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Ordered a pallet of Arcade1ups - what could possibly go wrong?
JDFan:
--- Quote from: wp34 on February 24, 2019, 10:22:53 am ---Thanks for sharing Lew. I found this very interesting and appreciate you be open with the process.
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Agreed was an interesting read - Glad you at least broke even. Think the only ones that could make money on these type of resales would be those that live within driving distance of the auction site ( so just spend the gas money rather than shipping fee ! ) :dunno
Does sound a bit fishy that the auction wound up right at your Max bid and that they added the extra $80 to the shipping estimate - wouldn't doubt that they do that on most of the auctions to make some extra profit for themselves as well.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: wp34 on February 24, 2019, 10:22:53 am ---Thanks for sharing Lew. I found this very interesting and appreciate you be open with the process.
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Agreed. Easily the most interesting thread I’ve read in a long time! :cheers:
yotsuya:
Oh, I forgot to ask - what did the wife say?
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on February 24, 2019, 11:07:09 am ---Oh, I forgot to ask - what did the wife say?
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LoL! Great question. I lol, because several folks have asked me about it and because in any healthy relationship, this kind of money and\or time investment is something that should be discussed. I didn't and that's my biggest regret. When I told her (prior to the shipment arrival), I did so with a "you aren't going to believe what I did" angle. I promised not to spend too much time on it, she eye rolled, and we both laughed about it.
My wife is super cool. My arcade hobby usually isn't a big deal. I can bring in a cabinet or some parts in with no concern. Well, the only concern is how much time I'm going to dedicate to it, not the money. Most of the time I purchase whatever without any consultation, but when a pallet arrives with a 600lbs of Arcade1ups, I owe her an explanation.
Good question.
Zebra:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 24, 2019, 10:10:57 am ---And just to be clear -
I'm being fully transparent with you guys. Purchasing this pallet was a dumb ass move for me. I kicked myself several times during this whole process. At one point, I had 600lbs of Arcade1Up's in my garage and $1,000 less in my bank account. I'm not a huge risk taker. $1,000 isn't a ton of money to us, but it's more than I had in the arcade slush fund, so as far as I was concerned, I had taken on debt by taking money out of the household.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's made a decision that was instantly regretted. I decided to share how mine worked out. I didn't lose money, but I didn't make any either. I got lucky the cabinets all mostly worked and I got lucky to find buyers.
Anyhow, carry-on fellow arcaders!
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I'm actually a little impressed. I make lots of stupid purchasing decisions with the logic that I can just sell them if things don't work out but.... they just sit on my pile of unfinished arcade projects.
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