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Author Topic: I can't believe it didn't sell!  (Read 2614 times)

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2004, 07:03:51 pm »
a lot of time, thought, and creativity in that cab :laugh:

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2004, 07:43:15 pm »
i think his problem is that he targeted the wrong demographic. really he should have been aiming at the UNIVAC-BENDIX emulator scene

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2004, 07:51:52 pm »
wow. I've yet to see a cab that put the trashcade to shame.

I mean, it has a slikstick franken panel... You can see the computer monitors sides....

It's not really even a.... cabinet.... It's like a couple of pieces of wood mixed with random computer and arcade parts.... I wouldn't be suprised to see the monitor under the joysticks...

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2004, 08:04:52 pm »
Mamey!

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2004, 08:21:47 pm »
I especially liked the part where he said...

"Due to the size and complexity of this system, shipping is impossible, so you're either going to have to pick it up -- or I'll deliver it within 150 miles of ZIP code 55347. "

Lots of complex 90 degree angles there! Must have taken a while to get the monitor shelf angled...(why the heck is it angled anyway???)  ;D

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2004, 10:41:30 pm »
On the plus side, no classic cabs were mutilated in the seller's construction effort. ;)

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2004, 10:48:53 am »
holy man that has to be an experiment of some kind--"how many stupid people bid on ebay" or something--I just wouldn't have the nerve to list an ikea rack with a computer in it, the guy must have big cajones...
its better to not post and be thought a fool, then to whip out your keyboard and remove all doubt...

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2004, 02:31:58 pm »
He's not selling a a cab really, just a frame and the stuff on it.

"MAME System w/ ect ect..."

I think it's a pretty good idea actually, just a frame to hold your CPU, stick and monitor in the right places. Makes for a cool PC gaming rig.

That one is maybe a bit too... heavy duty looking. Still if it was a little more refined, it woud be a pretty neat, versatile game rack.

Better than that overpriced X-Arcade one anyhow.

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2004, 07:41:05 pm »
He's not selling a a cab really, just a frame and the stuff on it.

"MAME System w/ ect ect..."

I think it's a pretty good idea actually, just a frame to hold your CPU, stick and monitor in the right places. Makes for a cool PC gaming rig.

That one is maybe a bit too... heavy duty looking. Still if it was a little more refined, it woud be a pretty neat, versatile game rack.

Better than that overpriced X-Arcade one anyhow.

I have a car I rolled 5 times, and I'm going to sell it. You're not buying the car, you're buying the metal. Interested?  ;)

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2004, 03:09:58 am »
No.

Unlike the MAME-frame, rolling a car 5 times is a BAD idea. And I don't think I need a thousand pounds of metal.

Thanks anyways.  ;D

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2004, 04:39:29 am »
I need to build some sort of 2x4 rack over my desk to hold all my monitors. I would LIKE to use six of them, but they won't all fit on my desk.
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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2004, 07:57:40 am »
He's not selling a a cab really, just a frame and the stuff on it.

"MAME System w/ ect ect..."

I think it's a pretty good idea actually, just a frame to hold your CPU, stick and monitor in the right places. Makes for a cool PC gaming rig.
Having it may be a good idea.
Trying to pawn it off for over $900US is the exact opposite of a good idea.
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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2004, 01:47:27 pm »
I need to build some sort of 2x4 rack over my desk to hold all my monitors. I would LIKE to use six of them, but they won't all fit on my desk.
If you built the rack, you could probably fit 4 above, and 2 below. 

The only pain in the butt is plugging/unplugging them all in

Paige, it'd cost you prolly $10 for materials, and it's just straight cuts.  Stop procrastinating and DO IT already

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2004, 02:23:36 pm »
I think the pure entertainment of rolling a car over 5 times in a row (assuming you survive) would be worth the drop in value.

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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2004, 03:19:20 pm »
Um, its not even a mame cab... im not sure he knows what mame is: "all you need is an emulator and the ROMs (I can point you in the right direction for those...)"

he didnt mention a front end, which no one really knows about anyway, so, how cxan he expect them to know that!!!


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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2004, 08:47:09 pm »
"Bomb proof"?  Hyuk hyuk.
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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #17 on: December 07, 2004, 08:19:37 am »
shhhh. don't mention 'bomb' too much. or we'll get flagged by 'them'... :police:


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Re: I can't believe it didn't sell!
« Reply #18 on: December 07, 2004, 06:47:31 pm »
shhhh. don't mention 'bomb' too much. or we'll get flagged by 'them'... :police:
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