!!!!

Here...replace it with this MUCH SMALLER version...everyone on slower connections will thank you!

Thanks I made the change!

[pmc]

So did someone (here) go get it? I was going to email him last night, but it looked like a scam to me so I didn't bother. Besides, I figured one of you would scoop it up quick while I was thinking about it.

I could have gotten it this morning (it's like 20-30 min from me).

It reminded me a little of "Escape from Leprechaupolis" (ATHF).

-pmc

[JMB]

I was tempted to go but I had just taken Friday afternoon off to go pick up an Asteroids.  Based on the responses that others got compared to mine it really smells like a scam.

[pmc]

Did you get the Asteroids for free?

-pmc

[JMB]

Did you get the Asteroids for free?

-pmc

Almost.     $80.  No board though.
http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1161uq4.jpg

[pmc]

I emailed the guy just in case it wasn't gone and I got this back just a few minutes ago:

Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: arcade game: Ms. Pac Man

it is gone

-pmc

[pmc]

Did you get the Asteroids for free?

-pmc

Almost.     $80.  No board though.
http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1161uq4.jpg

Sweet. Looks great. I hope the monitor works right.

-pmc

[ChadTower]

Did he dump the "we got it from Donnie Wahlberg" line on you too?

[shardian]

I feel ripped off. I didn't get a response.

Since I didn't get one, I'll just invent one myself:

"Hi, We had a Tornado a few weeks ago and after the weather cleared we walked outside and found this machine sitting in our yard. I am still amazed it was intact after the incredible journey from wherever it came from. Thanks for you interest."

 

[ChadTower]

"Miraculously, inside it was the 3 year old girl we had lost and assumed was swept away with the tornado."

[MaximRecoil]

I sincerely wish someone could prove there's such as thing as ghosts. You would think that with all those camer'as out there and the easy way people can commmunicate these day there would be solid proof by now. I would love to see something supernatural 

There are already tons of pictures and videos out there that show "something". A picture or video will never be "solid proof" of anything because there are too many plausible explanations for what they show (including intentional fakery).  

However, I know people who have seen and/or spoken with supernatural beings of some sort, and there are millions of others who have claimed as much. Even though I've never seen anything "supernatural", the fact that others have (some of them being people I know well); that's enough proof for me. I don't automatically assume someone is lying or crazy unless I know that what they are saying is not possible. And when it comes to what exists beyond the grasp of the 5 human senses, we know precisely jack ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

[ahofle]

I'd pass, Pacman is hard enough with 4 ghosts.

[JMB]

Did he dump the "we got it from Donnie Wahlberg" line on you too?

Of course.  I'm going to make a fortune on all the New Kids on the Block merchandise that was hidden in the cab!

[ChadTower]

Did you notify him that Donnie Wahlberg stole his Asteroids PCB?

[RayB]

oy vey....

[DeLuSioNal29]

I sincerely wish someone could prove there's such as thing as ghosts. You would think that with all those camer'as out there and the easy way people can commmunicate these day there would be solid proof by now. I would love to see something supernatural 

http://www.aetv.com/paranormal-state/

Whomever gets the machine, let me know how it works out, and we can feature you on an episode.  (Yes, I work at A&E)

~ DeLuSioNaL