I saw that too.. good list of pins there, but 65000 euro is double that in USD, isnt it?

I noticed he's a member since 2009..

Figure that all 54 are straight off route with issues and need shopping. some of those games are likely to be pretty worn (taf's for example). They are reimports so they are more difficult to sell compared to domestic. You also have a fair amount of duds in there (space jam, popeye, strikes n spares, baywatch).

At current conversion rates he is wanting 86541.50 + you have fees ontop of that.

that means you are averaging 1602 per game before taxes and fees. Most of those games are not even worth 2k after being shopped. From where i sit you stand to lose money if you bought that from him. The remaining games are not going to make enough. there are no mm's, mb's, afm's, cv's, etc.

To qoute the top of the ad. WITH 54 PINBALL MACHINES FOR 65000€ SHIPPING INCLUDED.

I am guessing he dropped it. On the side it says Price: EUR 32767.

At any rate I still say it wasn't worth it.

http://pinside.com/pinball/market/ad/1710

Sold?

I tried to contact him, he wrote me back once and then didn't respond (seems to happen a lot when inquiring about any pin). I was going to fly over there to look at them. They are in Portugal. I asked him to clarify the price and how the transaction would work and haven't heard back.

Yeah, I also was told it was sold.....would be one hell of a purchase and you would need a good amount of storage!

6 IJ. Fixed up in decent shape is close to 25k alone right?

6 super pin shop jobs at what 20-30 hours a piece? Even if nothing is broken that is 300 in parts/materials to clean them up.

How many of these games have bad displays? Need board repair? New coils? Optos? flipper rebuilds? Cracked ramps/plastics/faded cabinets? Damaged translights? Blown out inserts? How many of these things have some really bad hacks?

These are container games. Some might be nice, but expect them to be worn out 20 year old route games that need a lot of tlc.

Odds are good most of the pins are either complete shit, or parts machines. There was a time when buying containers made sense. I haven't bought any myself, but from what I understand the overall quality of games got worse and worse to the point where there was nothing but shit.

Also, it's really easy to get scammed. The only way to know for sure would be to fly down and inspect them in person. And even then, customs has the right to unpack them all and they don't care how they pack them back up.

If it sounds too good to be true...

If they are from Portugul and the guy is Jose or Marcel STAY AWAY
still waiting for 6 games they owe me and the rest i received were good for landfill