Author Topic: Thoughts on this craigslist posting? (Read 8831 times)

elkameleon · « **on:** February 14, 2012, 12:19:05 pm »

http://mankato.craigslist.org/vgm/2849968925.html

I begged my wife to let me pick it up, I wanted to try one of them "cash in hand" methods I hear about around the forums. We just don't have the garage space...

yotsuya · « **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2012, 01:20:29 pm »

Quote from: pinballjim on February 14, 2012, 12:23:37 pm

Offer him $50 and a case of beer and tell your wife you have space for it on your back porch.

I gotta remember to lower my cash-in-hand offer and add the case of beer....

yotsuya · « **Reply #2 on:** February 14, 2012, 02:18:44 pm »

James-

I'll send you a case of beer to cover shipping for any pin you want to give away.

ed12 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 14, 2012, 08:51:11 pm »

i put them me living room......
but what do i know ?
that's where i park me harley

ed

SavannahLion · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2012, 02:45:38 am »

Quote from: elkameleon on February 14, 2012, 12:19:05 pm

I begged my wife to let me pick it up,

Stop... right there....
That is your first mistake. You let your wife find out about it. On Valentine's Day to boot.

What the Hell is wrong with you?

Here's how you should have done it.

Buy the cab.
Stash the cab in the garage.
Then beg your wife for forgiveness.

If you wanted sex tonight, then you should have made a pit stop at a florist and made dinner reservations. Whooo her with as much alcohol as she can possibly consume. When she wakes up hung over tomorrow and sees the cab, she won't give a flip.

elkameleon · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2012, 08:32:24 am »

Quote from: SavannahLion on February 15, 2012, 02:45:38 am

Quote from: elkameleon on February 14, 2012, 12:19:05 pm
I begged my wife to let me pick it up,

Stop... right there....
That is your first mistake. You let your wife find out about it. On Valentine's Day to boot.

What the Hell is wrong with you?

Here's how you should have done it.

Buy the cab.
Stash the cab in the garage.
Then beg your wife for forgiveness.

If you wanted sex tonight, then you should have made a pit stop at a florist and made dinner reservations. Whooo her with as much alcohol as she can possibly consume. When she wakes up hung over tomorrow and sees the cab, she won't give a flip.

Why do I get my advice anywhere else!? This is a one stop shop!

yotsuya · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2012, 09:36:24 am »

Yeah, SavannahLion is right. I went from "No way in Hell" to having TWO cabinets in my family room. The second one just "showed up" in the backyard one day.

Le Chuck · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2012, 09:46:49 am »

Does anybody else have trouble separating the picture on the left from the advice on the right. When SavannahLion is giving advice about drinking, sex, and forgiveness I can't help imagining that little anime girl saying it and then I feel all creepy. That's why I'm glad Ark changed his, I got tired of Spock being such a tool. HA!

Vigo · « **Reply #8 on:** February 15, 2012, 09:58:33 am »

Since when did undead pirates become such complainers?

Le Chuck · « **Reply #9 on:** February 15, 2012, 10:00:14 am »

Shaddup or I'll call Spangler to come zap your ass back into that painting

xmrkite · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2012, 02:30:14 pm »

Just tell her you only want one room and she can decorate the rest of the house how she likes. That's what I did and now (3 years later) I have 7 arcades and a pinball. I just get them one by one.

Everyone always tells her she is a very patient wife, but every now I see her playing ms pacman on the cocktail arcade. : )

Besides, they are the biggest hit at every party we have. People end up hanging out right around all the games.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #11 on:** February 20, 2012, 11:09:38 pm »

Game seems priced a bit low if it really works right. Those things tend to be problematic and can sell for a lot more. That makes that more of a snap it up right away purchase than a try to bargain it down purchase.

elkameleon · « **Reply #12 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:17:23 am »

The price was dropped to $175... now i'm super tempted to hand them a crisp hundred to take it off their hands.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #13 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:59:03 am »

Go for it. The control panel costs more than that.

Quote from: elkameleon on February 21, 2012, 09:17:23 am

The price was dropped to $175... now i'm super tempted to hand them a crisp hundred to take it off their hands.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #14 on:** February 21, 2012, 11:03:10 am »

Holy crap its paigeoliver!

paigeoliver · « **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2012, 03:37:59 pm »

Yeah, lost my job a few weeks ago. Finally had enough time to dig my cabinet out of storage and get it up and running again.

