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Anyone sold cab for tons $$$$
Green Giant:
Just seems like a few days worth of work and maybe 200 or 300 invested could produce a cab that could go for 1500 easily. Most buyers don't understand mame so all they want is a jamma pcb original game.
Yeah they went for several thousand in decades past, but back then the technology inside of them was state of the art. Did you ever buy a computer in the 90's, when I think about my first it was so crappy for the money we paid.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Green Giant on August 10, 2007, 09:56:58 am ---Just seems like a few days worth of work and maybe 200 or 300 invested could produce a cab that could go for 1500 easily. Most buyers don't understand mame so all they want is a jamma pcb original game.
Yeah they went for several thousand in decades past, but back then the technology inside of them was state of the art. Did you ever buy a computer in the 90's, when I think about my first it was so crappy for the money we paid.
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$200-$300 invested is hard to do.
Selling for $1,500 is hard to do.
This reminds me of my 2nd girlfriend. Hard to do.
bluevolume:
--- Quote from: Green Giant on August 10, 2007, 09:56:58 am ---Just seems like a few days worth of work and maybe 200 or 300 invested could produce a cab that could go for 1500 easily. Most buyers don't understand mame so all they want is a jamma pcb original game.
Yeah they went for several thousand in decades past, but back then the technology inside of them was state of the art. Did you ever buy a computer in the 90's, when I think about my first it was so crappy for the money we paid.
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That's what I was talking about. And while these games certainly were worth more in their glory days, there was a period of 5 years or so where they were almost worthless, being sold by the truckload at auctions. This applies to pinballs even more so, and if you were able to grab a bunch and put a little time into them, you stand to make a hefty profit today.
More Cowbell:
I've done a couple of MAME cabs for $300 or so and sold them for $750-$800. Buy a $50 gutted cab and throw in a $20 monitor and a $30 PIII, then all of the other little things that add up. It depends on where you are located too. I live in a suburb of Chicago that is full of people with too much money and not enough motivation to shop around. They see something that interests them and they go for it. I also sold both of those around Christmas time which helps.
shardian:
I haven't tried to sell any, but I sure would like to find an uneducated, rich person to buy one of mine for a nice price to fund the rest of my projects. ;D
I've listed the Top Gunner I have fixed up for $400 on Craigslist just for the hell of it. If it don't sell, then that's fine. I already have the jpac, avga, and pc ready to turn it into a 2player vertical cabinet.
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