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paigeoliver:

Yeah, definitely not worth shipping an empty casino cabinet.

I like getting ex casino monitors. They are always burned in, but otherwise seem to be well maintained and late model.

SOAPboy:


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 31, 2004, 09:46:20 pm ---Yeah, definitely not worth shipping an empty casino cabinet.

I like getting ex casino monitors. They are always burned in, but otherwise seem to be well maintained and late model.

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guess i could talk to the old man and see if he has any monitors he can ship  :D

zaphod:

Speaking of marketing yourself, when will Kevin Steele be seeing a pre-release cab to review? :)  Your rotating panels scream for a retroblast video review.

Good luck with everything, 1up.  It's obvious you've invested a ton of time, energy and dollars and I'm sure they are going to look fantastic given your history.



RayB:

Bah, casinos have a bad rap. If you're sensible about your spending, you won't get robbed. I spent $100 in one a few months ago, and walked out with $2400.

On the other hand, when I was a kid I got $10 as birthday money and was supposed to save it. I took it to the local shop that had a few video games, with the intention of only spending 4 quarters. Well when those 4 quarters were gone, I got change for another 4. And so on, and so on... Until I walked out of there with nothing.



nostrebor:

With respect to soapboy... 1up will be luck to survive at this price point. I work in the manufacturing industry, in a much larger scale. I sold over 14 mil last year, in a midwest environment (=lower cost compared to California), and luckily netted a bit over 100 grand in the end. This is for a business that is 47 years established, and is a niche market as well. Bottom line = it's hard to stay liquid in a world full of tightwads :P

Before you judge 1up further consider this. I watched a used jamma cabinet, 2 player with a computer trackball still on the cord, Mamewah on a nice pc with no special layout, loaded with games, sell for $2400 at the St Louis auction. If folks will pay that much for that, a new state of the art cab, with all the whistles, should easily sell for 1up's price point.

My $0.02... FWIW

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