Star Wars on craigslist - SE PA; $250. Not mine.

[arzoo]

Cab looks in good shape. Monitor not working. This looks like a great deal.
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/ele/967492609.html

[ChadTower]

Now that's a great deal.

[shardian]

Very nice deal. There is a high probability that the monitor is repairable.

[Moose13]

It looks nice, but it's on hold now. I was thinking of driving from NYC to pick it up if it was available.

One thing that I find so strange about this post and many many others that post things for sale.
Don't you think that a 20 minute clean up would do wonders to sell something?
How do you post pictures of something so dirty? 
Even if he thought the $250 was a fair value, they could increase the apparent value, just by making it more presentable.

[Encryptor]

It's deleted now.

[THE POKER BRAT]

the guy called me up today,..(i emailed him)
im going to go and get it after christmas,...provided he hasnt sold it by then,..
he told me this,..
QUOTE: ("IM SELLING IT FIRST COME FIRST SERVE")
he wants $300.00 for it because someone offered higher than his posting of $250.00
but another 50 bucks i can probably chew him down and get it to the original price,..thats if he still has it,.
now wouldnt it suck if i had went down there to get it and its already sold that morning!
or its all a fake ad just to drive someone lost??!!..omg!
id be pissed!
but on the other hand,..if its there for me to take home,..what a score! 
what do you guys think?

[Ummon]

??  Generally, people don't just offer more for the hell of it. Someone probably offered him more to hold it, and now he's getting greedy. Call him the morning you're going, and if he's got it tell him you're paying $250 - unless you want to go higher - or he can eat a bag of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

[arzoo]

??  Generally, people don't just offer more for the hell of it. Someone probably offered him more to hold it, and now he's getting greedy. Call him the morning you're going, and if he's got it tell him you're paying $250 - unless you want to go higher - or he can eat a bag of ---Cleveland steamer---.

I agree. His original post never listed OBO - in fact, I believe he said 'price is firm'. Then he edited the post and changed the price to $300 (I still have the rss feed). I'm guessing he didn't realize how much the game was worth until the flood of responses. Although, $300 is still a good price. But on principle, I'd only offer $250.

[ChadTower]

Do you want your principle or do you want a Star Wars for $300?  Sometimes you just have to go with what the seller is spewing.  If you still want the game at the higher price pay it.  I doubt the guy is lacking buyers for a Star Wars.

[THE POKER BRAT]

i agree chad,..i dont mind spending the extra 50 bucks instead of driving 2-3 hrs back empty handed,....i just hope its not a prank or joke,..

[Ummon]

So did anyone go get it?

[THE POKER BRAT]

i passed,...id rather have a working one anyway,..besides,. the guy sounded a lil shady,..
and wanted to sell it this week (in the middle of holiday season,..) guy couldnt wait,..
he tells me "The first guy to come to my house ,..gets it!"
i was like,..ok,..thats a dissapointment waiting to happen when 10 different people come to his house, and only 1 will get it first,...
id be pissed off!
heres the lucky bastard who gets it,(the guy that lives next door!~~>> ...


OK,..I JUST FOUND OUT ITS ON EBAY,...... Before on craigslist,..he wanted $250.00,..Now its $400.00 (guy in southern NJ)


talk about shady!