They’re out there and they own pinballs

[paddythegreek]

This is long but the following conversation took place around 3pm this afternoon.
K= me
P=the pr*t on the phone

K answering phone Hello
P your name Ken
K yes
P got yr number off a guy who says you repair pinballs
K that’s right, what is it.
P it’s a pinball machine
K ok but is it an EM or a SS
P Neither I just told you it’s a pinball didn’t I
K Does it have displays
P no
K so it’s an EM then and I can’t repair it
P why not it’s a pinball
K cos I know nothing about EM’s
P a pinballs a pinball innit
K no it’s not. Em’s are electro mechanical and I know nothing about them
P the guy said you mended them
K yes solid state machines.
P it’s not a solid state machine it’s a pinball
At this point I’m seriously thinking of washing some pots whilst I leave him on hold.
K. Ok what’s yr machine called
P Harlem globe trotters
K but that’s a solid state game and you said it didn’t have displays.
P it don’t have displays.
K are they missing
P are wot missing
K the displays
P no
K but you said it didn’t have displays
P it don’t have nuffink as it’s not workin
K so when you switch it on what happens
P. Nuffink
K nothing at all?
P some lights come on
K can you open the backbox for me
P no
K why not
P don’t have any keys
K ok
P wots it gonna cost to get it goin again
K depends what’s wrong but I doubt it will be cheap.
P more than £25
K yes a lot more
P f*k it I’ll find someone cheaper.

At this point the gentleman ended the call.

 

[M4carp]

Well done you have the patience of Job!
I would have hung up a few sentences in

 

[Paul]

P more than £25
K yes a lot more
P f*k it I’ll find someone cheaper.

 

[Spandangler]

They walk among us

 

[paddythegreek]

As the conversation is written it looks like it flowed back n forth, but it didn’t
A lot of the time there was a long pause after I’d asked him something, like he was considering whether it was a trick question or not.

 

[mark9]

I expect it’ll be on ebay before long.

 

[kev a]

Ha, he expected someone to fix a broken pin for less than 25 quid. Hes in for a bit of a shock me thinks. Sounds like you dodged a bullet with that one.

 

[Happypin]

Ive Had many like that in my TV and video repairs days luckily I’m 15 years out of it...

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Ha, he expected someone to fix a broken pin for less than 25 quid. Hes in for a bit of a shock me thinks. Sounds like you dodged a bullet with that one.

It seems to be the case these days that nobody wants to pay a reasonable rate for someone's skills, knowledge, time, responsibility.... it's a race to the bottom out there, and there always seems to be someone desperate enough to work for f*ck all. I could rant on but it will end political and I'll probably smash something in a rage [emoji3]

Peace out and remember we are all just trying to get through this madness we call life. To do that whilst looking out for your fellow man is the key to all our futures.

Going to stare out to sea now for a bit [emoji869]

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[Dex-Jay]

Going to stare out to sea now for a bit

.... from the bow of your boat?

 

[Paul R Owen]

It seems to be the case these days that nobody wants to pay a reasonable rate for someone's skills, knowledge, time, responsibility.... it's a race to the bottom out there, and there always seems to be someone desperate enough to work for f*ck all. I could rant on but it will end political and I'll probably smash something in a rage [emoji3]

Peace out and remember we are all just trying to get through this madness we call life. To do that whilst looking out for your fellow man is the key to all our futures.

Going to stare out to sea now for a bit [emoji869]

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So true. I am not allowed to do my job now. I have to get junior staff to do it instead.

 

[Rob zombie]

Sounds like the non-working Harlem Globetrotters that was on eBay two or three months ago.

This one... http://pin-ball-machine.com/en/harl...ball-machine-1979-bally-good-example-look.php

 

[Matrixnetuk]

You would think the guy that gave out your number in the first place would have at least given you a heads up this was coming ...common decency

 

[kev a]

If someone isnt willing to pay a decent price and understand that skills takes years to learn, then they arent worth bothering with IMO, they will learn the hard way in the end.

 

[ronnie63]

Sounds like the non-working Harlem Globetrotters that was on eBay two or three months ago.

This one... http://pin-ball-machine.com/en/harl...ball-machine-1979-bally-good-example-look.php

Nah! I think that's an EM one! Not got any displays

 

[paddythegreek]

Ok I found out earlier that he got my number from a nursery that have a couple of pins I look after for after school 8-13 yr olds. His son goes there and one thing led to another.
They’ve had problems with the guy in the past it appears trying to explain things to him. It appears his wife is a few sandwiches short of a picnic as well.

 

[MajesticPinball]

Marvellous People do make me laugh... I had a lady a few years back asking me if I sold machines and how much they would cost as her son really wanted one... I said yes and gave her a quote on what I had available and the prices and she told me she would pass and get one from Argos as they had one and it looked really good and only cost £25

 

[steve brum]

Dont forget the local woman who bought my walking dead translite on ebay for £99 and wondered why we didnt have a van when l dropped it off . She was expecting a whole machine