No Nino, these guys are not doing you or anyone else a favor
The average buyer does not understand the difference between you and dodgy Steve, all they know is they spent big money on something that never works
Unfortunately, fleabay works against buyers. They buy the over priced machines off eBay, leave feedback and then they do their homework only to find out that they over paid and didn't get what they thought they would.
You just described my first purchase Nino. I way over paid considering the condition and it took me about a month to find out just how badly I'd been ripped off as I really didn't know the full extent of what was wrong until I found someone to help me fix it. It ended up costing me around $1000 in parts and a lot of heartache to get it working properly. Fortunately I meet Pintoxicated (Blair) who lives in my area and he helped me get it all working or it would have cost me a lot more again in time and labour.
Unfortunately it seems to be a very common initiation into the pinball hobby.
