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A (rare) Craigslist Success Story
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--- Quote from: yotsuya on July 25, 2012, 02:18:12 am ---Actually, using the cash in hand method, I picked up a working Asteroids a few weeks ago, saving over $100 off the asking price. So I'm rolling in it.
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Care to share what you got it for? You can PM me if you prefer, but I understand if you want to keep it to yourself. There's one available locally and I'm trying to figure out a fair price for it. Thanks
yotsuya:
Guy wanted $235 for a non-working Asteroids complete with new side art and overlay. It didn't sell for a month, but I was in contact with him. I made a cash-in-hand offer of $100 for just the machine, no art. He countered at $115, throwing in the overlay, which I accepted. I gave him $120 when I paid ($5 tip for helping me load it).
I had to change the power cord and switch, and I put in a known working board that I had, and it fireworks fine. The actual side art is in good condition, but the bottoms and corners need a bit of work. It's nothing horrible, though. If it had worked when I bought it, I would have been fine with his asking price, easily.
I'm glad I didn't buy the artwork, though. The CPO he threw in I'm not planning to use.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 25, 2012, 10:42:44 pm ---It was nice of you just to give him the tip. :lol
Love how he had a fish on the hook at $100 but was gonna cancel the deal unless you sweetened it with another $15. He's going to really enjoy that case of Bud Light he stuck you for.
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Keep telling yourself that, Jimbo. All I know is I have a nice Asteroids in my living room that works.
Lilwolf:
My wife wouldn't make it easier for me to get a new cab...
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on July 02, 2012, 11:10:38 am ---I love happy endings
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She also doesn't allow me to spend the extra cash for the happy endings...
Great find! (and why I bought a pickup... when the opportunity comes, you have to hop in and go... But for me I have to ask my wife... see if she had something more important to do... roll her eyes... ask where I would put it... then decide what she wants after I get back... then I get the go ahead...)
vintagegamer:
It is really getting sad how cutthroat this hobby is getting to be these days. I've seen that kind of stuff happen with car parts, but the arcade hobby, it was never this insane in the past, IMO.
I know a guy who has games rotting out in his backyard right now, and I've been able to save 1 so far, but the others are still there. The seller claimed another local was coming to pick them up, but that the guy's "a little slow on coming over". Every time it rains, I go hug the game I saved from him already. :(
Nice grab Haruman...