Re: Burtmeier Pony 1934 Slot machine on sale
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:53 am
Guys:
I see nothing wrong with Stephane's post.
There are so many scams out there that people really need to be careful.
I am making no comment about this machine and have no reason to believe the listing is not accurate but here is a true story.
Many years ago there was a fake RAT on eBay. The photo was taken from another listing and I knew for sure it was a scam.
I contacted the seller as a very interested buyer. I asked for more photos and he sent more photos from the original listing.
I then asked for a photo with a local newspaper in it. He was VERY good at photoshop and photoshopped in a newspaper. If I zoomed in very close I could see that it was photoshopped in but I think it was good enough to fool 95% of the people out there.
I then asked for detailed photos of the mechanism. These were not included in the original eBay listing. He then got very defensive. I asked again and he got more defensive.
I then sent him the original eBay listing.
End of discussion and end of story.
Bottom line, one needs to be very careful when buying a machine from someone they have never had business with before.
Dave
I see nothing wrong with Stephane's post.
There are so many scams out there that people really need to be careful.
I am making no comment about this machine and have no reason to believe the listing is not accurate but here is a true story.
Many years ago there was a fake RAT on eBay. The photo was taken from another listing and I knew for sure it was a scam.
I contacted the seller as a very interested buyer. I asked for more photos and he sent more photos from the original listing.
I then asked for a photo with a local newspaper in it. He was VERY good at photoshop and photoshopped in a newspaper. If I zoomed in very close I could see that it was photoshopped in but I think it was good enough to fool 95% of the people out there.
I then asked for detailed photos of the mechanism. These were not included in the original eBay listing. He then got very defensive. I asked again and he got more defensive.
I then sent him the original eBay listing.
End of discussion and end of story.
Bottom line, one needs to be very careful when buying a machine from someone they have never had business with before.
Dave