Purposely tormenting collectors for fun?

[Atari5200]

i've never thought about joking around with fellow collectors. Fanboys on the other hand....call me a troll if you want, but it's fun to see just how extreme some people can get, funny and shocking at the same time.

[accousticguitar]

And I am God. I just gave you butt cancer. I'll heal you, but only if you post your monologue.

 

...and take a Vitamin B supplement.

The Vitamin B supplement is the cure. Don't you know that by now?

[themushroom]

There was a famous hoax back in newsgroup days where one guy made a fake Pitfall III Harriet's Quest proto cart and planted in a thrift frequented by his collecting buddy. IIRC the guy found it posted about it and then opened it up to find a current year penny.

For the record, it wasn't a current-year penny but it was a penny he'd hot-glued to a PCB to make it seem like it was an EEPROM but it broke loose and rattled.

 

And yes, I was that buddy Lee Kruger of 'Worship The Woodgrain' fame screwed with, and he said he made 2-3 of those so I'd find one in the Spanaway Goodwill. He'd cut the traces on the PCB to the gold fingers (I forget what the real game inside was) and made a VERY convincing lab label for the top, with Actiplaque and everything.

Edited December 21, 2018 by themushroom