after mentioning an "arcade auction" i get a bad response from the wife to be.

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NY_in_TX:
Do the whole Eddie Murphy standup..

"Dis is MY HOUSE...and if you don like it, you can get the f..."

Seriously, I feel your pain. I made an agreement with the wife that I only needed 2 rooms and a section of the house. Home theater, gameroom/office and garage. She can do whatever with the rest. Well I guess now it's just the garage as my gameroom is now a nursery :) but still.

Anyways on top of that I brought her to my first auction and she was bored off her rocker, but she could at least see the excitement I had. now she knows that poker nights, autoX, and arcade auctions are my things.

Plus I always tell her how much I could sell them for....I'll never sell em, but she doesn't have to know that. :) (I've been telling her I want to get into restoring pinballs...priming the pump gentlemen)

Now that being said, I've spent my share of time at antique malls, and shoe stores. It's all about making sure both parties are supportive.

I will tell you this...if you guys are just starting out. Listen to her...she's probably more practical at this point.

shmokes:
What are you thinking, man? You're 21 years old. Call it off. Wait until you're at least 25 or 27 or 30.

Goz:
I think we all know what you are up against. What seems to work with my wife is a combination of things.

1) While restoring or converting a cab can be stressfull, I find it a great way to decompress from my job. You could argue that you are less likely to drop dead of a heart attack, etc.

2) Throw a party and have people use your current cab. Friends testimonials to how cool it is can be a hell of a impact on changing someones mind. My wife was opposed to the first cabinet I had put together and when people were using it, it opened up the door to me finally being able to do my game room. (coverted garage) She actually encouraged me to go to the last auction and handed me cash on the way out the door.

You just gotta find her switch.

-Goz

hulkster:
well she is supportive because it makes ME happy. she thought my first arcade cab was really cool, but i think the fact that i wanted to build another one made her roll her eyes and give me the old "spending money on food and rent is more important" speech. but yeah she is more practical at this point, but im not retarded when it comes to finances and budgeting, so im just going out and buying everything all at once. i wait till im ready to buy things and when its smart to, etc. plus im not paying any rent or bills or food right now, and havent been for like 6 months...cuz im living with my mom until i get my apartment which is probably in about a week. anyway, once she sees it, she will be very impressed and pleased, but also will say "now no more!"

and about the poker night....i registered for a foldable poker table top from Bed Bath and Beyond. yeah, its pimp, and it was the only cool thing about that day :) so ill have a poker table, two arcade cabs, and hopefully...eventually, a driving cab, bubble hockey, and pool table. ha! yeah right, in my dreams

abrannan:
Personal opinion time.... Wait.

You've got a cab. You don't (as of right now) even have an apartment, let alone a house. You're getting married. This is not a once in a lifetime auction. Set aside the money you'd spend on a cab and put it toward a down payment on a house. Get yourself established: A job, a house, start an IRA (take a look at how much $100 invested at age 20 is worth when you retire and how much $500 is worth invested at age 40). Pay off any credit card/student loan debts (better credit score = easier time getting a better mortgage = bigger house = bigger game room).

Retrofit your cab. Add swappable control panels/rotatable monitor/whatever. I know that most of the fun in this hobby is putting things together, and actually playing the cab is secondary.

Trust me. You're young, you're free from parental control for the first time in your life, you've got more money at your disposal than you've ever had before. I'm not much older than you, I'm 28. I've been married 3 1/2 years. 4 years ago I was lousy with debt, had barely saved a dime, and wanted a cab. Now, I've got a beautiful house with a pool, and a sizable savings account. At my wife's suggestion last year we bought a 47" widescreen HDTV and I got my cabinet (which she has absolutely no interest in). Now my wife is willing to help build a large storage shed that I could keep extra cabs in if I wanted to buy & restore more. I'm not saying your life will turn out any better or worse than mine, regardless of whether or not you get a cab at the auction. I'm just saying that there's a lot of things you can do right now that will do a lot to help you get off on the right foot in your life. I just don't think that buying another cab is one of them.

But like I said at the beginning of this post, this is all my personal opinion.

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