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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: elkameleon on February 14, 2012, 12:19:05 pm
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http://mankato.craigslist.org/vgm/2849968925.html (http://mankato.craigslist.org/vgm/2849968925.html)
I begged my wife to let me pick it up, I wanted to try one of them "cash in hand" methods I hear about around the forums. We just don't have the garage space... :cry:
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Offer him $50 and a case of beer and tell your wife you have space for it on your back porch.
:cheers:
I gotta remember to lower my cash-in-hand offer and add the case of beer....
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James-
I'll send you a case of beer to cover shipping for any pin you want to give away.
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i put them me living room......
but what do i know ?
that's where i park me harley :)
ed
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I begged my wife to let me pick it up,
Stop... right there....
That is your first mistake. You let your wife find out about it. On Valentine's Day to boot.
What the Hell is wrong with you?
Here's how you should have done it.
Buy the cab.
Stash the cab in the garage.
Then beg your wife for forgiveness.
If you wanted sex tonight, then you should have made a pit stop at a florist and made dinner reservations. Whooo her with as much alcohol as she can possibly consume. When she wakes up hung over tomorrow and sees the cab, she won't give a flip.
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I begged my wife to let me pick it up,
Stop... right there....
That is your first mistake. You let your wife find out about it. On Valentine's Day to boot.
What the Hell is wrong with you?
Here's how you should have done it.
Buy the cab.
Stash the cab in the garage.
Then beg your wife for forgiveness.
If you wanted sex tonight, then you should have made a pit stop at a florist and made dinner reservations. Whooo her with as much alcohol as she can possibly consume. When she wakes up hung over tomorrow and sees the cab, she won't give a flip.
Why do I get my advice anywhere else!? This is a one stop shop! :cheers:
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Yeah, SavannahLion is right. I went from "No way in Hell" to having TWO cabinets in my family room. The second one just "showed up" in the backyard one day.
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Does anybody else have trouble separating the picture on the left from the advice on the right. When SavannahLion is giving advice about drinking, sex, and forgiveness I can't help imagining that little anime girl saying it and then I feel all creepy. That's why I'm glad Ark changed his, I got tired of Spock being such a tool. HA!
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Since when did undead pirates become such complainers?
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Shaddup or I'll call Spangler to come zap your ass back into that painting
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Just tell her you only want one room and she can decorate the rest of the house how she likes. That's what I did and now (3 years later) I have 7 arcades and a pinball. I just get them one by one.
Everyone always tells her she is a very patient wife, but every now I see her playing ms pacman on the cocktail arcade. : )
Besides, they are the biggest hit at every party we have. People end up hanging out right around all the games.
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Game seems priced a bit low if it really works right. Those things tend to be problematic and can sell for a lot more. That makes that more of a snap it up right away purchase than a try to bargain it down purchase.
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The price was dropped to $175... now i'm super tempted to hand them a crisp hundred to take it off their hands.
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Go for it. The control panel costs more than that.
The price was dropped to $175... now i'm super tempted to hand them a crisp hundred to take it off their hands.
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Holy crap its paigeoliver!
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Yeah, lost my job a few weeks ago. Finally had enough time to dig my cabinet out of storage and get it up and running again.
Holy crap its paigeoliver!
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I begged my wife to let me pick it up,
Stop... right there....
That is your first mistake. You let your wife find out about it. On Valentine's Day to boot.
What the Hell is wrong with you?
Here's how you should have done it.
Buy the cab.
Stash the cab in the garage.
Then beg your wife for forgiveness.
If you wanted sex tonight, then you should have made a pit stop at a florist and made dinner reservations. Whooo her with as much alcohol as she can possibly consume. When she wakes up hung over tomorrow and sees the cab, she won't give a flip.
This should be stamped on the left butt cheek of every male new born for future reference. Bravo, sir!
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So I was given the OK by the wife to offer the guy up to $125 for the arcade *FINALLY*! Of course I email the guy, and he shoots me one back "I just sold it for $150..." :banghead: She said she feels bad now, cause there was plenty of time that she could of gave in sooner. Oh well, they come and go, but not usually at prices like that.
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So I was given the OK by the wife to offer the guy up to $125 for the arcade *FINALLY*! Of course I email the guy, and he shoots me one back "I just sold it for $150..." :banghead: She said she feels bad now, cause there was plenty of time that she could of gave in sooner. Oh well, they come and go, but not usually at prices like that.
Hey what a coincidence, I just bought one of these off of CL for $150 yesterday! ;D J/K man, I'd don't CL poach. I feel your pain....that same sort of thing just happened to me with a Pachinko machine I wanted. Probably if I threw down my offer an hour earlier I would have gotten it.
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Fortunately for you Vigo, living near the cities, arcades are like ---uvulas---. Things are a bit more slim pickings here in southern MN. If and when they do pop up, they don't last long.