Quote from: HaRuMaN on February 21, 2012, 11:03:10 am

Holy crap its paigeoliver!

BusyChild04 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:11:00 pm »

Quote from: SavannahLion on February 15, 2012, 02:45:38 am

Quote from: elkameleon on February 14, 2012, 12:19:05 pm
I begged my wife to let me pick it up,

Stop... right there....
That is your first mistake. You let your wife find out about it. On Valentine's Day to boot.

What the Hell is wrong with you?

Here's how you should have done it.

Buy the cab.
Stash the cab in the garage.
Then beg your wife for forgiveness.

If you wanted sex tonight, then you should have made a pit stop at a florist and made dinner reservations. Whooo her with as much alcohol as she can possibly consume. When she wakes up hung over tomorrow and sees the cab, she won't give a flip.

This should be stamped on the left butt cheek of every male new born for future reference. Bravo, sir!

elkameleon · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:17:15 am »

So I was given the OK by the wife to offer the guy up to $125 for the arcade *FINALLY*! Of course I email the guy, and he shoots me one back "I just sold it for $150..."

She said she feels bad now, cause there was plenty of time that she could of gave in sooner. Oh well, they come and go, but not usually at prices like that.

Vigo · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:47:27 am »

Quote from: elkameleon on February 23, 2012, 09:17:15 am

So I was given the OK by the wife to offer the guy up to $125 for the arcade *FINALLY*! Of course I email the guy, and he shoots me one back "I just sold it for $150..." She said she feels bad now, cause there was plenty of time that she could of gave in sooner. Oh well, they come and go, but not usually at prices like that.

Hey what a coincidence, I just bought one of these off of CL for $150 yesterday!

J/K man, I'd don't CL poach. I feel your pain....that same sort of thing just happened to me with a Pachinko machine I wanted. Probably if I threw down my offer an hour earlier I would have gotten it.

elkameleon · « **Reply #19 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:50:56 am »

Fortunately for you Vigo, living near the cities, arcades are like ---uvulas---. Things are a bit more slim pickings here in southern MN. If and when they do pop up, they don't last long.

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #20 on:** February 23, 2012, 10:02:30 am »

People always say "machines are rare here" ... until they find out that they aren't.

FWIW, if spousal approval is important (and I say that without disrespect to spouses ... I am lucky that Mrs Cheffo is very supportive of my hobby ... so long as the machines don't start creeping out of the basement and so long as I stay in the basement), then you need to have a preapproval so that you can actually jump on things. This listing lasted over a week, so it did last long.

elkameleon · « **Reply #21 on:** February 23, 2012, 10:20:14 am »

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 23, 2012, 10:02:30 am

People always say "machines are rare here" ... until they find out that they aren't.

FWIW, if spousal approval is important (and I say that without disrespect to spouses ... I am lucky that Mrs Cheffo is very supportive of my hobby ... so long as the machines don't start creeping out of the basement and so long as I stay in the basement), then you need to have a preapproval so that you can actually jump on things. This listing lasted over a week, so it did last long.

Its not so much that they are rare, they just don't go up for sale as often as larger city centers. I'm sure there are many other arcade owners in the area(stingy ones

).

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #22 on:** February 23, 2012, 10:32:43 am »

Quote from: elkameleon on February 23, 2012, 10:20:14 am

Its not so much that they are rare, they just don't go up for sale as often as larger city centers. I'm sure there are many other arcade owners in the area(stingy ones ).

You would be surprised ... I live in the largest city in Canada and have contacts out the ying-yang. More cabinets become available in smaller markets than are here.

Just ask FrizzleFried ... and then go get preapproval for your next cab purchase!

Vigo · « **Reply #23 on:** February 23, 2012, 10:41:08 am »

Quote from: elkameleon on February 23, 2012, 09:50:56 am

Fortunately for you Vigo, living near the cities, arcades are like ---uvulas---. Things are a bit more slim pickings here in southern MN. If and when they do pop up, they don't last long.

