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Legal question regarding the sale of MAME Cabinets.
More Cowbell:
I'm starting to rethink this. I put a cabinet that I slapped together in a few weeks with a free computer and a $50 gutted cab (total cost about $250) on Craigslist day before yesterday for $650 and I've had people beating down my door. A guy came by to look at it, said he likes it but that he wants me to put another computer (3.4Ghz) in it and will pay me extra to set it all up. Mind you, this cab has a 21" computer monitor in it, two joysticks, and 6 buttons each. No spinner, no trackball, no sideart, generic cpo. I have people asking me if I have any more or if I'll be building any more. I'm considering building (or restoring) 2 at a time, one for me, one to sell, which will pay for mine. The perfect plan to build my master planned basement arcade. After Christmas I'm guessing the market will drop significantly though. But it's not as far out of the question as I would have previously thought depending on how much your time is worth to you.
ChadTower:
Make sure you get the money up front, then. I've had so many people tell me they want me to build one... then when it's time to pay for parts they put me off, and I get stuck with a shelf full of stuff they decided later they didn't want to pay for.
More Cowbell:
That's why I figure I'll just build 2 at once and sell it when it's done rather than have someone "order" one. I guess I risk the possibility of no one wanting it once it's finished, but if I can get away with cleaning up a gutted cab and throwing joysticks and buttons in it I won't be on the hook for much. Plus it's fun to have projects going on. I'm not planning on making it a business, I'm just surprised that the response was so positive.
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