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pinballjim:
Yeah, I keep an eye on my local Craig's List, too, and it's mostly undesirable EMs. One guy single handedly bought everything in San Antonio that sold for less than $500 for the past few years so the churn in this city is dead. He's got something like 65 games now, all stacked on top of each other in his garage. Anything I've purchased in this city was something I grabbed before he or one of his collector buddies could get to it. :P
nickbuol:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 12, 2012, 05:51:47 pm ---Yeah, I keep an eye on my local Craig's List, too, and it's mostly undesirable EMs. One guy single handedly bought everything in San Antonio that sold for less than $500 for the past few years so the churn in this city is dead. He's got something like 65 games now, all stacked on top of each other in his garage. Anything I've purchased in this city was something I grabbed before he or one of his collector buddies could get to it. :P
--- End quote ---
Such a shame. Buy up everything and then don't even play it. Then again, I was a kid who played with his toys growing up. It doesn't mean that playing the pinballs would hurt them or wear them out. In my opinion, he is a borderline hoarder or just looking to "invest" in hopes of making money in a few years. Either way, pretty sad.
TopJimmyCooks:
What I do is use a free app called craigslist Notifica on my android phone. Give's a notification message anytime you get a search hit. I use searches for "pinball" and "arcade" all the time and sometimes other things I'm looking for. Some things are advertised so often it becomes annoying (kayaks, surfboards, utility trailers, aquariums are posted 5-10 times per day, too often to receive notifications)
Everybody always tells me I'm the first response call. Works great since pinball posts are maybe 3 per month around here.
pinballjim:
Well, apps like that explain why my parents were getting phone calls in 2 minutes after they posted an ad to dump a Kawasaki Mule
TopJimmyCooks:
There you go.
(haven't gotten any hits on my "mule" search for a while)
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