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People always say "machines are rare here" ... until they find out that they aren't.
FWIW, if spousal approval is important (and I say that without disrespect to spouses ... I am lucky that Mrs Cheffo is very supportive of my hobby ... so long as the machines don't start creeping out of the basement and so long as I stay in the basement), then you need to have a preapproval so that you can actually jump on things. This listing lasted over a week, so it did last long.
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People always say "machines are rare here" ... until they find out that they aren't.
FWIW, if spousal approval is important (and I say that without disrespect to spouses ... I am lucky that Mrs Cheffo is very supportive of my hobby ... so long as the machines don't start creeping out of the basement and so long as I stay in the basement), then you need to have a preapproval so that you can actually jump on things. This listing lasted over a week, so it did last long.
Its not so much that they are rare, they just don't go up for sale as often as larger city centers. I'm sure there are many other arcade owners in the area(stingy ones :lol).
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Its not so much that they are rare, they just don't go up for sale as often as larger city centers. I'm sure there are many other arcade owners in the area(stingy ones :lol).
You would be surprised ... I live in the largest city in Canada and have contacts out the ying-yang. More cabinets become available in smaller markets than are here.
Just ask FrizzleFried ... and then go get preapproval for your next cab purchase!
:cheers:
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Fortunately for you Vigo, living near the cities, arcades are like ---uvulas---. Things are a bit more slim pickings here in southern MN. If and when they do pop up, they don't last long.
Well, yeah. I know when I started into the hobby, I was in WI, and anything I wanted involved a 2+ hour drive and borrowing a van. At least gas was much cheaper back then. I was scouring quite a large radius for what I wanted, and was in college so I could take off any day of the week. That always helped.
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Just thought I would update this post... The reason why the game was sold was cause my wife BOUGHT IT FOR MY BIRTHDAY! Shes been hiding it over at a friends for 2 months now! Sneaky woman! Thing is, its not even my birthday yet, she couldn't wait 9 more days :P
The game works, theres an issue with the sound I have yet to figure out... (fixed it, there was a loose connection on the aux power supply there was a blown fuse) and after calibrating the guns(which are basically joysticks) I found out why I was missing so much, the player one gun has a dead spot, i'll have to replace the X and Y variable resistors. Good thing gun 2 works perfect, I got high score with 56% accuracy! :afro:
EDIT: sorry about there being absolutely no mention about what game it was, haha! It was an Operation Thunderbolt!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/kameleon_green/IMAG0064.jpg)
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Wow! Awesome, wife sounds like a keeper for sure!
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That's the gift that keeps on giving!
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since the old post is gone and im coming in the ass end of this convo what game was it?
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Sorry, but that door only swings one way around here.
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Why did the idiot delete it, i wanted to see what it was.
As for the pinball machines, well here in SA you don't get them no more, and if you do, it will cost you a arm and a leg.
I must also try the beer trick instead of paying more with money.
And so by the way, any machines is welcome here, lol I'll send you a case of Castle lager (South African beer)
(http://www.biltongstmarcus.co.uk/ekmps/shops/stmarcusfine/resources/Image/beer_glass.jpg)
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there is an auction here in nc that has a victory pinball table. im curious to see how much it will go for, chances are not much with the auction type it is
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I updated my post with a picture of the machine, sorry about that.
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Why did the idiot delete it, i wanted to see what it was.
It's Craigslist. You delete after it's sold so people will quit calling you and asking if it is still available.
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i like the bow
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Just thought I would update this post... The reason why the game was sold was cause my wife BOUGHT IT FOR MY BIRTHDAY! Shes been hiding it over at a friends for 2 months now! Sneaky woman! Thing is, its not even my birthday yet, she couldn't wait 9 more days :P
The game works, theres an issue with the sound I have yet to figure out... (fixed it, there was a loose connection on the aux power supply there was a blown fuse) and after calibrating the guns(which are basically joysticks) I found out why I was missing so much, the player one gun has a dead spot, i'll have to replace the X and Y variable resistors. Good thing gun 2 works perfect, I got high score with 56% accuracy! :afro:
EDIT: sorry about there being absolutely no mention about what game it was, haha! It was an Operation Thunderbolt!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/kameleon_green/IMAG0064.jpg)
OK. You know what she did right there? She just screwed you over, big time. Now you better make damn sure you top that kind of gift for her birthday or else she'll be asking for massages and you'll go without playing with that joystick.
Never, ever, let the woman have the leg up on the gift giving.... Unless you're kinky... Then that's acceptable.
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Her birthday was before mine, I got her a spa day. She got an hour long massage, a manicure and pedicure. I think I made out ok. :cheers:
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Hey lucky man, wish my fiance can buy me something like this for my birthday lol