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Is it more profitable to sell an Asteroid Arcade Mach. whole or to Part it out?

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lifestop:
Hi,

I am fairly new to Arcade Machines and I am wondering if it is better to try and sell an Arcade machine whole or to part it out.  I am in need of money for an upcoming vacation so I am going to sell my old Asteroids Upright on Ebay.

I'm sure every situation is different, so I will list the details and maybe you could help me decide what to do. 


[Atari Asteroids Arcade Machine Upright]

Condition - The Good:
-PCB works great
-Sound is great
-Cab is in good (not perfect, but good) condition including:  Bezel, Carboard monitor bezel, and Marquee
-Buttons all work

Condition - The Bad:
-Monitor needs repair, local T.V. Repair man said it could cost up to $100  =(
-Needs new floor protectors ($1-2 a piece)
-Needs new control panel overlay (the art is worn off in places from use)
-No Manual
-Marquee light is burned out
-There are no coin receivers (internals), but coin door is fine
-Previous owner taped door-sensor buttons down so that the machine will stay powered-on when the doors are opened.


Also, which parts are worth selling and which should I just toss?  Any idea what I should ask?

Thanks for your help!!

CheffoJeffo:
You might post some pics ... someone here may be interested ...

PS - Where are you ?

Cheers.

lifestop:
I'll try to post some pics this weekend.  I live in Missoula, MT.. kind of the middle of nowhere.  =)

CheffoJeffo:
Oddly enough, I have been to Missoula ... now that was 18 years ago, but still ...

Too far a drive for me now.

Cheers.

DarkKobold:
Let me chime in on this one:
   A working asteroids machine usually sells for 500-1000... (Yes, a large price range, but, these things have lots of flux)

Parted, the working parts sell for:
 Vector Mon: 200-300
  Boardset 100-150
  Empty Cab: 20-50
  Harness: 20-50
  PS: 10-15
  Atari lit buttons: 20-40
  Marquee: 10-20

You may make a little money parting it, but it would be worth your time to try and fix it and sell it working. The most valuable part of Asteroids is BY FAR the vector monitor.

If you can solder, a cap kit usually fixes a G05-802. (Does the monitor have 2 boards or 3? a picture would help) This quadroples the value of the machine. Easily.

Next, if the boardset isn't working, the easiest thing to repair are the ever crappy atari fingerboard connectors. Simple as pie, and often fixes many problems.

Having a DMM handy to check fuses and voltage out of the Audio Regulator board helps too.

Really, a non-working asteroids won't net you much.

The marquee lamp is bar-none the easiest fix of them all.  A new starter and bulb fixes 99.9% of them.

I restored my asteroids, so if you have any questions, just ask!

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