Today I bought a Blackout. I almost never wind up upside down on a pin purchase, but this one will have me upside down, right out of the gate. I bought it from out of state, as a working pin in descent shape. The Play field is garbage. The back glass has a lot more damage than was disclosed and the freshly repaired boards.... Oh yea, those are not doing so well. It boots into Audit mode more often than not, likely a battery pack issue. But it also just shuts down after a few minutes. Turns off everything but the GI. And the cab is damaged on the head and will require fiberglass.

Sadly, I paid WAAAAY too much for a pin in this condition. It is my own fault. I agreed to buy it So my question is this... What would one of these bring, with a hardtop, repaired and repainted case and working properly? Because by the time I am done, no labor involved.. I will be in it for at least $1900 and I am not sure I am going to like it enough to be a keeper. Ordinarily, I would have paid maybe 300-500 for a pin in this shape.

I'm leaning towards "fixing" this one so it is playable.. repair the heaved mountain in the top above the lanes, and fill in the worst of the inserts.. then try to break even on it.

Yep.