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Is it more profitable to sell an Asteroid Arcade Mach. whole or to Part it out?
DarkKobold:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 04, 2005, 04:37:26 am ---Asteroids monitor isn't as valuable as other vector monitors, as it is really common and a lot more reliable than the other kinds.
Asteroids is usually worth quite a bit more in one piece. Space Duel, Black Widow and Gravitar ARE NOT.
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I agree with the latter... But the former does not make a word of sense.
It may not be worth as much, but it is still 200-300 on ebay. The recent one that just sold is the cheapest one in 6 months at just over 200. That is pretty damn valuable.
paigeoliver:
Yes, but a nice Asteroids starts at $700 and the monitor is worth $200-$250.
A nice Gravitar, Black Widow or Space Duel starts is $500, and the monitor can often be sold for over $400.
I am fairly sure Hyperspace Arcade Services does Asteroids monitor repair by mail (not listed on their website, but I am almost certain someone on Klov.com had their Asteroids monitor fixed by that guy).
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 09, 2005, 06:25:32 am ---A nice Gravitar, Black Widow or Space Duel starts is $500, and the monitor can often be sold for over $400.
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I've never seen a nice Gravitar or Black Widow in that price range. Had I seen them, I would own them.
paigeoliver:
Here is an example.
Space Duel, fully working. Did not sell for $500.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=6181954644&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Space Duel with working monitor and some sort of power/cpu problem (sell incorrectly said he thought it was a monitor problem, reading the description and looking at the picutre of the working monitor I can tell you that it is not a monitor problem). Sold for $255.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=6183134256&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Black Widow and Gravitar don't come up nearly as often, but they sell at similar prices. A lot of sellers don't even TRY to sell them in one piece, as they are a lot harder to sell than Space Duel is (being that Space Duel is an easy local sell, easy to sell in the paper, easy to sell to people who come in the shop, etc).
But like any vector game there CAN be exceptions, especially really nice exceptions with really good pictures in really good condition that come up at exactly the right time.
ChadTower:
One in NY, one in GA. Doesn't come close to where I am. Vectors rarely pop up here for anything less than max premium.
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