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| michelevit:
I've built many cabinets for myself and friends and family. I probably enjoy building them more than i do playing them. I'm a hobbyist woodworker and computer builder. I build maybe 1-2 cabinets a year, but haven't visited this forum in many months. I am in the silicon valley, ca and have had really good luck selling my cabinets on craigslist for about 1K. Is the Home Arcade market still going strong? I'd hate (actually my wife would hate) if I started another cabinet project and have it go unsold. I think the easiest thing to do is post a dummy ad on craigslist to judge how the home arcade market is. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks for providing this great forum. |
| RayB:
--- Quote from: michelevit on June 24, 2010, 05:20:09 pm ---I am in the silicon valley, ca and have had really good luck selling my cabinets on craigslist for about 1K. --- End quote --- You answered your own question, didn't you? |
| michelevit:
Well I probably haven't built one for resale in over 2.5 years. I had baby then who is now old enough for me to get me back in the garage. So 2.5 years ago, I could sell cabinets... Just wondering how the home arcade market is in 2010. Is the demand higher, same, or diminished? I'm not looking to make a killing, just justify the expense in making sawdust. |
| TOK:
I think with the release of the JAMMA xxxx-in-1's, thats kind of where the market has gone instead of computers running MAME. Most of the ones I see are very average clean ups and repaints of existing cabs, done as cheaply as possible to catch a sucker. Quite a few people are doing it, so I guess there is some money to be had. Doesn't add up for me in the money made vs. time invested average. |
| drventure:
You might consider going after a more rarefied, but pricier market. Not sure if there would be a lot of takers, but building cabs into furniture, tables, Jukeboxes, that kind of thing, might justify a higher price and make it more worth it. |
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