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How much is your mame cab worth???

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CheffoJeffo:

I've never sold a MAME cab and I expect that I never will.

What I find interesting is the disparity in both price and cost between MAME cabs and xx-in-1 cabs.

I know a local (member here) who tried to sell his MAME cab. He failed miserably, despite dropping the price a number of times. It was a nice cab and not unreasonably priced.

He swapped the computer for a 48-in-1 and sold it immediately for higher than his original asking price.

I also know a number of folks who pay $25-$75 for a cab, drop in a 48-in-1 or 60-in-1 and then sell it for $750+.

I'm not sure what conclusions to draw, but the disparity is interesting to me.

Paul Olson:

I don't think I will ever sell mine. I think I have about $3000 into it (my eBay addiction is expensive), which is more than I think a MAME cab should sell for. If someone was crazy enough to pay $5000 for it, I would sell. That would give me enough money to build a new one with new and NOS parts. That would be nice.

My cab is called Monster Arcade, but only because I liked the marque I found (back when it wasn't common). As a general rule, I think of an arcade as a place, not a thing; although I do agree with 1UP, my cab is kinda like an arcade in a box.

I do have a small arcade in the garage, so I am careful with the naming convention here at home.

I'm just happy that this thread didn't degrade to "do a search or check the wiki - cab values have been discussed before"

CheffoJeffo:

Damn ... need to remember to add that to the wiki !

 ;)

skyblast:

Guys thus far this thread has been pretty entertaining and not at all what I expected.  It's nice to get a few funny responses.  

"Hi my name is dork, I'm going to correct people and I am perfect so be ready everyone as I might just pull you over."

No seriously though, as I'm sure, times are tough for most and when times get tough you might sorta look around and say...what I got.... that's somewhat expensive???"  

For some the answer might be their cab.  I kind of did that today.  My wife almost lost her teaching job.

I came to the strange conclusion that my cab was last on the list of things to sell.  I was just curious if others felt the same way?  

Please know that when I look at my cab I am oddly amazed.  I seriously wonder if I would ever be able to come up with enough energy to make another one.


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--- Quote from: Hoopz on May 08, 2009, 09:22:08 pm ---I believe it should be "Lighten up, Francis".  Learn your quotes!   ;D

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I've never liked Stripes, so I don't feel the need to quote it.


--- Quote ---"Hi my name is dork, I'm going to correct people and I am perfect so be ready everyone as I might just pull you over."
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Perhaps you missed the part where I pointed out that I was actually making fun of the people who constantly come into a thread just to correct the "arcade" thing.

Lighten up, Francis.


.....DOH! :banghead:

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