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Title: He shoots...he scores!
Post by: Xam on May 18, 2006, 06:58:01 pm

I have just aquired this coin door for $31.99...including shipping!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=6278434731

I have nothing but good to say about the seller. Very stand up guy and very fast (bout 2 days) and reasonable ($12.00) shipping.

Xam

Title: Re: He shoots...he scores!
Post by: dpz147 on May 19, 2006, 10:50:52 am

You gotta love ebay!!  I got mine for not much more than that a few months ago.  :cheers:

Title: Re: He shoots...he scores!
Post by: Glaine on May 19, 2006, 11:45:47 am

Yes, horray for the bay, where you can still get MVS carts for about $180 less than most website's prices (round $20 each).

Title: Re: He shoots...he scores!
Post by: Witchboard on May 19, 2006, 11:54:30 am

Quote from: Glaine on May 19, 2006, 11:45:47 am

Yes, horray for the bay, where you can still get MVS carts for about $180 less than most website's prices (round $20 each).

Just have to watch out for those bootlegs.  ;)

Title: Re: He shoots...he scores!
Post by: Glaine on May 19, 2006, 11:09:11 pm

How can you tell? I probably don't want to know, cuz then I might have to find out I have em.

Title: Re: He shoots...he scores!
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on May 20, 2006, 01:52:01 am

For one thing, most, but not all real carts have a silver SNK sticker on the side stating the warrenty and a serial #.

Title: Re: He shoots...he scores!
Post by: Gunstar Hero on May 20, 2006, 02:26:59 am

I paid $50 for my first coin door, and since then have gotten a half dozen or so for free.  :-\

Title: Re: He shoots...he scores!
Post by: Xam on May 20, 2006, 08:33:59 am

Quote from: Gunstar Hero on May 20, 2006, 02:26:59 am

I paid $50 for my first coin door, and since then have gotten a half dozen or so for free.  :-\

LOL!...that's the way it goes! I got a Stern coin door for free...but I was looking for an over/under for my cab...I have seen a few of these offered locally for free, but the amount of work required to restore them to usable condition made them unappealing.

Xam

Title: Re: He shoots...he scores!
Post by: Witchboard on May 20, 2006, 11:20:21 pm

Quote from: Glaine on May 19, 2006, 11:09:11 pm

How can you tell? I probably don't want to know, cuz then I might have to find out I have em.

If your carts don't have the sticker like Q*B stated or if it's been broken, the only real way to make sure is to open the cart and check the chips.  The chip numbers should match the NGH numbers is listed here (http://www.neo-geo.com/snk/masterlist.htm).  If you have an EPROM it's not necessarily a bootleg, but if you have MX flash chips it most definitely is.

Anyway, back on topic... Yes, I've done the same thing with coin doors.  I payed a pretty penny for my first and then they start falling from the sky.