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Bargain Basement Club! aka "Cheap Bastard Club"

By cyroute

9 years ago

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#151 9 years ago

JWP

JPscranton

Inactive member

Dunmore, PA

13y 8,650 92 1

Im in. I can never pass on a good deal. Heres my best deals from the last six years, all complete games

1. Gamatron - $75
2. Gottlieb Rock - $170
3. Hollywood heat - $150
4. Lost world - $50
5. Flash $50
6. Dipsy Doodle $100
7. Space Mission (or lab, the 4 plyr one) $120
8. WCS94 $600
9. BSD $1000
10. HS - $400
11. BK - $400
12. Checkpoint $350

And about a dozen EM's all under $150... Love me those deals !

Once had a $1000 TSPP , complete, on the line but the guy sold it before I could get there. This is after I rented a truck, and I was half way there. I got so mad at the guy I had to tell him he lost several thousand on that sale, he wasnt too happy.

_{Post edited by JPscranton: forgot BK, and checkpoint}

#152 9 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

It's no wonder you don't have your location posted. With deals like that I wouldn't either. 600 WCS...

#153 9 years ago

WJT

TaTa

Pinside member

Philadelphia, PA

10y 77,800 1,721 9 33 1

Quoted from Frax:
It's no wonder you don't have your location posted. With deals like that I wouldn't either. 600 WCS...

He did... Scranton, Pa. NE Pa

#154 9 years ago

JWP

JPscranton

Inactive member

Dunmore, PA

13y 8,650 92 1

Alot of these prices were in 2012 , but at the time they were still great deals. BSD price was on the rise sharply at this point, and the op just took it off route so I got lucky. These deals were also not easy to get, I had a CL autosearch I was using and all day had to sift through adds and deal with the agony of losing a deal. Many of the deals had I responded 90 seconds later I would have not gotten them.

Just missed a FREE Mylstar Jacks to Open , complete, twenty miles from my house. It woulda been the best deal to date.

#155 9 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

Quoted from TaTa:
He did... Scranton, Pa. NE Pa

I wasn't gonna assume because it was in his name that was his location, but okay.

#156 9 years ago

GWA

aahgo

Pinside member

Waupaca, WI

12y 64,550 549 26 8

Perhaps the true measure of a cheap bastard would be what have people refused to buy because the price was too high - while most people would have jumped on it. For example, about twenty years ago an op that I had a pretty good buying relationship with was selling a Melody. He wanted $250 for it and it was in pretty good condition, but at the time I had an informal policy never to pay more than $200 for an EM, so I offered him a lower price...he refused and sold it to a fellow collector who turned around and sold it at expo for more twice his purchase price.

Lesson learned, and I'm not quite so much of a Cheap Bastard now.

#157 9 years ago

JJS

agodfrey

Inactive member

Granville, OH

9y 73,600 2,716 3 23

Not AS impressive but got a Williams Gulf Stream for $120....

#158 9 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

SHIRTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE PINBALLSWAG SITE:

http://pinballswag.com/product.php?productid=81&cat=1&page=1

#159 9 years ago

DEF

cyroute

Pinside member

Pottstown, PA

10y 61,300 609 34 18

Quoted from Frax:
SHIRTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE PINBALLSWAG SITE:
http://pinballswag.com/product.php?productid=81&cat=1&page=1

Sending this to the wife along with the rest of my pinball related Christmas list! Thanks Frax for making it happen!
Joe

#160 9 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

Glad I can help.

1 month later

#161 9 years ago

WCG

WillG

Pinside member

11y 26,150 47 4

Quoted from chuckwurt:
whoa. was that for a Lost World backglass? haha. Nice scores.

