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Pinball, where to start?

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ChadTower:

A bit of advice... guys who show up, try every machine in the place, and spend two hours without buying anything don't get treated very well the second time around. 

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on April 07, 2011, 09:48:46 am ---This is exactly why when I'm selling something, usually it's dragged out into another room and as far as the buyer knows, I have nothing else for them to look at.

--- End quote ---


Yeah.  I usually sell things within the collector community so the visit is as much social as business.  Otherwise I don't have a place to drag a game to isolate it but I will say the other games aren't for sale and aren't getting turned on. 

Cenobyte:
Well, the guy I tried the machines at was very helpful. He switched on every machine as soon as I entered and couldn't stop talking about them.

He had a STTNG for sale, but he told me the pin was €2900 which is either incorrect or way too expensive. He also told me that the machine was reserved, so I awaited his email. After waiting for a week I found another STTNG and I went to see it. This pin was in very nice condition, but had been sitting in a cold barn for the last two years. We got it working and I bought it on the spot for €1500. I inspected it when I got it home and everything works, no error codes and it has a very nice cabinet and playfield, very little wear and damage. Two flippers were a bit stuck, but readjustment of the flippers solved this problem and the pin works perfectly  :applaud:

amendonz:
Nice! Enjoy it mate.

Rice Cube:
Ive seen videos of a place in southern California that has auctions every 6 weeks on all kinds of machines, arcade, pinball I think, games for tickets, soda machiens, etc.  maybe look into possible auctions near your home. I know you can try the machines out before the auctions start.

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