I have a Wizard of Oz I can bring if someone is interested.
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Quoted from nwpinball:Ways to sell games at the show:
-Bring a game during set up, put it out on the floor, put a for sale sign with price and contact info, sell game!
-There will be a bulletin board in the lobby as usual for buying, selling and trading games. Post and ad there with contact info.
I've definitely gotten a lot of emails from the website and phonecalls from people looking to buy their first game, buy a game, or sell a game they've had for years and don't know how to sell. Also one restored 70s slot machine a nice woman is trying to sell or trade and to buy a 70s or 80s pin. There will be lots of buyers.
Have you considered a location (and I know there is no room, lol) for pins just wanting to be sold and not played? Maybe I'm in the small minority but I'd want to bring my WOZ for sale but would rather not have people playing it all weekend since things break more often than others and if its turned off and broken it would surely turn some buyers off.
Quoted from nwpinball:We considered it years ago. The general consensus was it would cost more money for the show to rent another room and facilitating sales is not really one of the goals of the show. The main reason we suggest people sell games at the show because we want more games on the floor for people to play.
Why'd you be selling a game you think might not hold up to less than 40 hours of play? I will say, we have a great team of medics that fix almost all the problems with games as the break during the show and Dave Okert, who leads the medic team, did a seminar on fixing WOZ's a year or two ago.
Thanks, makes sense. I'm considering it still, but to drive up Thurs (I think that is when I'd have to bring it?), come back Friday to play and then Sun to pickup is a lot.
Quoted from nwpinball:Thursday is the main load in day, but you could bring it Friday morning early, a few self transport games do arrive a few hours before the show starts. But it would get a more primo spot for sale if it came Thursday. Ideally someone buys it and takes it home Sunday instead of you, right?
HA, good point!
Quoted from Ronnie1114:I very rarely come home with something I had for sale in the show
I have a feeling WOZ is a bit harder sell than most other games, heck based on what I've seen in the past it's probably going to be one of the most expensive games there for sale used.
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Quoted from RobF:I have pulled some game audits from the weekend. Audits still to be collected; TSPP, HS and GB
450 : ST Prem
451 : MMr
476 : STTNG
527 : Met Pro
566 : KISS Pro
Overall the numbers seem a little lower than last year (will add those numbers when I find them) even though my row of games were busy all three days. I was surprised that ST numbers were so low. It got a lot of attention on the end, but must have been some long ball times. STTNG was higher than expected as there were two other STTNGs at the show. Plus mine spent some time turned off for ball search issues. It did make me feel better the other two were also down at various times. KISS went down for a few minutes with a broken sling rubber. I expected the Titan silicon parts to last longer than a thousand plays. HS went down for a few minutes for broken flipper return spring. Otherwise it was smooth playing. We are lucky to have such an amazing group of organizers, repair techs and other volunteers. Thanks to all involved!
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Thanks for bringing your games! I am also seeing titans not last very long. They came stock on my JJPOTC and I had to change them when I bought the game used after it was only a few months old.
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