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Has any one heard of this? Full size arcade cabinet subscription rental service
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paigeoliver:

--- Quote from: jay_red on August 12, 2013, 07:36:04 pm ---Reading the article they mention snatching up all the cheap cabs on craigslist, I check out the SF craigslist all the time because its not too far for a good deal, it kinda makes me a little peeved to know that the cabs that I could possibly be interested in get a quick and dirty referb and are whored out.

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Very few people are interested in such a service and those who are will want A list games. Not craigslist junk. In another article they show the guys loading up a Pac-Man and a Tron. That $90 Street Smart conversion or that C list classic you pick up for $100 would never see a single rental.

Also, a lot of the pros and semi pros never pay much for anything. I have a basement full of dedicated games and the only one I paid more than $100 for was a Pole Position cockpit which I paid $150 for. However, to do that takes constant searching, the ability to act on a deal right then and there and the willingness to take the turds along with the gems. I have a flatbed truck that will hold 8 games with room for a bunch of boxes of parts or spare monitors to go along with them.

Fursphere:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on August 12, 2013, 08:30:15 pm ---Also, a lot of the pros and semi pros never pay much for anything. I have a basement full of dedicated games and the only one I paid more than $100 for was a Pole Position cockpit which I paid $150 for. However, to do that takes constant searching, the ability to act on a deal right then and there and the willingness to take the turds along with the gems. I have a flatbed truck that will hold 8 games with room for a bunch of boxes of parts or spare monitors to go along with them.

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If I may ask, what do you do for a living?  Are you self employed? 
harveybirdman:
are you employed Lebowski?
paigeoliver:

--- Quote from: Fursphere on August 12, 2013, 08:51:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on August 12, 2013, 08:30:15 pm ---Also, a lot of the pros and semi pros never pay much for anything. I have a basement full of dedicated games and the only one I paid more than $100 for was a Pole Position cockpit which I paid $150 for. However, to do that takes constant searching, the ability to act on a deal right then and there and the willingness to take the turds along with the gems. I have a flatbed truck that will hold 8 games with room for a bunch of boxes of parts or spare monitors to go along with them.

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If I may ask, what do you do for a living?  Are you self employed?

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Stay at home father at the moment. Wages have tanked bad in what I was doing previously (building maintenance) and I can't even get an interview doing anything too far separated from that. Thus I haven't been able to find anything that wouldn't actually end up as a net loss in income (day care isn't cheap). For some reason that is a really hard concept for some people to grasp though.

Wife would be home instead of me, but she only has one kidney and has a couple other minor health complications and if one of us has to go without health coverage then I would rather it be me.
Fursphere:
Sorry to hear about your troubles.

I only asked because here in California - there are a lot of those "drop everything right now deals" - and I'm always curious who is snagging them up while I'm at work. 

And ya, I've got two little ones - daycare is murder.  My wife quit her job to stay home with the kids.
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