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| MAME cab for sale in Chicago area. Pickup only! [US-IL-Chicago] |
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| CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Tenaku on June 06, 2006, 12:45:48 pm ---Hmm... that seems a little strange, seeing as how the parts alone cost well over $500. Is the market really that saturated? --- End quote --- First -- like your cabinet -- very clean. But your assertion about the cost of the parts may not be clear to many: IPac4 - $65, but really since a 2-player machine only need an encoder costing less than $40 Sticks and buttons - say $30 Computer - sad to say, but adequate machine can be had cheap these days TV -sad to say, but adequate (not nice as yours, but adequate) can be had cheap these days Cabinet - say $50, including harness and coin door Speakers - yours are nice, but not necessary to be that nice DDRInterface - nice, but value will be missed by many Again, I am not trying to knock your work, but $2000 is more than I paid for my Asteroids, Joust cocktail, MAME box and Galaga combined. Caveat: Still need an original bezel for Galaga ... $130 from twobits would put the total just over the $2K mark. Cheers & Good Luck! EDIT: This is not intended to poison or crap on this thread, so mods please remove it if my posting is inappropriate. |
| Tenaku:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 06, 2006, 12:50:37 pm --- Peaked around 03, 04,... --- End quote --- Well, mid '04 was the last time I looked at pricing on a finished cab (when I was building it), so that would explain my gross over-estimation of it's value. There is no way I'm letting this thing go for so little, (too much time and effort involved) so I guess the next task is to convince the wife that it needs to come with us. That's gonna be difficult. Thanks for the feedback, everyone. ;) |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Tenaku on June 06, 2006, 01:58:00 pm --- --- Quote from: pinballjim on June 06, 2006, 12:50:37 pm --- Peaked around 03, 04,... --- End quote --- There is no way I'm letting this thing go for so little, (too much time and effort involved) --- End quote --- I hear ya there.... I guess it goes to show, if you build it - you better be building it for you. It seems the arcade cabinets share the same fate as a custom car. You can spend a mint on a car and get 1/2 back if your lucky. |
| JoeJoe97:
If I had to estimate, counting the multitude of tools that I had to buy because I did not have them on hand, this cabinet had to have cost me between 1.5 and 2 grand. I'm not saying that its worth that if I try to sell it, but just what I had to throw in to build. |
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