I wish more would come up on CL by me!

Actually if you keep your eyes open there are usually some.

Man, so many random Gottliebs I've never seen.

Great idea for a thread!

It's a home pin, though.

Volcano was my first game. It has some interesting features and a good beginner game, but I eventually sold it when I discovered DMD games.

It's fine if you've got room and have 20 other games.

Man, wish I'd seen the Fathom for 1250 that came up in Baton Rouge, I'd have driven there tonight for it!

There's a whole category of games for just that. Kinda cool, fun, but only in small doses. I max out at 10, so games have to earn their spot a little more for me. I play the hell out of Flash Gordon still for instance, love that game.

One thing though about the EM CL thread that's been great is you learn about games you didn't know, you start to get a good sense for prices and what people think is fair. Be nice if we could keep this going.

All the SS listing here locally are on the old side, but I'll try and remember to post up new ones I see.

ventura.craigslist.org link

I am selling both machines "Jackpot" is a rare machine cant find it anywhere.
"Flash" was the first machine that "Steve Jobs" made when he worked for "ATARI"
They are $750 each or I'll do both for $1200

Ha ha! Think you meant to put this in the funny craigslist ads thread though

Don't see Dolly Parton come up too often, shame that it looks pretty beat though

sfbay.craigslist.org link

completely depends, I have seen some beat down Flash machines that I wouldn't pay 200$ for.

It's really a pity the Williams games of that era had such inferior art compared to Bally. I really can't stand looking at Flash.

I wanna go after this just for the backglass alone....I need one. It's only 45 miles from me.

grandisland.craigslist.org link

EDIT: sorry, not SS

Said it before and I will say it again. flash looks like a drawing from a high school stoners binder cover that he worked on instead of studying. Second least favorite art package behind BSD.

That's gotta be a scam...$500 when he knows it's worth (in his mind) $3K?

Solar Ride is an outer space theme. That's a future woman riding a high tech space horse. Too bad they didn't give cool celestial names to any targets or gates.

Feel like ive seen those pics before, anyone do a reverse image search?

Strange Science for $500, needs a little work. Guy is moving, probably motivated, could use the condition to talk it down I'm sure:

inlandempire.craigslist.org link

1000s of thrashed Flashes out there Aurich ... Could be the one for you to unleash a new improved Playfield and art package for .... It's a cool game to play. Add in a new CPU and add multiball etc and you'd have a winner.

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Hmmm, time for an Aurich Flash?
It's got good game play and that big light up blue insert in the middle of the playfield is cool.

That Strange Science is a nice deal for someone.

Someone definitely needs to make a conversion kit for it, who's going to miss a thrashed Flash? I'd have to spend more time playing one, never really given it more than a brief flip.

It's a poor man's Skateball. I wish I had artist skills.

I lol'd.

I know Skateball copied Flash, but it's better

Omg why must I remain unemployed

I don't think you will have to worry about any trademark infringments.

Once the seller turns it into an auction like that I'm out

Ugh, I hate that. Happened to me too. Eight Ball Deluxe, non working, $600. Sweet! Sure I can get it working. Pics suck, hard to tell condition, but looks okay, and at that price it's worth the risk right? We're talking. Then he gets higher offer, forget, like $800. I say no worries, I'll match it, your price is still reasonable. Then he stops talking to me and the game gets relisted at $1500 or something. I didn't bother calling back.

I understand the Flash haters, but I bet I plunked in $400-500 into them before I bought mine, Still love the play for the age

I emailed the guy, too, when it was listed at $500. He's emailed me back twice, as well... and I even said I was no longer interested in response to his first email. "Oh, it's 50 dollars more than the last price I said I wasn't interested in? I'll take it!"

My guess is it's a guy who doesn't know the value of it. He must have gotten a lot of responses at $500 and figured it was worth way more. The thing about Craigslist is that they don't actually have to agree on anything and stick to it. To be fair, it was priced way too low. I think if you were in it to get the most amount of money but truly didn't know the value, you might do what this guy's doing, even though it's super annoying.

Craigslist is a no rules type of place. You hear about people getting screwed over all the time by making offer, having it accepted, drive hours to get it only to find it sold... The only reason anyone puts up with this crap is that once in a while it works out.

I've met a few local collectors through CL and have ended up doing multiple transactions with them off of CL since then.

Yep, Flash is a nice player!

AND Lane-Change. I recently played a Flash and it was too frustrating NOT to have the Lane Change feature. In fact, I had to turn it off and walk away before finishing the game (pitch was too shallow too). Of course, it would be far too easy to top out the multiplier of 3X with it.

Unfortunately, the current playfield layout would only support 2 ball Multiball. However, I could see removing the Star Rollover on the upper left inner feed lane to the top for a third lock/eject hole similar to EBD.

If that was in/near St. Louis I would buy it immediately.

I dunno, that's just how it should be done. I had a game for sale, no cash changed hands, but I told someone it was theirs for a price. Someone offered me hundreds more. Told them sorry, already promised it to someone, but I'd let them know if the buyer backed out.

Not worth feeling like a jerk just for a few hundred bucks!

I think for most people, unfrotunately, feeling like a jerk = feeling like a hero.

Yeah, probably. People are f***ing self-centered a lot of the times. I wouldn't want to look in the mirror and see a guy who screwed someone who had his word.

Pinball's cutthroat man. I once pulled up to a spot the same time as someone (flipper, natch), and he jumped out and put cash in the guy's hand before even going in the house and seeing the pin.

Craigslist is the wild west man. You gotta assume everyone is just going for self. If you really want that game don't screw around, jump on it.

This isn't a CL deal, but a local pinhead kindly offered me first dibs on a Fireball II, and I'm really excited to check it out. I've never played one, but I want to, it looks like a bad ass game.

I love my Fireball II. It's nothing like I thought it would be and that's a good thing. A lot worse games out there for sure. Good luck!

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Sweet! Hope you can snag it, it's definitely an above average SS Bally.