If they eliminate the bs surcharges they might actually have a chance to sell

It will be interesting to see what / if those pins sell. I would have to imagine it would be cheaper just to drive up the road to the pinball warehouse in Orange, CT and buy them there.
Mike has some reasonable prices.

Exactly. Buy a $4000 pin and pay an extra $1000 in taxes & fees?? YIKES!

They won't sell. Watched the last one. Almost every pinball machine had a reserve on it. They got fed up and just started out the bidding at the reserve. Once no one bid, they moved on.

Others are right, even if you buy a machine for a good deal, by the time you pay all the taxes and fees, OR shipping (no taxes apply if you ship) and fees, you wipe out the good deal you just thought you got.

I'd rather buy from a fellow Pinsider who has taken care of their machine, knows its history and sells it at a fair price.

They should also start the bidding off at a low price and work their way up. Each item takes so long cause they start out high then go lower and lower till someone finally bids. Then they climb back up again. Takes a lot of unnecessary time to go through each item. Silly way to do it.

The rumblings about previous auctions there are exactly as Pinfidel says and
if you're looking for a video game you might do ok, but forget the pins.
The pins with reserves are set at full blown retail reserves and don't sell.
Hopefully they'll figure that out and adjust things for future auctions.

Something else for anyone thinking about bidding on the Woz:

Will be interesting to see what type of bidding action it gets.

viperrwk

Why auction something from a niche hobby that isn't rare or a bargain?

What's the angle? Sellers don't have an edge and buyers aren't interested.

Last month they had an hour delay before they started. That only added to the frustration.

The warranty thing as Viper points out is a JJP Joke! They need to fix that policy. What if the boards are all messed up in there? Could cost a buyer hundreds more to fix. Not to mention the hours of aggravation.

True dat Nevvus. Pull the reserves off the machines and sell them.

Think transformersLE bid to 4k & woz to $6500..... Was that right?

Pin results:
TFLE Decepticons - $4k online bid - reserve not met
WOZ Standard - $6500 online bid - rnm
Circus Queen Bingo - $275 online
Tahiti Bingo - $300 online
Zodiac Bingo (missing backglass) - $125 online (all three bingos went to the same buyer)
Police Force (non-working right flipper) - $900 online - rnm
Counterforce (not set to free play could not be tested) - $800 - rnm
Shaq Attaq (rubbers off upper flippers) - $1350 online - rnm
Waterworld (lines out on DMD) - $1500

Unliike the last auction there seemed to be few bargains in the arcades. House of the Dead pedastal $975 rnm, one Cruisin' USA sit down $700, another $625, CD jukes going between $375-$525, etc etc.

viperrwk

So online bidders in an auction agree to pay $7670 for a WOZ standard and $4720 for a TFLE Decepticon (internet charges)and the games still aren't sold? That's just stupid. Don't even bother.

Yeah definitely not bidding on a "Wizaed" of Oz standard pinball. Not sure what would really arrive at my door

Who bids $1350 + fees online for a Shaq?

An idiot. AKA Shaquille O'Neil.

After watching this auction again, I'll say this, the guy who was the auctioneer was way better than the guy last month. Went a lot smoother and quicker today. AND they don't sell pins there. It's a joke. You aren't getting any deal on any pinball machine there.

I missed the WaterWorld auction What did it sell for? I'da bought that for $800.

Five posts up.

viperrwk

Thanks Vipe, I missed that post.

Yeah, their weren't many deals had today. I can't believe someone paid $1,500 for WW! People need to lay of the booze before they bid on these things.

Also noticed you joined NEACF. Cool. I'm on there as well. My handle there is PinsideOut. I should've chose that for my handle here too. I thought of that and Pinfidel but...

Anyway, thanks again Vipe.

Yeah - $1835 out the door plus another $150 for a new DMD - $2000! Must be a new record for a Waterworld!

See you on NEACF!

viperrwk

I'm pretty sure those NIB pins and some of the used ones came from Automated Services in CT.
I think that Shaq and Waterworld were both there last month.
They list WOZ standard on their website with a new lower price: $7,995 - plus Shipping.

Why would anyone buy one when you can buy a beautiful HUO LE for $1,000 less!?