Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal

[Noodle_Boy]

     I'm looking for a used cabinet.  Nothing fancy, since the plan is basically to gut it and use it for Mame + PS2/Xbox/Game Cube.  Slight damage is okay.

     The paint job doesn't matter either.  I'm gonna strip it and repaint the cab with a Penny-Arcade theme to it.

     I'm looking to spend around $100 - 175 on it.  If anyone knows where I can get a cab, or has one, it'd be a great help.  I'll pick it up, but no further than 150 miles from Fremont, CA (preferrably)

[u_rebelscum]

    I'm looking for a used cabinet.  Nothing fancy, since the plan is basically to gut it and use it for Mame + PS2/Xbox/Game Cube.  Slight damage is okay.

     The paint job doesn't matter either.  I'm gonna strip it and repaint the cab with a Penny-Arcade theme to it.

     I'm looking to spend around $100 - 175 on it.  If anyone knows where I can get a cab, or has one, it'd be a great help.  I'll pick it up, but no further than 150 miles from Fremont, CA (preferrably)

I used to see a lot of empty or non working cabs go for $50-$75 sold on ebay, from San Jose, San Fransisco, and (rarely) Oakland.  (I'm up near Berkeley.)  Do a browse by region.  The cheapest cabs are the pick on only/not shipped ones, since then you're only competing against other locals.

Hmm... doesn't look like any are on ebay at the moment.  I don't check ebay very much any more, since I got a PolePosition upright for $50 from the San Jose area that I'm too busy fixin'.  I don't know what's "normal" any more.

[PoDunkMoFo]

Hey Noodle,

Where in Nor-Cal?  I might have a couple ideas of where to start looking.

[paigeoliver]

    I'm looking to spend around $100 - 175 on it.  If anyone knows where I can get a cab, or has one, it'd be a great help.  I'll pick it up, but no further than 150 miles from Fremont, CA (preferrably)

You are paying too much there (Unless it is a mint Williams cabinet with sideart, or a NICE newer 4 player cabinet). The price you mentioned is the average sale price for complete working 19" conversion games, not for empty cabinets.

Think $25-$50 for an empty converted cabinet, or $50-$100 for a dedicated empty cabinet.

[Noodle_Boy]

   Yikes, I had no idea how much they were!  I'm very  new to the scene, as you might have gathered.  

   I'm in Fremont (between San Francisco and San Jose.)

[traknfieldSUPAstar]

There's a super auction happening on the june 28th at the santa clara fair grounds in san jose... you might be able to find a cheap working or empty cab there...

[Noodle_Boy]

Thanks for the heads-up.  I'll let you know what I found!

[traknfieldSUPAstar]

here's the link to their site... http://www.superauctions.com/selling.html

[IIOIOOIOO]

Just hold on to your money till the end. That's when they auction the dead stuff etc. You should be able to pick up something quite nice for $25-$50.

[traknfieldSUPAstar]

ahhhh....no wonder.... my friends went to an arcade auction a couple of months ago and they said that the cheapest machine they saw that got sold was $200 but they left early.... i was wonderin if they even sold empty/broken down cabs