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saint:

Making a living from doing something that's illegal, or by using something illegaly made that you know is illegaly made, is still a morally bankrupt idea and very well may introduce you to some legal liability yourself.

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OK, now I'm going to spend 1/2 hour reading this thread in its entirety.


quarterback:


--- Quote from: spacies on September 18, 2006, 08:35:46 pm ---
I am not missing the point.

I understand what is inside these boards.
We don't make them so how can we be the bad guys.   :angel:
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If you think that Haze's only point was to tell you that mame is inside these boards (something you already clearly knew) then I think you are missing the point.  But, again, I'll leave that to Haze.



--- Quote ---Do you own 5000+ original PCBs? No? Then you too shouldn't have roms.
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--- Quote ---I am not the only person in the world doing this so dont be hard on me please.
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--- Quote ---Just look the multitude of game websites in the USA selling Multi-game PCB and MAME machines.
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If you think that this is what my post was saying then, again, you are missing the point.   I'm not picking a fight with you and  I have no interest in debating the similarites or differences between an end user with illegal roms and a guy who sells a machine and then 'gives away' the roms with it.   My point was only to let you know (my understanding of) where these message boards stand.  Or, at least, that there are some strong feelings here against people making money off of selling MAME.

I only posted because nobody else beisdes leapinlew seemed interested.
Peace
qb

Edited now that saint has made a post

Santoro:


--- Quote from: saint on September 18, 2006, 08:54:49 pm ---Making a living from doing something that's illegal, or by using something illegaly made that you know is illegaly made, is still a morally bankrupt idea and very well may introduce you to some legal liability yourself.
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Especially when you brag about it on public forums, 'lol.'   ::)

spacies:


--- Quote from: quarterback on September 17, 2006, 04:23:20 am ---
--- Quote from: sealslayer on September 17, 2006, 03:02:19 am ---Does anyone on here actually do this as a full time job?
I'm having so much fun making my cab I was wondering if it is possible to sell cabs if they are built to a really high standard, seems like the perfect job to me  ;D

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Well, I guess I should defer to Night Walker's answer since he does this and I don't.... but I'd still say the answer is "no".

Search around, you're certainly not the first person to wonder and not the first to ask.   My response is that there already are already people who have established businesses doing what you're asking about but I'm not sure any of them are rolling in the dough.   It's a niche market.   The advice in the past has been something to the effect of:

 "Give it a shot.  Try selling some to your friends, neighbors, co-workers but you'll probably find that the market is small"
"You'll find that people don't want to pay what it costs to make one-off cabs (and for your labor)."
"You'll find That shipping cabs is expensive, and that legally selling arcade cabinets without MAME and ROMS installed, means that the end-user needs some MAME knowledge, in which case, it's likely they'll build their own cab"
"You'll find that you become a computer tech who has to troubleshoot their machines for them when something doesn't work" etc

Again, there just aren't that many people buying these things and most of those who might buy them are going to want them to be a turn-key gaming solution. 

If it's fun for you, then go for it.  Give it a run and see what happens.  But you should think about how many hours you've spent on your cab?  What hourly-wage would you need to do this for a living?  Then add that up with all the supplies and come up with a total.   Now shop that price around and see what you can do.  If you've got some rich friends, you could be in business, but one reason that this community exists is because we're not willing to spend $3,000+ to play 20-games on an Ultracade machine.    And, outside of people in this BYOAC community, I know exactly ZERO with arcade games in their homes.

My 2-cents

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Geez, you change your tune quick mate.

Look, lets get this straight.
These things are out there and you can't deny it.
If you want to buy one, then buy one.
If you don't, then don't.
Your choice.

I can easily stop selling machines with the PCBs inside and refer them to a guy I know who sells PCBs only. I have done it before. Problem solved, saves me money when I import them.

MAME is free. How does the manufacturer get away with selling PCBs with it installed? Maybe they are just 'giving' it away free and all they are selling is the PCB itself?

Who knows?

Like I said, I am not the bad guy.

'nuf said.


--- Quote from: saint on September 18, 2006, 08:54:49 pm ---Making a living from doing something that's illegal, or by using something illegaly made that you know is illegaly made, is still a morally bankrupt idea and very well may introduce you to some legal liability yourself.

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OK, now I'm going to spend 1/2 hour reading this thread in its entirety.


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OK, how about this?

What about all the illegal MP3s you have on your PC? There is a REAL live artist/band out there losing money because of that. Maybe you should turn your attention to that? But you still DL new songs each day? Why? Because you can. And will always do it.

Who is losing money when some Chinese has installed an emulator on a PCB and selling it? Can you answer that? Who is it hurting? Where did you get your roms from? A rom burner? And you paid for them? Sheesh.
So many questions un-answered.

Who is going to admit they have illegal music and roms?

No takers?

Sounds like you guys are blaming me for the Chinese guy who designed these boards?

Heres a number to ring 1-800-who-gives-a-dam.



spacies:



Also,

Thanks for the PMs and emails asking where to buy the multi-game PCBs from.
You guys really crack me up.

Why don't you ask on the boards?

 :cheers:

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