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Arcade Collecting => Pinball => Topic started by: Vash on May 30, 2008, 03:48:43 am

Title: 1980 - Alien Poker
Post by: Vash on May 30, 2008, 03:48:43 am
I've got a friend at work who's thinking of selling her pinball machine to save for a jukebox.   She got it for $300, and I told her I would be interested if she decided to sell it, but there evidently it's not in perfect working order.  She thinks it's a soldering problem, and says it smells 'burnt' when she turns it on.  At $300, I figure it would be worth it to take it off her hands and try to repair it myself, but I was wondering if I was ripping her off (rarity of the game?) and if the problem sounds like an easy fix.  Thanks.
Title: Re: 1980 - Alien Poker
Post by: SirPeale on May 30, 2008, 07:14:36 am
She got it for $300, and is willing to let it go for the same.  I think it's win-win.

As for the smell, I'd bet on poor connections in the headboard.  That's the first place I'd look.