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Title: Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal
Post by: Noodle_Boy on June 18, 2003, 08:27:29 pm

     I'm looking for a used cabinet.  Nothing fancy, since the plan is basically to gut it and use it for Mame + PS2/Xbox/Game Cube.  Slight damage is okay.

     The paint job doesn't matter either.  I'm gonna strip it and repaint the cab with a Penny-Arcade theme to it.

     I'm looking to spend around $100 - 175 on it.  If anyone knows where I can get a cab, or has one, it'd be a great help.  I'll pick it up, but no further than 150 miles from Fremont, CA (preferrably)

Title: Re:Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal
Post by: u_rebelscum on June 18, 2003, 09:14:38 pm

Quote from: Noodle_Boy on June 18, 2003, 08:27:29 pm

    I'm looking for a used cabinet.  Nothing fancy, since the plan is basically to gut it and use it for Mame + PS2/Xbox/Game Cube.  Slight damage is okay.

     The paint job doesn't matter either.  I'm gonna strip it and repaint the cab with a Penny-Arcade theme to it.

     I'm looking to spend around $100 - 175 on it.  If anyone knows where I can get a cab, or has one, it'd be a great help.  I'll pick it up, but no further than 150 miles from Fremont, CA (preferrably)

I used to see a lot of empty or non working cabs go for $50-$75 sold on ebay, from San Jose, San Fransisco, and (rarely) Oakland.  (I'm up near Berkeley.)  Do a browse by region.  The cheapest cabs are the pick on only/not shipped ones, since then you're only competing against other locals.

Hmm... doesn't look like any are on ebay at the moment.  I don't check ebay very much any more, since I got a PolePosition upright for $50 from the San Jose area that I'm too busy fixin'.  I don't know what's "normal" any more.

Title: Re:Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal
Post by: PoDunkMoFo on June 19, 2003, 12:41:53 am

Hey Noodle,

Where in Nor-Cal?  I might have a couple ideas of where to start looking.

Title: Re:Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal
Post by: paigeoliver on June 19, 2003, 01:18:51 am

Quote from: Noodle_Boy on June 18, 2003, 08:27:29 pm

    I'm looking to spend around $100 - 175 on it.  If anyone knows where I can get a cab, or has one, it'd be a great help.  I'll pick it up, but no further than 150 miles from Fremont, CA (preferrably)

You are paying too much there (Unless it is a mint Williams cabinet with sideart, or a NICE newer 4 player cabinet). The price you mentioned is the average sale price for complete working 19" conversion games, not for empty cabinets.

Think $25-$50 for an empty converted cabinet, or $50-$100 for a dedicated empty cabinet.

Title: Re:Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal
Post by: Noodle_Boy on June 19, 2003, 02:32:49 am

   Yikes, I had no idea how much they were!  I'm very  new to the scene, as you might have gathered.   ;)

   I'm in Fremont (between San Francisco and San Jose.)

Title: Re:Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal
Post by: traknfieldSUPAstar on June 19, 2003, 02:44:06 pm

There's a super auction happening on the june 28th at the santa clara fair grounds in san jose... you might be able to find a cheap working or empty cab there...

Title: Re:Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal
Post by: Noodle_Boy on June 19, 2003, 07:02:27 pm

Thanks for the heads-up.  I'll let you know what I found!

Title: Re:Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal
Post by: traknfieldSUPAstar on June 19, 2003, 11:06:31 pm

here's the link to their site... http://www.superauctions.com/selling.html (http://www.superauctions.com/selling.html)

Title: Re:Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal
Post by: IIOIOOIOO on June 20, 2003, 10:44:25 am

Just hold on to your money till the end. That's when they auction the dead stuff etc. You should be able to pick up something quite nice for $25-$50.

Title: Re:Looking for a used cab in Nor Cal
Post by: traknfieldSUPAstar on June 20, 2003, 02:37:35 pm

ahhhh....no wonder.... my friends went to an arcade auction a couple of months ago and they said that the cheapest machine they saw that got sold was $200 but they left early.... i was wonderin if they even sold empty/broken down cabs