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Mario:

--- Quote from: dpdelcollo on January 21, 2004, 10:35:52 pm ---damn, now thats an auction FAQ!

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Thanks!


--- Quote from: dpdelcollo on January 21, 2004, 10:35:52 pm ---For some reason last time I was at the NJ auction, the large sitdown and riding games were going for dirt cheap.  Two person DDR knock off for $150, two person motorcycle racing $125, Steel Talons two person sitdown Helicopter $50 (which I bought and then had to turn around and sell because I couldnt transport it)

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You discovered one reason why they seem cheap. No one bids because they can't haul or store them. Often, they are just buybacks. However, if someone kept bidding, the owners would keep outbidding until a high price is reached, unless he/she (usually he) doesn't care.  Well, this is what it seems like to me.

Mario

mahuti:
The last Orange County ("the OC") auction I went to, somebody bought a half-million dollar flight sim arcade machine with giant hydraulics & stuff for $200. It was the size of a bedroom, and about 12 feet tall. HUGE. I don't know if it worked or not... never saw one before either.

A bunch of other stuff they paid people money to take away (course it was only $15 bucks or so, but they PAID people to take them away).

I paid about $250 for 2 junky cabinets, with jacked rom boards. The monitors worked, but the games were fried (and stupid anyway,... "Rough Rangers" or "Terra Cresta" anyone?) One of the cabinets was converted from a "satan's hollow" so that was pretty cool

http://homepage.mac.com/mahuti/altcab/

FYI, I have a Mazda MPV (minivan) and I hauled away the cabinets one by one, and they fit with plenty of room to spare. The MPV is small for a mini-van, so I'd assume most larger mini vans (with all rear seats being removable) would be able to handle one normal sized arcade machine.

Definately get help, and bring a good dolly (or a fridge dolly) I'm a pretty big guy, and I still had a tough time manhandling those things by myself.

IntruderAlert:
What would I need to drive to an auction if I wanted to haul a pool table and a couple of arcade cabs?.. maybe a juke box too?

Chris:

--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on April 15, 2005, 01:30:37 pm ---What would I need to drive to an auction if I wanted to haul a pool table and a couple of arcade cabs?.. maybe a juke box too?

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Can't go wrong with a semi.  :)

IntruderAlert:
yeah but will they be dock high?

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