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How come no one sells cabs/parts in Boston?
« on: January 21, 2005, 11:24:35 pm »
I've been watching the boards for quite some time, and there's rarely a good lead on cabs for sale and/or anyone selling lots of stuff locally (not to mention that all the auctions are fairly far away....)

Is this a reflection of the new englanders being really out of the arcades?  Most of the mall arcades I knew off are now gone...  (Or they only have racing/fighting and or dance games...)

This really stinks :)

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Re: How come no one sells cabs/parts in Boston?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2005, 07:04:38 am »
Try Coin-Op Connection in Brockton.

He Has huge warehouse full of parts and cabs/pinball.  He's been in business for years, but been alittle bit hard to get ahold of recently :(

I've gotten stuff from him before, and his prices are extremely fair (and no shipping)

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Re: How come no one sells cabs/parts in Boston?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2005, 08:39:41 am »
You can't be serious.  New England, Boston especially, is like the KINGDOM of arcade stuff.

If you're not finding anything, you're looking in the wrong places.  Where are you looking?
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Re: How come no one sells cabs/parts in Boston?
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2005, 10:08:10 am »
Holy CRAP yeah, Boston is so full of collectors and stuff flying around that it's hard NOT to get stuff.  Seriously, there is a lot of stuff, and so much competition for it, that sometimes it makes us wish we lived in a less hot arcade place... you just have to learn where to look.
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Re: How come no one sells cabs/parts in Boston?
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2005, 12:10:59 pm »
Isn't Boston just a short trip away from the Capitals of Classic Arcade games, Hampton Beach and Weirs Beach, New Hampshire?

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Re: How come no one sells cabs/parts in Boston?
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2005, 05:16:31 pm »
Two hours without traffic, if there are any tie ups, 3+ hours.
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Re: How come no one sells cabs/parts in Boston?
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2005, 09:27:21 pm »
Doh,

I've been looking around for auctions and such.  Didn't know about the stores/history of the area :) goes to show you what a transplant misses by not coming to Boston till grad school :P  and I thought being here for 10 years was enough... oh the life of a sheltered geek...

I will check out more places, any suggestions where to start?

Thanks!

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Re: How come no one sells cabs/parts in Boston?
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2005, 11:20:41 pm »
Start with craigslist and the usenet groups.  Work your way out from there.
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Re: How come no one sells cabs/parts in Boston?
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2005, 01:50:13 am »
I went to craigslist > Boston > For Sale and the right at the top of the page is:

Full Size 1945 III Arcade Machine - $250

And that's without even searching for anything like "mame" or "arcade" or "video game"
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Re: How come no one sells cabs/parts in Boston?
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2005, 08:01:08 am »
I've never used craigslist :)

Time to start!

Thanks a lot guys!

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