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A (rare) Craigslist Success Story
Well Fed Games:
--- Quote from: vintagegamer on July 26, 2012, 01:52:22 pm ---It is really getting sad how cutthroat this hobby is getting to be these days.
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People rage on KLOV when someone else gets a machine off Craigslist or Ebay that they wanted. It is real competitive in the Chicago area, I have given up on trying to get something off CL locally unless it is gutted to the point a collector wouldn't want it.
Seith:
Some great stories in here! I really need to start hitting up my local CL more often...
MaxVolume:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on July 25, 2012, 06:04:40 pm ---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.
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Thanks for the details... I ask because a local guy has a working Asteroids that he wants a lot more than that for. I'm guessing he paid $1000+ several years ago and now I'm getting a vibe from him that he wants very close to that figure. Nobody who knows the arcade market is gonna pay that, but I suggested he post it on Craigslist. I wouldn't know where to put it, but it's very tempting, especially if he'd take the $250 it's probably worth. It's almost all original, except for a repro CPO. I don't like those things myself, especially over what was obviously painted graphics. Replacement CPOs are okay, even repros, but doing that to an Asteroids seems like sacrilege. It does make the machine look better though, and getting that stuff repainted might be pricey (and would just rub off again). Still, I don't blame you for not using the one you got in the deal, and I kind of wonder how bad the original CPO on this machine really was.