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Pinball transport... help?

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Neverending Project:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 07, 2008, 09:02:48 am ---I do understand.  I've seen it a billion times.  She wanted $275 and you offered $275.  Someone else also offered $275.  Had you offered $350 you would have three pins right now.  When there are multiple buyers at the asking price most sellers will take a hard look at a higher offer before committing.  Either way, that was worth more than $275 to you, and you didn't make a higher offer.  It doesn't always work but more often than not it will.

I see nothing wrong with what the guy did, BTW.  Pinball people are often petty and resentful.  They didn't get the deal so they will trash his chance to profit - it's not like he relisted them looking for a sucker.  That's a reasonable price.  I'm actually surprised they didn't just report his posts as scams and have them taken down out of pure jealousy.

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Well, maybe you have seen it 999,999,999 times. In talking with the guy who got the pins, he said someone offered her $450 for all three, but since she had already told him he could have them, they were his to take. I was just a few minutes too late, that is all.

I am just frustrated that the guy flaked on me because other people trash-talked him. He told me in the morning that if no one else made him an offer, I could have it. Apparently someone was going to buy it (he changed the posting to pending pickup for a while) but either flaked or changed their mind. When I talked to him, he told me to call him back in an hour to see if he could get a hold of the guy. When I called him back he didn't answer, and he did not return my message. Then I saw that his post was changed.

CheffoJeffo:
I understand the frustration and overly-sweet CL deals like this often end up like this. The "Bid-Over" strategy is a good play to make in cases like this, but it sounds like it would not have worked here (and the other guy would have had to be a moron not to match at $350).

Last year we had a Joust pinball come up locally on CL for $600 ... bidding war (between members of the local collectors boards ... serious nerd drama on the Innernets !) took the price to $1700 ... was on eBay shortly thereafter (and I believe it sold) for $4500 (more serious nerd drama on the Innernets !).

On the other hand, a Computer Space came up (very cheap and unidentified, but we figured it out) and, once the first guy on the boards said that he was in contact, there were no bidding wars or attempts to steal it out from under him.

You never know -- if you want it (and don't mind burning local bridges), make every effort to get it, because, most times, people won't do what this woman did and will go with the bidding war.

Oh ... and the price on the F2K isn't terrible ... it's a fun machine to play, pretty easy to fix and, if you want to restore it, the repros are available/coming ...

Neverending Project:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on April 07, 2008, 12:58:32 pm ---Oh ... and the price on the F2K isn't terrible ... it's a fun machine to play, pretty easy to fix and, if you want to restore it, the repros are available/coming ...
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Interesting. So you think the $350 is worth it, for an almost working machine? I am not above trying to get in contact with him again if he will answer my calls... should I offer $300? $350? I know for a fact that he got all three pins for $275, and he told me he just wants to make his money back so he will have the other two pins for free.

I just don't want to over-spend since I am not entirely sure what I am doing (getting into the whole pin mission... vessel... quest... thang.)

CheffoJeffo:
I would pay $300 for a partially-working F2K, but the big iffy issue for me would be the speech board. Mine works very nicely, so I've never had to deal with that aspect.

I have an F2K and love it.

For reference, I paid C$450 for it working, except for some bad drop targets ... turned out there is a glitch somewhere and it tilts sometimes when the loading up the ball walker, but I haven't isolated it yet (there are lots of wiring hacks and I decided to learn more before I tackle them).

On mine, the playfield isn't (nearly) as nice as the pic you have (I have significant wear in the planets above the flippers) and the backglass is crap. My plastics are broken (in all the same places that F2K plastics break).

I intend to restore mine completely (once CPR does the playfield repro, I'll be replacing the playfield, backglass and plastics in one $700 shot) and keep it forever (it's like my Galaga ... almost everything else can go, but it's going to stay).

I dunno if I would ever get the money out of it (after restoration) if I wanted to sell it, but it is a fast game for a widebody and a fun game to play.

IPDB Info:
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=887

CPR Repro info:
http://www.classicplayfields.com/order.html

I would be curious to hear what other folks think about the price on the F2K.

ChadTower:

Pics are vague but backglass looks good, playfield may have some wear to the wood down the middle.  Really depends on what "partially working" means but at $350 it could be a decent deal.

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