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Why no price guide?
leapinlew:
Also...
The market fluctuates a lot from location to location.
Apollo:
I agree re VAPS I haven't updated for about 3 years and my game boards have completely changed since then also there is absolutley no proof that VAPS members actually have the games they say they do.
Yes I'm sure you do have mint dedicated Tron, Star Wars, Dragons Lair, Robotron, Joust, Defender, Stargate, Tempest, Space Invaders, Galaxian, Scramble, Galaga and Berzerk cabinets....
SavannahLion:
Is VAPS really that out of date? Shucks. :(
*SIGH*
I wish I had the time and money to tackle this. It sounds like a fun project now that I think about it. Create a script that scans eBay auctions for prices and queue them up. Allow senior members (based on signup date and forum activity?) to process and verify the queue before entering them into the database (location and pricing would be automatic, the condition might not be). Old prices from last year would carry less weight than new prices this year. Members can enter cabinet prices (along with pertenant information) into their member profile of cabinets they purchased or sold automatically creating a tracking history for specific cabinets. Members who abuse the system can have their entries collectively voted out by group vote.
Users can call an algorithm that calculated prices based on ?? or look at a history of entered cabinets and their prices to spot errant pricings or to watch price trends. Google API to utilize Google maps to see where each cabinet sold/purchase is located.
*SIGH*
--- Quote from: Green Giant on June 21, 2007, 06:10:38 pm ---But an effort by forum members on the wiki might work out. Maybe a consensus we could all vote on.
--- End quote ---
I really like that idea but there's some immediate problems that I can't see around.
The Wikipedia fails with preventing minor edits to their pages. In other words, if I insert the single word "---steaming pile of meadow muffin---" on low-medium volume pages, it won't get discovered for weeks or even months. Longer if I tweak numerical values, like changing a cake recipe that calls for a 450 degree oven to 950 degrees. How often that happens with BYOAC, I don't know.
What's to stop someone from malicously altering a cabinet price of $450 to $4500 to their benefient? Restricting changes to members only is a first step, but throwaway registrations happen all the time.
Then there's maintaining month to month price fluctuations, regional pricing and condition.
An original <insert random game title here> cabinet in say.. Russia or Australia is going to go for insane amounts of money, regardless of condition, than the same exact cabinet here in the U.S. And a glut of cabinets in Houston shouldn't lower prices of impossible to find cabinets in California.
NoOne=NBA=:
Here's why there's no price guide.
Someone just sold a Taito Crazy Climber, that is missing a door on the front, and has no sound, for $1625 on ebay.
I got my good condition Nichibutsu upright for $350 because it had a bad joystick.
The last ultra-rare Nichibutsu Crazy Climber Deluxe cabinet that I saw sell went for $1050, and was also missing the coin box door on the front.
The Nichibutsu cabinets are the more desirable cabinets, but people paying more than they should for other cabinets makes it hard to have any kind of accurate pricing.
shorthair:
I don't think that's it. Most involved publications are funded.
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