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Quoted from CrazyLevi:I just don’t see what the mad scramble is about.
You guys would really be upset if you “missed out” on this one?
Yeah go get it tonight but I wouldn’t stress it or blow off work over this “deal.”
I understand where you're coming from. With that said getting a deal is always fun. The thrill of the hunt. Adding value by fixing up a neglected game is also generally satisfying.
Quoted from yancy:I'm digging this thread for the nostalgia. Remember before all the NIB rich guys, the whole hobby was finding crap like this and spending all winter getting rat shit under your fingernails? Good times.
Yeah, this hobby lost some of the magic when the "$10k by Christmas" was no longer a joke.
Quoted from jawjaw:I guess if you have nothing better to do. These games are usually cheap for a reason. Somebody just wants it gone yesterday and that's exactly how I would feel if I owned it. Pour in bucket of cash and countless hours battling headaches and you end up with a $400 pin that nobody wants. Not my kind of thrill.
There was a time when I would have no greater joy than "saving" a game like this. It was fun to fix them, play the crap out of them for awhile and then sell it when it started to get boring. They rarely cost more than $100 in parts to get cleaned up and playing good. And selling a clean working game was never hard if priced right. Make $100 - $400 profit and bring on the next one.
With that said after doing dozens of them over the years I can understand where you and Levi stand. Fixing them is less fun than it used to be. Most these titles are fun enough but nothing outstanding. It's still nice to add value to a machine and try something you haven't, but I pass on a lot more of these than I used to.
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