I wish. It looks like a window. It was DOA, I ended up buying a new CPU board. For the story:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/lost-world-75-craiglist

2 months later

#162 9 years ago

DEF

cyroute

Pinside member

Pottstown, PA

10y 61,300 609 34 18

I may have to leave the cheap bastards club in the next few months. I am slowing moving out the CBC pins and replacing them with minty newer machines. First one out was Monte Carlo it treated me well for the 9 months I had it. Black Belt will be going to a nice guy from Canada in Allentown next month. Next week I will be moving in a HUO World Poker Tour and hope to ad an AC\DC to the mix some time this year. I think Spy Hunter and Millionaire may be on the chopping block next only so much room/cash for the nice shiny pins. Oh and I almost forgot I'm sinking big bucks into my FunHouse full PF swap and about 700 in new parts ramps plastics etc. Man just a few months ago that would of gotten me at least one or two CBC pins. I think I will always have my Blackout so I hope that will allow me to continue to be the President/CEO/Janitor of the Cheap Bastards club.
Joe

#163 9 years ago

CLN

Clnilsen

Pinside member

Windermere, FL

9y 61,650 790 3 6

Would love to find anything cheap here in central Florida, but a combination of not a lot of machines sitting in peoples basements (because swamp) and too many sharks picking what is there to be had...

I'm amazed at how many machines are listed on any given midwest CL listing vs. here in Orlando...

#164 9 years ago

REC

Rec

Inactive member

Budapest

9y 13,900 37 1

Sharks are problems here too End of good old days...

#165 9 years ago

FJB

FrankJ

Pinside member

Fremont, WI

11y 62,300 1,400 10

Quoted from Clnilsen:
Would love to find anything cheap here in central Florida, but a combination of not a lot of machines sitting in peoples basements (because swamp) and too many sharks picking what is there to be had...
I'm amazed at how many machines are listed on any given midwest CL listing vs. here in Orlando...

I was in Central Florida from the mid 1980's to the late '90's. I got more pins than I could handle. I know it has gotten more competitive everywhere, but I got pins much easier and for less money there than anywhere else I've lived since then. I miss those days. Good luck in the search!

#166 9 years ago

SPC

blownfuse

In Memoriam

Climate Controlled Sfba, CA

12y 69,550 2,986 70

At that time, we were buying out of state pins in bulk deals (100 or more) from route ops for $25 each plus shipping and clearing out old warehouses. I miss those days too.

Steve

Quoted from FrankJ:
I was in Central Florida from the mid 1980's to the late '90's. I got more pins than I could handle. I know it has gotten more competitive everywhere, but I got pins much easier and for less money there than anywhere else I've lived since then. I miss those days. Good luck in the search!

1 week later

#167 9 years ago

FJB

jasonp

Pinside member

Wesley Chapel, NC

10y 91,050 1,257 7

Hello My name is Jason and im a cheap bastard.........

#168 9 years ago

JRG

joey316g

Inactive member

Monroe Township, NJ

14y 33,650 420 7 8

ToM-$500
Comet-$400
Dr.Dude-$800

1 year later

#169 7 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

Gonna have to bring this thread back from the dead. Just picked up a $150 Magnotron.

#170 7 years ago

OYA

mcluvin

Pinside member

11y 87,050 7,052

Quoted from FrankJ:
I was in Central Florida from the mid 1980's to the late '90's. I got more pins than I could handle. I know it has gotten more competitive everywhere, but I got pins much easier and for less money there than anywhere else I've lived since then. I miss those days. Good luck in the search!

That was even true 4 to 5 years ago. Not anymore unfortunately.....

#171 7 years ago

SHP

labnip

Inactive member

12y 118K 9,928

Quoted from Frax:
Gonna have to bring this thread back from the dead. Just picked up a $150 Magnotron.

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#172 7 years ago

PAP

pappyfromjersey

Inactive member

Plano, TX

8y 34,900 26 1

Barracora here. $900.

Had a slow morning at work, so I painted a quick one:

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#173 7 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

Nice, man. I wish I had saved my shirt design. I had two printed before, still have them.

#174 7 years ago

BAX

Bax1

Pinside member

Westland, MI

10y 79,400 3,291 16

not a pin but I recently picked up a space invaders cocktail table for 15 bucks and it actually works and is in beautiful shape.

#175 7 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

Quoted from Bax1:
not a pin but I recently picked up a space invaders cocktail table for 15 bucks and it actually works and is in beautiful shape.

I'd call that epically qualified.

#176 7 years ago

chucktee

Pinside member

Gladys, VA

12y 40,400 368 3

Not a cheap bastard more like a po bastard; have so little spare change I can't afford that last "or" LOL!!! Hope I can still join...

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