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Ummon

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Arcade comedy on Ebay
« on: October 05, 2008, 04:23:25 am »
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You know, ya just gotta laugh at these kinds of auctions. At least I do. Puts a reserve on it and a buy-it-now. Below he says, 'reserve only $400'.  !!  Oh, well thanks fer tellin us - and maybe someone'll BUY-IT-NOW for seven-fifty. I dunno, maybe with that monster wait-time, maybe we just gotta have it now!
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Re: Arcade comedy on Ebay
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2008, 04:29:43 am »
Egads, here's another one. Scroll down to the description and you'll see it. Like, WAEEOOOOO - HEY CHECK THIS OUT text.......and then it goes to old teletype font. Hey, buddy, thanks for the ocular workout.

Tempest


(I must be on a roll tonight.)
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Re: Arcade comedy on Ebay
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2008, 04:43:50 am »
Quote from: Ummon on October 05, 2008, 04:29:43 am
(I must be on a roll tonight.)

You're on something tonight.  :D
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Re: Arcade comedy on Ebay
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2008, 06:07:42 am »
Quote from: Ummon on October 05, 2008, 04:23:25 am
Galaga cabaret


You know, ya just gotta laugh at these kinds of auctions. At least I do. Puts a reserve on it and a buy-it-now. Below he says, 'reserve only $400'.  !!  Oh, well thanks fer tellin us - and maybe someone'll BUY-IT-NOW for seven-fifty. I dunno, maybe with that monster wait-time, maybe we just gotta have it now!



Did you notice his Ebay member name ?  :laugh2:




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Re: Arcade comedy on Ebay
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2008, 06:46:29 pm »
Quote from: EwJ on October 05, 2008, 04:43:50 am
Quote from: Ummon on October 05, 2008, 04:29:43 am
(I must be on a roll tonight.)

You're on something tonight.  :D

An ya wish ya had soom, aye. Hahn hahn hahn hahn.


Quote from: crzywolf on October 05, 2008, 06:07:42 am


Did you notice his Ebay member name ?  :laugh2:






Oh, yeah, I've seen him (or her??) before here and there.
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Re: Arcade comedy on Ebay
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2008, 08:31:24 pm »
At least the Tempest cab looks ok - The 'Galga minl' cabinet looks like it sleeps on the streets at night!
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Re: Arcade comedy on Ebay
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2008, 06:44:41 am »
what's with the huuuge fonts ?   :o

and $45 bid or $7'000'000 buy now for a busted cab is optimistic innit haha

has anyone in the UK ever had arcade parts/games/cabs even shipped here from the USA before?
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Re: Arcade comedy on Ebay
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2008, 09:12:48 am »
Quote from: venkman on October 06, 2008, 06:44:41 am
has anyone in the UK ever had arcade parts/games/cabs even shipped here from the USA before?

Parts, yes. Cabinets no way. I've exported a couple of Bar-Tops to European customers from England, but I only do it if they arrange carriage as it costs a fortune, is major ball-ache with customs and are so likely to get wrecked in Transit. I've never imported from the USA, but why would anyone need to when we got the whole of the UK and western Europe so easily accessible by land?
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Re: Arcade comedy on Ebay
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2008, 04:46:55 am »
yeah you're right there.
i don't think it would be too easy to find old arcade stuff in europe tho..

it's easy to assume looking for arcade machines would be as with vinyl:
there's just more diggin' to be done in the USA!

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Re: Arcade comedy on Ebay
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2008, 06:36:09 am »
only 7 hours to go!!! i totally expect the bids to come flooding in soon ::) i hope the guy who bid $50 for it gets it because that is what it's worth (maybe less)
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Re: Arcade comedy on Ebay
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2008, 11:31:44 pm »
Quote from: Turnarcades on October 05, 2008, 08:31:24 pm
The 'Galga minl' cabinet looks like it sleeps on the streets at night!

Yeah, no doubt.

Someone bought the Tempest, though.
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