Is selling fully built arcade machines profitable?

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Dragonman73:

--- Quote from: smass on June 06, 2017, 08:52:26 am ---I'd say its certainly not easy money. The main thing that would dissuade me is the potential support problems when things go wrong. Support problems is one reason that many builders use 60 in 1 cards and the like. A full sized cab running a computer or even a raspberry pi is a potential nightmare when customers inevitably screw up the software.

Selling cabinet kits and parts seems to be the best way to make this hobby into a business. Selling fully built and functional machines is not something I would ever entertain as a business. I could see building for good friends, but not for a profit.

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Oh yeah I would never sell an arcade running a computer or a pi...it would be different if it was my personal set-up. I can see that going south real quick with trying to maintain it.

Dragonman73:

--- Quote from: ger on June 06, 2017, 08:52:54 am ---I think when you charge your work for lets say 5 dollar an hour, you will not loose and not make money with your calculation. My
Builds are all more then 60 hours, No I am not slow just want do get the best results;-)

Thats why I think Its a hobby, and i love it.

Greets
Ger

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Oh yeah I def enjoy doing it...but I want to make sure I am being compensated for my work ..I hate to spend most of my time working on something for others to break even.

ChadTower:

So long as people can look on Craigslist and see a working dedicated game for $400 they will think it's appropriate to pay the same for a custom MAME machine. You won't be able to sell many of them unless you can do something unique and streamline the process like Haruman does.

harveybirdman:
I see nothing wrong with restoring and flipping but that's not what happens on Craigslist.

You get jackholes camping on deals then canabalizing what they can and selling the rest for too much $ or ramming 60 n 1's and LED ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- controls into crap with some multicade vomit art and saying that will be $3000 fam.

ChadTower:

They aren't selling them. Nobody is paying $3k for a 60-1 conversion. I've seen them go as high as maybe $750 if it's a nice looking one but that's about it.

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