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| Chase:
--- Quote from: uprightbass360 on November 11, 2008, 05:49:32 am ---Yes I am serious, please don't buy this chase, because you should build your own first. --- End quote --- I am actually, and I do know all the costs involved with building a cabinet from a kit. (Not a conversion) So when I saw the post, I thought it was extremely expensive based upon the information that was provided in the listing. --- Quote from: Popcorrin on November 11, 2008, 09:52:21 am ---He can sell it for whatever he wants to but it's kinda funny that he flags others that try to sell their cabs for the same price. --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Franco B on November 11, 2008, 10:32:02 am ---It sounds like the one he flagged was a POS. Its hard to tell without seeing the listing. --- End quote --- The only reason I could see of why it would be flagged was because the seller was selling the MAME cabinet with the Roms? Because, if there was any other reason invloved, (Like price too high), that would be kinda hypocritical? ---- Personally, I hate how sometimes words come across on a screen when you are trying to do something "tongue in cheek". I had a feeling that the person who is selling on CL, could be a member of this forum. Nothing offensive was meant by my comment, so I apoligize if it was taken the wrong way. I just feel that $ 4500.00 for a conversion is a little high. Thanks, C |
| DaveMMR:
It's a nice, well-built cab but I do have to agree $4,500 might be a bit of a reach of an asking price for a couple of reasons. 1) Just rifling through the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog, they're selling an Arcade Legends 100 Game system for $3,700 (plus $200 shipping). Yes, your machine has the potential for more games but you can't legally leave the ROMs in there, so I will assume they aren't included for sake of argument. So for the non-technically inclined in the market for an upright machine (read: people who wouldn't build their own or know where to begin getting ROMs and configuring), they would probably go for the mass-marketed machine with the no-hassle software that's a few hundred dollars (after shipping and taxes) cheaper. By the way, reviews of these professionally built multi-game machines are immaterial considering the targeted buyer. Also, while it might be a bit unfair to compare the two given what's inside uprightbass's box, but I'm assuming interested parties would be looking for an "arcade machine" and not so much a top-of-the-line computer/display. 2) To again compare it to cheaper mass-produced cabs for the niche home game room market, you have a couple of design decisions that fair poorly: exposed trackball-plate, excessive buttons and angled controls that are parallel to neither the monitor nor the curve of the front of the panel. Despite my opinions of them, they are not big, crippling problems for your own personally built machine. When competing with other available options, however, they do stand out as flaws. But, seriously, it's a good looking machine with some sick hardware (you might actually have better results selling the computer, monitor, et. al. separately). The design is solid and it looks like it was put together very well. Hopefully I'm wrong about the price tag being too high. Keep us posted. Edit: Grammar |
| (+_+):
You can't expect people to pay for your upfront costs such as tools, development expenses etc. I know as well as anybody, the expense that goes into building a nice cab but tools, trial and error, going overboard isn't a pill most costumers want to swallow. But then again, there are loads of fish in the sea and apparently a sucker born every minute. Good luck and if your sucker has another rich buddy, I'd be willing to let mine go for $6,000. ;D |
| ark_ader:
Does it have a spinner? I remember a wide screen cab somebody was selling for $4500 and it didn't have a spinner. Spinners rule. :afro: |
| Visitor Q:
:dunno Looks ok to me, I don't think that price is too crazy really. I see it is no longer listed, maybe it sold? |
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