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Title: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Nostalgia on May 01, 2007, 04:48:46 pm
With 2 seconds left. This was MINE. Im almost in tears.  :cry:

eBay Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=270113510039&rd=1&rd=1)
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: ChadTower on May 01, 2007, 04:53:58 pm

You may be lucky, that thing is ass beat.
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Nostalgia on May 01, 2007, 04:56:50 pm

You may be lucky, that thing is ass beat.

Nahh, that would have been a great project.
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Chris G on May 01, 2007, 04:57:18 pm
Ya, unless you got to see it first, that looks risky even for $150.  No picture, seller knows nothing about it...
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Nostalgia on May 01, 2007, 05:10:45 pm
Ya, unless you got to see it first, that looks risky even for $150.  No picture, seller knows nothing about it...

Well, In Michigan, these are hard to come by. I had high hopes for this one.  :(
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: More Cowbell on May 01, 2007, 05:14:14 pm
Is it just me or does that thing look lopsided? Pretty rough for $150.
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: SirPeale on May 01, 2007, 05:15:52 pm
Yikes.  Someone did you a favor.
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: patrickl on May 01, 2007, 05:22:27 pm
Looks like it would be a lot easier/cheaper to build one yourself rather than fix this rusted rats nest.
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: fatfingers on May 01, 2007, 06:37:47 pm
Quote from: crazy ebay author
WE KNOW KNOTHING ABOUT THIS ITEM.

Hello, this is Gary Gnu reporting the Gnews!

 :laugh2:

Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on May 01, 2007, 07:17:32 pm
Don't worry...that won't even make good firewood :-\
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: leapinlew on May 01, 2007, 09:47:27 pm
Looks like it would be a lot easier/cheaper to build one yourself rather than fix this rusted rats nest.

I agree with Mr. Patrick. He knows a thing or two about building Galaga cabinets and raising giant cats.
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: whatzcrackn on May 01, 2007, 09:54:57 pm
dude it is called www.craigslist.org

 :cheers:

I got an old joust for $10.00 and $30.00 shpping from about 30 miles from me!  go there!!
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: deadkenndys1105 on May 02, 2007, 12:05:54 am
I live in michigan to and we don't really have much of an arcade scene.  I found a great deal for a galapus that was in a near perfect tron but I think the seller removed it before I got a chance to jump on it.
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: GoPodular.com on May 02, 2007, 01:06:56 am
What were you Michigan guys doing two weeks ago?

http://www.superauctions.com/launch/cal/ (http://www.superauctions.com/launch/cal/)

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Milwaukee had an auction 4 weeks ago.
Chicago is May 17th.

Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: ChadTower on May 02, 2007, 08:52:37 am
dude it is called www.craigslist.org

 :cheers:

I got an old joust for $10.00 and $30.00 shpping from about 30 miles from me!  go there!!

A lot of areas aren't like that.  You can't get jack on the Boston or Providence Craigslist without being around to respond in the first 30 seconds at any given time.
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Havok on May 02, 2007, 10:30:50 am
dude it is called www.craigslist.org

 :cheers:

I got an old joust for $10.00 and $30.00 shpping from about 30 miles from me!  go there!!

A lot of areas aren't like that.  You can't get jack on the Boston or Providence Craigslist without being around to respond in the first 30 seconds at any given time.

Or, they just don't show up. In upstate New York, there is nothing - I have RSS feeds going on the slim chance there is. Every once in a long while something pops up, but it's usually crap. Rochester and Buffalo get a lot, but it's just like Chad said - if you aren't sitting right there when it's posted, it's gone before you see the listing...
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: ChadTower on May 02, 2007, 10:35:32 am

Where is the RSS feed?  I have looked for one but couldn't find one.
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Nostalgia on May 02, 2007, 12:29:24 pm
I live in michigan to and we don't really have much of an arcade scene.  I found a great deal for a galapus that was in a near perfect tron but I think the seller removed it before I got a chance to jump on it.

I feel yah bro. Its hard out here. Im on craigslist 24/7 I got my Pac cabinet on there for FREE. I was out of town when that kalamazoo show was on. I appreciate all the comment even though most were negative, BUT I still wish I had won.  :-[
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Nostalgia on May 02, 2007, 12:34:16 pm
Oh, by the way, try here. This is extreamly helpful when looking for cabs and are willing to travel.

http://www.crazedlist.org/
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: knave on May 02, 2007, 02:25:24 pm
Cool site but I couldn't get it to work all the way.  I would choose my cities, enter a search, and the catagory and when I hit search all that could come up is the front pages of the CL in the cities I chose.  It would not run the search...

...Anyone else?
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: shardian on May 02, 2007, 02:33:53 pm
Cool site but I couldn't get it to work all the way.  I would choose my cities, enter a search, and the catagory and when I hit search all that could come up is the front pages of the CL in the cities I chose.  It would not run the search...

...Anyone else?

Same here.
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Kaytrim on May 02, 2007, 02:35:05 pm
Cool site but I couldn't get it to work all the way.  I would choose my cities, enter a search, and the catagory and when I hit search all that could come up is the front pages of the CL in the cities I chose.  It would not run the search...

...Anyone else?

I can't get it to work either.  I even tried areas where I knew that there should be a few cabs.  Then I was looking on the site and I found the following information...

GOOD NEWS, NO MORE CRAIGSLIST HOMEPAGES FOR RESULTS!!
learn more ->

if you're using the excellent web developer firefox extension then simply go to the disable menu and "Disable Referrers". if you don't have that extension you can go to the location bar in firefox and type "about:config" and hit return. there will be a window with a bunch of stuff, in the filter field type "sendrefer" this will reduce the big list to network.http.sendRefererHeader. click on that row, and change the 2 to 1 or 0 (1 will send the referrer to a site when you click on a link only, 0 will not send any referrer information -- thanks to brian for the about:config tip!). If you're using Opera you can alter this setting as well. in the location bar in type "opera:config", then type "referrer" in the search box, uncheck the enable referrer setting, and search like a madman! If you're using IE, delete it and use anything else ;)
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Havok on May 02, 2007, 02:47:13 pm

Where is the RSS feed?  I have looked for one but couldn't find one.

Just do a search for whatever parameters you are looking for, and scroll down. In the lower right corner, there is a RSS text highlighted. Right-click on that, select copy shortcut, and paste into your favorite RSS reader...
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: ChadTower on May 02, 2007, 02:50:04 pm

Obscure, but it works.  Thanks!
Title: Re: I got outbid :(...
Post by: Nostalgia on May 02, 2007, 02:52:41 pm
Cool site but I couldn't get it to work all the way.  I would choose my cities, enter a search, and the catagory and when I hit search all that could come up is the front pages of the CL in the cities I chose.  It would not run the search...

...Anyone else?

Try it with Firefox, It works great. Or read at the top about the issue with IE.