....but learned a hard lesson in the process.
I responded to a craigslist ad for a lot of toys that included lots of toys and some Atari consoles and games. The lot was to be sold together and was advertised as having been played with. What caught my eye in the picture of the Atari games was the nice crisp blue Rescue Terra label sticking out! I was stoked! I could flip the other stuff, maybe make a little money and get a copy of Rescue Terra in the process!
Fast forward to yesterday, I drove about 40 miles to the sellers home after we had already agreed on a price for the lot in principal. I was looking over the toys and came to the box with the Atari cartridges in it. What I didn't see what the Rescue Terra game, he had removed it from the box. I told him the real reason I was spending the money on the lot was to add that particular game to my collection and asked why he had removed it.
His response was, "Well I didn't think anyone would notice that it was missing".
In most cases this is true, but I find this to be untruthful and deceiving. He essentially obliged himself to selling the entire lot, including the Rescue Terra game, based on the pictures of what you were getting but backed out on it.
Long story short he offered me the remainder of the lot at a reduced price but the toys were in a lesser condition than what they looked like in the pictures and would have been a difficult sell. The rest of the games were common carts and the consoles were pretty beat up.
Morale of the story is I walked away from this deal with cash in hand because I wasn't really going to reward that kind of behavior and I was observant of pictures and knew what I was supposed to be getting!
Please look over pictures and descriptions in their entirety! Most people are honest but occasionally you will encounter that one person that isn't completely honest. I understand that most people have no idea what the difference is between Rescue Terra and Pacman value or rarity wise but it doesn't make it any less dishonest to remove the game from the lot while hoping the buyer doesn't realize it!
I responded to a craigslist ad for a lot of toys that included lots of toys and some Atari consoles and games. The lot was to be sold together and was advertised as having been played with. What caught my eye in the picture of the Atari games was the nice crisp blue Rescue Terra label sticking out! I was stoked! I could flip the other stuff, maybe make a little money and get a copy of Rescue Terra in the process!
Fast forward to yesterday, I drove about 40 miles to the sellers home after we had already agreed on a price for the lot in principal. I was looking over the toys and came to the box with the Atari cartridges in it. What I didn't see what the Rescue Terra game, he had removed it from the box. I told him the real reason I was spending the money on the lot was to add that particular game to my collection and asked why he had removed it.
His response was, "Well I didn't think anyone would notice that it was missing".
In most cases this is true, but I find this to be untruthful and deceiving. He essentially obliged himself to selling the entire lot, including the Rescue Terra game, based on the pictures of what you were getting but backed out on it.
Long story short he offered me the remainder of the lot at a reduced price but the toys were in a lesser condition than what they looked like in the pictures and would have been a difficult sell. The rest of the games were common carts and the consoles were pretty beat up.
Morale of the story is I walked away from this deal with cash in hand because I wasn't really going to reward that kind of behavior and I was observant of pictures and knew what I was supposed to be getting!
Please look over pictures and descriptions in their entirety! Most people are honest but occasionally you will encounter that one person that isn't completely honest. I understand that most people have no idea what the difference is between Rescue Terra and Pacman value or rarity wise but it doesn't make it any less dishonest to remove the game from the lot while hoping the buyer doesn't realize it!