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paigeoliver:

Also, at superauctions Buyer 222 is the superauctions buyer. Spot him as EARLY as you can. He will likely be either a dirty looking guy with a Doo Rag on his head, a muscular italian guy in his mid-20s or a very non-descript white guy in his late 40s with greying hair (this last one has been 222 most often recently).

Superauctions owns a good number of the machines at any given auction, and they also buy stuff when it goes dirt cheap. If 222 is raising you on a REAL machine then forget it, superauctions owns the sucker, and it won't be going for less than top dollar. 222 will also buy things from other sellers, but only at LOW prices.

For example, if you bid $25 on a Time Soldiers, and 222 bids $50 and you bid $75 and win it then you can be pretty darn sure that it wasn't a shill, it was just the superauctions buyer trying to pick up a cheap piece for the company. But if 222 is going $100, $125, $150 etc on that same piece, then forget it, Superauctions owns it, wait for the next one down the line, they might not own the next one.

Don't get the junk buyers confused with the superauctions shills. I know one guy named Dave who is usually good for buying MOST of the $20-$25 machines. The auctioneers are usually familiar with these guys, and if 50 people raise there hands on that price they will CATCH the bid of the guy they know. I know Dave, and he has no problem not bidding on a dead machine if someone he knows wants to bid it. He is just buying the suckers to strip and ebay (he mostly buys the dead gambling machines). After the last auction he even offered to let me have one of the 4 solitaire machines he had bought, because I asked him to hold off on the last one, he did, but then the sucker started working and went for 3 times what the other ones were going for (and I did not win).

IntruderAlert:

OK here's my tip..
Get paigeoliver to go to the auction with you ;)

Gamecab:

I have an Aution Tip - If you have extra cash on hand, pick up a few slot machines to resell locally.  Most local people would rather buy a machine from you for $50 over what you paid for it.  This is due to the fact that you just saved them $95 in shipping from an E-Bay slot machine sale.

Another Auction Tip from personal experience -  If you have a Kia Sportage or small SUV around that size... Leave it at home.  It's just to small to move a full sized Arcade cabinet.

Have Fun!! - I have to Sit out on the NJ auction this time around  :(

krick:


--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on April 15, 2005, 01:30:37 pm ---What would I need to drive to an auction if I wanted to haul a pool table and a couple of arcade cabs?.. maybe a juke box too?

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If you're thinking about buying a pool table, I hope you realize just how heavy a pool table is.

The slate is incredibly heavy and somewhat fragile.  The bigger the table the heavier the slate (obviously).

Some tables have two or three piece slates, the better ones have one-piece slates.

The multi piece slates are MUCH easier to move but are not as "desirable".  However they are usually cheaper.

IntruderAlert:

so how many guys would I need to load and unload a 7 or 8 foot monster like that?

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