Utah classifieds

[slycrel]

Hey, for all of you living in or around Utah, I wanted to drop you all a note.  It seems arcade machines are harder to come by around here, and I've not had a lot of luck with the local classifieds.

Recently I've found that the classifieds at www.ksl.com have orders of magnitude of better listings for local arcade related listings than anything else I've found, surpassing craigslist and ebay.

I know there are a few other BYOAC members in Utah, so I thought I'd share.

[Jeff AMN]

Yep, KSL is better than craigslist or even eBay for finding arcades locally.

Where are you at? I'm in Centerville, by the way.

[slycrel]

Spanish Fork here.

I've had some bad luck with operators here in Utah valley, and ksl.com is by far and away the best local resource I've found, so I thought I'd share.  Everything else seems spotty at best.  Any other local resources you've found that are good?

[melarky]

I have picked up a few arcades through KSL as well (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74490.0 being my latest).  I agree that KSL does seem to have more deals more often on arcades, but I have still found some listed through craigslist that didn't make it to KSL (I used http://crazedlist.org/ to search all the utah areas at once).

I have also had some luck with my local arcade (Fun Unlimited), the guy who owns it is a real nice guy.  He doesn't seem to know what his machines are really worth (in a bad way, his prices are generally too high), but since he's not actively selling them, it doesn't seem to be a problem for him.  He was really reasonable when I worked out a trade with him (got my Crystal Castles from him, I love that arcade).  He also has some contacts with other operators that may be able to locate a specific game.

I worked with a guy down in ogden (for a trade) that ended up getting a good deal on an empty cab from the nickel cade down there (he got a Virtual Fighter cab that was gutted, and we helped him convert it into a 4 player mame cabinet - http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64354).  I think he may have been working with in the past (built up a relationship) but that seems like a prime location to get good deals from (they have pretty high turnover in their arcade, so I'm sure you could get some of the low performers for a steal).

When I started this hobby, I thought it was impossible to find reasonable cabs here in Utah, but now, I don't have room for the ones I have (not sure where I'll put the Star Wars when it's done, but I'm sure I'll find a place )

[Zeno]

Um... For the first time in my life, I wish I lived in UT.

Jesus!  A working Burgertime in good condition for $300?!