If he's serious, have him send the money via direct bank to bank transfer. If you don't trust him 100%, that's the safest way.

Still, nice price for a fixer-upper FT.

If you're stuck, give me a shout.

I know how much it sucks to move a pin when you're not at 100%.

It was cool to some faces to names. We seem to have a growing number of collectors in Regina.

I think I might have one...lol

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Toss me the part number, and I can take a poke around. Most of them are NOS.

....and that's the difference between a scummy flipper and a hobbyist. A flipper doesn't care about the machine beyond squeezing a buck out of it.

I'm surprised that you didn't get it back already!

http://www.theplaydiumstore.com/Star_Trek_Pro_Pinball_Coin_Op_p/pin-startrekpro-coin-op.htm

Sweet...you're actually selling it for more than you can buy it new from your source at Playdium. This is why people don't want dealers selling on pinside.

I've been known to have a neuron or two fire. It happens.

Shipping is not an issue, since the folks at Playdium are more than willing to shift prices around to make a sale happen. Then again, you know that since you buy from them.

Showing your prices to be unattractive coveys neither vileness, hate, nor bitterness. If anybody needs to grow up here, take a deep breath and ask yourself why you're getting so bent out of shape when somebody points out that you are not offering a good price on equipment you're trying to sell.

....there's a good reason you can't make a living off of "pinball collectors", and I don't mean as a general rule. That's a personal issue.

Is there any other distributor in Canada other than Playdium/Starburst? Everybody else that sells pins (in Canada) is acting as a second middleman as far as I know.

Your NIB is $6590, so you've already started your counter with an error. The $6390 was your price for a USED machine. Both offers are bad, since you can get that NIB price already from the real distributor, including shipping.

So to sort this out...you offer nothing over ordering from the actual Canadian distributor. That's face value, working with the numbers stated by you and Playdium. I also know the sales reps there will work a price with you beneath list. That's pure fact.

Heck, you just trying to fudge the numbers in your argument here is enough reason not to buy from you.

Agree 100%. There's no merit in analyzing it further.

I couldn't hope for a better outcome! My chances of getting ripped off have been nicely reduced!

However, if I do happen to run into somebody looking to purchase used equipment masquerading as new (with a NIB price to go with it), I'll most certainly point them in your direction.

I have a specific pinball machine for an arbitrary price. Now fight for my amusement in the dirt while I throw my head back at your offers while emitting a hardy, deep laugh.

An asking price should be required, on pain of deletion. This should be a Pinside rule...

Frank from Wonderland is trying his hand at online sales now. lol

Well....

He's not listing anything specific. All he did was spam the forum. It's sleazy.

This is a prime reason why Robin should really try and work something out with retail guys and keep them off threads like this.

I've got a tekken 4 in a showcase cab. I was going to turn in into a big mame cab, but never got around to it.

Pfft....East/West.

Even Oreo cookies know the best stuff is in the middle.

That's the problem with selling (or buying) in CND $$$.

I thought it was crazy when I started buying pins. Nowadays, it's a question of "What would it cost to buy myself?" when selling. Personally, I wouldn't want to sell any of my pins. Trading is the only way to make a lateral move.

Anybody looking for a Rocky and Bullwinkle? Starship Troopers?

I think I'll be posting them for sale this weekend, or preferably a trade on DMD Williams/Bally machines. I need to shake up my interest a bit. I've been pin idle too long...

Troopers is spoken for.

For those still asking about pics on the R&B, and I didn't get to your PM with pics yet:

https://imgur.com/a/jgXjZ

...the playfield is outstanding on this machine. Trades on W/B DMDs is still my preference!

Today I learned that you can only send 20 PMs a day on pinside without a plus membership. You animals! So if I didn't get back to everybody's PMs, please understand.

Edit: Both are spoken for now, but I still can't PM everybody back, I'm not ignoring you guys. Thanks for everybody's time.

They went to local collectors, and didn't go through Pinside. I have donated in the past to Pinside, as well as created content. Had I needed to list them here, I would have.

Now as to why I don't donate to Pinside currently, it was my decision that I won't go into details here over. You can PM me if you really want to know, but I honestly don't think it's your place to try and shame me into giving the website anything more than I already have. If we want to try and shame, we can talk about how you've never donated at all...

Odd, It wasn't showing when I posted. However, it doesn't change my point about what he was trying to do. Stay classy.

Not for sale. For trade.

My reason for even bringing them up on Pinside was for a collector to collector trade. Everybody that asked what a cash price was explicitly told there was a value that was on the table before I listed them in an ad for cash sale this weekend (which would have been higher then what I would have sold to a fellow collector). Pinside had nothing to do with these machines changing hands. If you want to try and make me out as a bad guy for what happened in a private exchange between local collectors, you're going to have me push back.

The push back was calling you out. Maybe you just prefer snarky, passive aggressive drivel? I'll remember for next time.

I shouldn't be surprised though, I know a lot of good people in the hobby that won't come here because of the toxic trolls. What was that Steve Ritchie quote about Pinside again? Somebody should make T-shirts of that. Anyways...I'm out of this thread on this issue.

Lets see some pins get listed, instead of the bullshit.

Fire sale inc?

https://www.facebook.com/cbcsask/videos/10155221004936782/?hc_ref=ARSLc54AEOA6d0xIFReGi_xx5fwCqZMqy09vpBwCNOfvmkweZBvSvWHRpv5nDJ5worg

The arcade isn't the one that burned, but they are saying the businesses on each side (Wonderland is one), are getting heavy water/smoke damage inside.

Any interesting widebody pins out there for sale or trade?

I've been toying with moving my Getaway and/or Fishtales. Might just list them both and use the funds to go hunting.

Thanks I appreciate the heads up. I have one already, though. It's one of my favourite pins.

I do need to say that I'm getting a few trade offers already, but I'm mainly looking for Williams/Bally 90s widebody machines. Shake the coconut tree, and see what falls out, I guess.

I should have just said trade on superpins in the first place, to make it easier.

I've been lazy on my judges. I bought them both needing a planet gearboxes rebuilt/replaced. Love the art so much, that I bought an extra playfield just to lean against the wall and look pretty.

Be careful saying that with a superpin in your collection!

It's been ages since I've been feeling the pinball vibe...

Any interest out there for a DE Guns n Roses?

I'm interested in a decent condition superpin on trade, working or not, cash up or down as needed.

Not really looking to sell, but I'll post it up for pin hunting funds, if there's no bites or decent trades out there in the next few weeks or so.

Lemme know!

Thanks for the heads up. If it goes up for sale, I'll post it there as well.

I see the guy selling a GnR clear coated playfield, but not the guy looking to buy a machine.

I have a full new plastics kit for it, and I'm kinda thinking I want the playfield now. I love/hate all the options that seem to come at you at once. lol

Finally got my butt in gear to list the GnR on Kijiji.

Mostly interested in finding trades on W/B superpins, up or down. I'm not opposed to selling for straight cash to fuel the pin hunting war chest either. I'll toss it up on the Facebook pinball group for Canada to see if there's interest there as well.