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barrel_hopper:

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Ok this guy is asking tooo much for the condition. His auction starts at $800 hell for that much this thing better be fully restored with warranty.

It does not even have side art.

It is people like this that ruin this hobby.

I take satisfaction in the fact I am pretty sure this auction will not get a single bid and if it does....well "there is one born every minute"

I hit refresh and he dropped the price to $699

still a bit to much.

I have seen machines like this go for less than $300

CheffoJeffo:


--- Quote from: barrel_hopper on April 21, 2008, 06:48:15 am ---It is people like this that ruin this hobby.

--- End quote ---

While we may not like high prices, I don't think that it is 'people like this' that ruin this hobby.

This machine is available and being returned to the community (a good thing) -- none of us may like the price, but that is a separate issue (it is worth what someone will pay, which may well be more than someone with experience will pay).

How many machines are ignored / rotting / tossed / burned/ badly converted / MAIMed each year ?

It is curious to see what people think of as ruining the hobby -- I've seen a good number of collectors lament falling prices as ruining the hobby. And, as we have here, other folks lament high prices as ruining the hobby.

FWIW -- I think that his prices are out of line with the market value, but I've seen people pay $1000 for a $25 cab with a 48-in-1 board while ignoring the $400 MAME cabinet, so who knows.

EDIT: As for what is really ruining this hobby -- it should be obvious by now -- weak link-fu !  ;)

leapinlew:

I agree with you Cheffo -

Furthermore, I wouldn't go so far as to call it "JUNK". I loved mario bros.   :)

barrel_hopper:

I guess I can be taken out of context to easily. I know you guys here don't know me personally, but when I say "ruining the hobby" I don't mean literally. Nothing upsets me more when someone is selling something thats pretty beat or just average for a few nickels less than something that is restored and has a 30 day warranty.

When people like this guy "go fishing" for suckers it really messes it up for the rest of us. At least thats how I feel.

As for the second fellow. I am not saying Mario Bros is junk. It is one of my all time favorite games and also on my short "to own" list. Why else would this be so upsetting to me?

When I say junk I mean this cabinet really needs some TLC and this guy I selling it like it is a perfect cut diamond lol.


Please don't take me to seriously guys...specially when the time stamps on my posts end it am lol. I gotta stop posting right out of bed. It is kinda like drinking and driving sometimes.

Anyway I was just appalled when I saw this machine for $800 originally. It is his machine and he can list it for what ever he wants but come on.....

The price is a little bit better now but still to much.

CheffoJeffo:

Relax ... I didn't think poorly of you -- *I* don't like the price either. But, at the same time, the trend of lower prices has also "ruined" things for collectors (there have been eleventy threads on RGVAC on this topic over the past several years). For some of those folks, they aren't going to get their investment back, so can't be bothered to turn machines over as they once did.

Pretty much everything remaining on my want list is a big ticket item where I know I will now likely have to "overpay" to get less than I want.

I see the guy who tries to sell his machine for more than we think it is worth as much better for the hobby than the guys who
- leave the machine in the leaky shed / storage space / basement
- smash them up (although sometimes they really aren't worth saving)
- don't pick up the give-away cabinet
- convert it for Wii
- take a classic and MAIM it

But, we typically don't single out all of these folks -- 'coz it's easier to pick on the greedy guy ('coz he is keeping us from getting what we want at the price that we want).





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