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Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: AmericanDemon on October 06, 2004, 09:12:05 pm

Title: Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: AmericanDemon on October 06, 2004, 09:12:05 pm: Check this auction out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13716&item=6121576356&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13716&item=6121576356&rd=1)
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: crashwg on October 06, 2004, 09:51:46 pm: Oh man I wish I had that kind of dough! I'd open an arcade in an instant.
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: RayB on October 06, 2004, 10:15:40 pm: It's all crap! ;D Nothing *I* would want to play anyway...

How come it says in big red letters "This Auction Has a Huge! Discounted Buy It Now Price of 24,550.00" ?

I don't see a buy it now button, do you?
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: iwillfearnoevil on October 06, 2004, 10:52:12 pm: Quote from: RayB on October 06, 2004, 10:15:40 pm
It's all crap! ;D Nothing *I* would want to play anyway...

How come it says in big red letters "This Auction Has a Huge! Discounted Buy It Now Price of 24,550.00" ?

I don't see a buy it now button, do you?

buy it now ends once there is a bid or reaches a reserve i believe
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: mcdo15 on October 07, 2004, 07:27:38 am: Quote from: RayB on October 06, 2004, 10:15:40 pm
It's all crap! ;D Nothing *I* would want to play anyway...

How come it says in big red letters "This Auction Has a Huge! Discounted Buy It Now Price of 24,550.00" ?

I don't see a buy it now button, do you?

buy it now at that price would of cost seller a small percentage
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: Sephroth57 on October 08, 2004, 11:33:51 am: i cant believe someone bought that for that price, it was totally overpriced IMO. none of those videogames are even worth 1k each. the redemption stuff probably 500-800 a piece. some cheaper. definately not worth it.
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: Hoagie_one on October 08, 2004, 11:54:55 am: i found it funny the buy it now was $24k, and it sold for $27K
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: RayB on October 08, 2004, 12:16:20 pm: Watch this get relisted once the buyer finds their calculator and has a reality check.

Averages to $821 per game. And the buyer doesn't even know the condition of each game. Could all be flakey for all we know. Sheesh!
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: rchadd on October 08, 2004, 12:49:08 pm: no classics games in that list.
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: koolmoecraig on October 08, 2004, 08:25:53 pm: Don't you guys get that it's probably not a collector buying this crap? It's someone wanting to use them in their business and turn a profit. Remember, that is the real reasons that our machines exist. At one time they were used to bring in cash.

I had a buy it now price of $700 on my Tron cocktail and I ended up selling it for $900. It just shows that an interested party found the auction too late.

One of my biggest mistakes was not buying a perfectly mint Pengo that had a buy it now of $600. It ended up selling for over $1600 if I recall. Ouch.

By the way, any of you guys know where I can get a Q*bert cocktail overlay?

Peace
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: RayB on October 10, 2004, 02:18:28 pm: I can't speak for the others who posted in this thread, but I was aware this wasn't for collectors.... Which makes the price paid even more outrageous. It's not a wise investment at that cost unless each an every game is "shopped" before the new owner takes them. Usually people go for "bulk buys" to get a price break. Here, all those games could be bought for less than half the price by going to live auctions.
Title: Re:Wanting to Start an Arcade you say?
Post by: Sephroth57 on October 10, 2004, 06:19:36 pm: i was talking about buisness, for a collector it would be even worse. you could buy all those machines for like less than 16k probably if you went to auctions and bought individual on ebay.