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Rather, kinda OK Galaxian in Belgium for sale !
Level42:
If I hadn't found my dear Ser.Nr. 815 I would have been bidding ---my bottom--- off on this one:
A great chance for Western European collecters :D
http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Midway-Galaxian_W0QQitemZ320105097918QQihZ011QQcategoryZ13716QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
zorg:
grrrrrr :angry:
I was following this auction, know it will go way above my budget....... ;D
Fozzy The Bear:
The artwork isn't in that good a condition... The game board is faulty... The seller claims it's only a faulty RAM chip and says he hasn't had time to change it and will provide a replacement chip. That smells of an expensive board failure that is more than just a RAM Chip. If it was just a RAM Chip he'd have changed it before trying to auction it.
The fact is that until that RAM chip is changed there is no telling what else is wrong with the board, or anything else in the cabinet.
He gives no description on the state of the monitor either!!
The answer with this one is very much BUYER BEWARE!! Inspect it before bidding on it. For a non working cabinet this is already over priced.
I wouldn't describe it as "very nice"
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Level42:
It's funny, I always remembered Fozzy Bear as a FUN bear (at least, he tried to be funny)......no matter what happened, he was always optimistic and going for it.
1st: Galaxian cabs are RARE here. We're not in the US where they are sold by the dozen...
2nd: That side art doesn't look that bad at all for it's age. I've seen LOTS and LOTS worse on Galaxians being sold on e-bay, going for higher prices as well.
3rd: Seller writes in THREE languages "mail me for further info". So if you want to know anything about the monitor you could actualy try and ask him.
4th: Yes that board is faulty. Big deal, plenty 100% working for sale on e-bay for perfectly acceptable prices, and some people are capable of repairing PCB's, so if the price is right that should be no problem.
I payed €150,- for my Galaxian and yes that one has a working PCB and the monitor worked (kind off) but still had to be replaced. So I think the current bid (less than €75,-) is NOT overpriced at all, but you don't know where it will end. I do agree that the buyer should check out stuff before he buys it, but imho that is common sense
But you know when you buy something like this, that it will need WORK. And that's part of the FUN IMHO.
Else go buy something like this http://www.arcadeshop.com/games.htm and just play, if that's your fun, go ahead.
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: Level42 on April 24, 2007, 08:30:15 am ---It's funny, I always remembered Fozzy Bear as a FUN bear (at least, he tried to be funny)......no matter what happened, he was always optimistic and going for it.
--- End quote ---
As you well know.... I'm in the UK.... We don't have quite such a shortage of cabinets that you do in Europe. However, the trade scrap price on a cabinet like this is about £25 GBP here.
It's a question of being cautious!! It could cost upwards of 500 Euros to actually get this working.... let alone tidied up. The seller knows that. Which is why he has not done it.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)