Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?

[AmericanDemon]

Check this auction out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13716&item=6121576356&rd=1

[crashwg]

Oh man I wish I had that kind of dough!  I'd open an arcade in an instant.

[RayB]

It's all crap!   Nothing *I* would want to play anyway...

How come it says in big red letters "This Auction Has a Huge! Discounted Buy It Now Price of 24,550.00" ?

I don't see a buy it now button, do you?

[iwillfearnoevil]

It's all crap!   Nothing *I* would want to play anyway...

How come it says in big red letters "This Auction Has a Huge! Discounted Buy It Now Price of 24,550.00" ?

I don't see a buy it now button, do you?

buy it now ends once there is a bid or reaches a reserve i believe

[mcdo15]

It's all crap!   Nothing *I* would want to play anyway...

How come it says in big red letters "This Auction Has a Huge! Discounted Buy It Now Price of 24,550.00" ?

I don't see a buy it now button, do you?

buy it now at that price would of cost seller a small percentage

[Sephroth57]

i cant believe someone bought that for that price, it was totally overpriced IMO. none of those videogames are even worth 1k each. the redemption stuff probably 500-800 a piece. some cheaper. definately not worth it.

[Hoagie_one]

i found it funny the buy it now was $24k, and it sold for $27K

[RayB]

Watch this get relisted once the buyer finds their calculator and has a reality check.

Averages to $821 per game. And the buyer doesn't even know the condition of each game. Could all be flakey for all we know. Sheesh!

[rchadd]

no classics games in that list.

[koolmoecraig]

Don't you guys get that it's probably not a collector buying this crap? It's someone wanting to use them in their business and turn a profit. Remember, that is the real reasons that our machines exist. At one time they were used to bring in cash.

I had a buy it now price of $700 on my Tron cocktail and I ended up selling it for $900. It just shows that an interested party found the auction too late.

One of my biggest mistakes was not buying a perfectly mint Pengo that had a buy it now of $600. It ended up selling for over $1600 if I recall. Ouch.

By the way, any of you guys know where I can get a Q*bert cocktail overlay?

Peace

[RayB]

I can't speak for the others who posted in this thread, but I was aware this wasn't for collectors.... Which makes the price paid even more outrageous. It's not a wise investment at that cost unless each an every game is "shopped" before the new owner takes them. Usually people go for "bulk buys" to get a price break. Here, all those games could be bought for less than half the price by going to live auctions.

[Sephroth57]

i was talking about buisness, for a collector it would be even worse. you could buy all those machines for like less than 16k probably if you went to auctions and bought individual on ebay.