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| How to find a real arcade cab within 200 miles of my location? |
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| Havok:
If you want cheap, you'll have to do some legwork. Look around for arcade machines - they're still in some places. * Usually, they will have stickers showing the operator they belong do. Give them a call. Most times they will hang up on you, but you might get lucky and find a guy that isn't a jerk and you might just get him when he wants to offload something. * Check out Peale if you're near the northeast - Operator Blowout * Craigslist sometimes has stuff from time to time. http://craigslist.org * Another place is to post on the usenet boards - try: Rec.Games.Video.Arcade.Marketplace Just don't give up: deals are out there, you just might have to work a little to find them... |
| Goz:
I'll second craigslist though the number of cabs is relative to the area. Check superauctions.com and see if they come to an area near you. Good Luck |
| ChadTower:
Better than RGVAM - rec.games.video.arcade.collecting RGVAM doesn't get nearly as much traffic and FS are allowed on RGVAC. |
| skim36:
All good places to check. Yes, I did get lucky on my find. After a few visits the guy started to get wise and put the stuff on Ebay. |
| mrbones:
I got lucky. I bought a Jamma cabinet just like that one on ebay and the seller was within 45 minutes from my house. I was searching for 'arcade cabinet' in a local ebay search within 100 miles. It was a Cabal machine for $30. Everything worked on it except the monitor. He was cleaning out his whole collection because of a move. A Dig Dug cabinet was $27 and a Virtua Fighter was sold for $55. I checked his completed listings. It was a little nuts. I wanted to buy more than one but had no space to store the stuff. |
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