V83 Selectivend Conversion and Glassco GBV 50 Interesting day and Seller

[MoonDawg]

      Josh, you need to back there with the Michigan Mafia 

[zadd]

Great story . Glad your OK .So are you telling me you guys pack when you travel and pick up machines? I guess I never thought about a disgruntle seller ?

[loman4ec]

I have a permit to carry a concealed weapon and yes if I am going somewhere and have a bunch of cash on me I do carry but other than that I seldom carry a gun. I got the permit for extreme cases only and to make the rules and regulations easier for going hunting especially when driving.

[Kilroy]

kidding aside, there was an item on the local news station a few weeks back I am reminded of with Josh's story.

The story went like this.  A guy answered an ad on Craigslist for a car stereo. Was told it was still availalble, was to meet the "seller"  at his apartment.  Long story short,   he walked into an ambush, got the #$%^ beat out of him, and yeah, they lifted the $300  he had brought.

If you are going to look at a machine,  bring a friend, if someone is buying a machine, bring a friend.  A Vendo isn't worth your life.

[Eric]

Glad you're alright... I think it's a great idea if you have a friend near that can go with you do it..
Probably all of us have been on a “Come Out And Look At...”  I've been on 3 that looking back I
could have disapeared on some old Missouri farm... but thank the Lord most these folks are just
old collectors or hoarders that just want to talk... I always leave the name and address with my
wife and call when I get there and make sure they see me talking on the phone...

[Pat Pixley]

     Josh, you need to back there with the Michigan Mafia  

     Heck Yes  I would have put my foot right up his    .
   Do you need Kilroy  ,JohnieG ,Tim,Ray and myself to pay him a visit  ??    
 you know have a talk with him ??

Quote Josh ( Well He wouldn't move everything out unless I was taking them home and I had to pay first. This was a little odd) Now to be honest Josh  if he would not have moved that stuff till you paid him  at that moment you should have said  Sorry I don't pay untill I can see the whole thing  then start walking, If he really wanted to sell it he would have moved that stuff .  And I have done that before .



  

[rayg]

Josh,

I'm with Pat,  we  got your back .... Payback a B*tch!!

Almost sounds like a drug (in your case coke machines) deal gone bad in Detroit.
The lesson we all can learn from is try not to go alone (unarmed) with allot of cash to someone's place especially in the backwood.....go with a few friends like (Smith & Wesson)

[David D]

Glad you made it out safe, thinking back on some trips to pick up machines I should have taken someone with me.

[davethebirdman]

In all my little trips up and down the country to pick bits up I've never had a problem.
In fact I've only ever met nice people. The sort of thing we collect you would think you're pretty safe.

However, there are horror stories out there (certainly in the UK) where people are buying cars off Ebay and turn up with a wad of cash to be "rolled over". Carrying a gun here is not an option but taking a friend is.

Glad you are home safe ... Might have to notch this one up to experience...

[Kilroy]

I say hook him up with the producers of American pickers.
now I would watch THAT episode