Well, yeah. I know when I started into the hobby, I was in WI, and anything I wanted involved a 2+ hour drive and borrowing a van. At least gas was much cheaper back then. I was scouring quite a large radius for what I wanted, and was in college so I could take off any day of the week. That always helped.

elkameleon · « **Reply #24 on:** March 22, 2012, 10:15:20 pm »

Just thought I would update this post... The reason why the game was sold was cause my wife BOUGHT IT FOR MY BIRTHDAY! Shes been hiding it over at a friends for 2 months now! Sneaky woman! Thing is, its not even my birthday yet, she couldn't wait 9 more days

The game works, ~~theres an issue with the sound I have yet to figure out...~~ (fixed it, ~~there was a loose connection on the aux power supply~~ there was a blown fuse) and after calibrating the guns(which are basically joysticks) I found out why I was missing so much, the player one gun has a dead spot, i'll have to replace the X and Y variable resistors. Good thing gun 2 works perfect, I got high score with 56% accuracy!

EDIT: sorry about there being absolutely no mention about what game it was, haha! It was an Operation Thunderbolt!

amendonz · « **Reply #25 on:** March 22, 2012, 10:41:54 pm »

Wow! Awesome, wife sounds like a keeper for sure!

yotsuya · « **Reply #26 on:** March 22, 2012, 11:36:18 pm »

That's the gift that keeps on giving!

Yenome · « **Reply #27 on:** March 22, 2012, 11:59:48 pm »

since the old post is gone and im coming in the ass end of this convo what game was it?

SavannahLion · « **Reply #28 on:** March 23, 2012, 12:29:50 am »

Sorry, but that door only swings one way around here.

quintinbiker · « **Reply #29 on:** March 23, 2012, 01:47:20 am »

This posting has been deleted by its author.

(The title on the listings page will be removed in just a few minutes.)

Why did the idiot delete it, i wanted to see what it was.

As for the pinball machines, well here in SA you don't get them no more, and if you do, it will cost you a arm and a leg.

I must also try the beer trick instead of paying more with money.

And so by the way, any machines is welcome here, lol I'll send you a case of Castle lager (South African beer)

Yenome · « **Reply #30 on:** March 23, 2012, 06:39:01 am »

there is an auction here in nc that has a victory pinball table. im curious to see how much it will go for, chances are not much with the auction type it is

elkameleon · « **Reply #31 on:** March 23, 2012, 09:40:00 am »

I updated my post with a picture of the machine, sorry about that.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #32 on:** March 23, 2012, 09:58:40 am »

Quote from: quintinbiker on March 23, 2012, 01:47:20 am

This posting has been deleted by its author.

(The title on the listings page will be removed in just a few minutes.)

Why did the idiot delete it, i wanted to see what it was.

It's Craigslist. You delete after it's sold so people will quit calling you and asking if it is still available.

Yenome · « **Reply #33 on:** March 23, 2012, 01:29:03 pm »

i like the bow

SavannahLion · « **Reply #34 on:** March 23, 2012, 07:18:14 pm »

Quote from: elkameleon on March 22, 2012, 10:15:20 pm

Just thought I would update this post... The reason why the game was sold was cause my wife BOUGHT IT FOR MY BIRTHDAY! Shes been hiding it over at a friends for 2 months now! Sneaky woman! Thing is, its not even my birthday yet, she couldn't wait 9 more days

The game works, ~~theres an issue with the sound I have yet to figure out...~~ (fixed it, ~~there was a loose connection on the aux power supply~~ there was a blown fuse) and after calibrating the guns(which are basically joysticks) I found out why I was missing so much, the player one gun has a dead spot, i'll have to replace the X and Y variable resistors. Good thing gun 2 works perfect, I got high score with 56% accuracy!

EDIT: sorry about there being absolutely no mention about what game it was, haha! It was an Operation Thunderbolt!

OK. You know what she did right there? She just screwed you over, big time. Now you better make damn sure you top that kind of gift for her birthday or else she'll be asking for massages and you'll go without playing with that joystick.

Never, ever, let the woman have the leg up on the gift giving.... Unless you're kinky... Then that's acceptable.

elkameleon · « **Reply #35 on:** March 23, 2012, 09:09:01 pm »

Her birthday was before mine, I got her a spa day. She got an hour long massage, a manicure and pedicure. I think I made out ok.

quintinbiker · « **Reply #36 on:** March 25, 2012, 03:20:40 pm »

Hey lucky man, wish my fiance can buy me something like this for my birthday lol


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