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mgb:

--- Quote from: bradx on June 03, 2013, 03:08:18 am ---trying not to be too much of a jerk, but, really?  you might be able to sell that to an ignorant friend, but youre not going to make a business out of selling those things, thats for sure.  considering you cant even rotate a picture i have little faith in your ability to set up the software properly, and dropping an x arcade stick into what looks like a TV cart with a hole in the top isnt exactly rocket science.  joysticks and buttons are switches, was an ipac too much for you to comprehend?  whats inside those cabinet doors?  where does the sound come from, the TV speakers?  making a marquee was too much work?  same goes for a monitor bezel i guess. 

the ONLY possible selling point is that it plays thousands of illegal games.  thats the only reason people are interested in buying it.  anyone smart enough to download roms and set up an emulator would be smart enough to build that thing themselves.  take away the games and the functionality of the thing and you have the value of a bunch of used parts and a stack of wood, only.  in other words, its worth less than you paid for it. 

why would you think you have the right to distribute roms you have no ownership of, free or otherwise? 

just curious, when you posted it for sale, what was your asking price?

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But Brad, it's custom.
It's not like its one of those off the shelf mass produced machines that the rest of us are using.
mcseforsale:
My wife says sell them for $$ and I say Monster Arcade is down the street and he can whack out a full size cab on his CNC router in about 30 min.  Mine take months of spare time.

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AJ
paigeoliver:
I once specifically knocked out a scratchbuilt cabinet starting from nothing the day before a game auction. Took 13 hours. My profit was about $150 after my costs and the auction fees. Not exactly a stellar hourly wage.


--- Quote from: mcseforsale on June 03, 2013, 12:01:23 pm ---My wife says sell them for $$ and I say Monster Arcade is down the street and he can whack out a full size cab on his CNC router in about 30 min.  Mine take months of spare time.

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AJ

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mcseforsale:
I'm going to attempt the same thing with a couple of wee-cades.  I figure if nothing else, I can give them as gifts if noone wants to buy.  Lumber for those is cheap.   :cheers:

AJ


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 03, 2013, 02:05:40 pm ---I once specifically knocked out a scratchbuilt cabinet starting from nothing the day before a game auction. Took 13 hours. My profit was about $150 after my costs and the auction fees. Not exactly a stellar hourly wage.


--- Quote from: mcseforsale on June 03, 2013, 12:01:23 pm ---My wife says sell them for $$ and I say Monster Arcade is down the street and he can whack out a full size cab on his CNC router in about 30 min.  Mine take months of spare time.

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:jerry


AJ

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SNAAKE:

--- Quote from: kahlid74 on May 01, 2013, 10:23:57 am ---As has been said there really isn't anyway for you to sell it with all of that included legally.  If this is a one time sale, you can probably do things under the radar and be alright.  If you plan on making it a business or doing many of them be very careful, you're bound to raise some eyebrows.

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