Sorry to hear about your friend, Fat. Good for you for helping the family out.

Sorry about your friend. And a nice gesture Fattrain, kudos to you.

Your a stand up guy fat....sorry to hear about your friend Scott.

Yes, thanks for helping with this Fat. I have thought about this in the past. How would my family sell the Arcade equipment. I have somewhat of a plan, but nothing solid. So it's nice to know that others in the Pinball community are willing to help out a family in need.

God's Blessings to his family.

GL on the sell.

Regards,
Victor...

I can easily understand that.
Our CL is called "Le Bon Coin" and is no better...

Medusa is my favorite. Hope all pins will find a good home.

Very kind of you, I wish you the best of luck, wish I had money for a new pin so I could help them out.

What a nice gesture of you to handle this Justin. I am sorry to hear of your loss. My condolences.

Thanks for taking this on. I wish you weren't on the opposite side of the country. Thankfully, there are plenty of West Coast pinheads to help with the sale. Let us know how it goes.

Sorry to hear that. My condolences to the family. GLWTS!!

Sorry you lost a friend.

Seems the older we get, the more connections we make, and the more common "learning to grieve" comes up... I'm frankly not used to it yet... No choice it appears.

peace to your heart...
-mof

Sorry for your loss, hopefully you are able to raise some fat cash for your friends daughter.

very sad news, and very kind of you to handle this at such a time.
I would be interested in the MEDUSA

I am not sure if you are married or have kids, but from my vantage point; You are doing probably one of the most respectful acts that I have seen in my 13 years collecting pinball machines. I believe my friend Eric A. also did this as well for a fallen pinball friend.

Take your time if you can and be vigilant in getting what the games are valued at; the family will probably need as much of that as possible. September and the months forward will be big demand months. If you need help, dont be afraid to ask.

Big Props to you,
Scott
Detroit Pinball

Fattrain... real sad news indeed. I didn't know him. He sounded like a great guy.

Thanks for your helping hands, in their time of need.

Kerry

It is a good thing you are doing. I had half my left lung removed 3 months ago due to cancer and last week they found new tumors in the other half. While I know I have a number of years left I have pondered selling games just because they represent so much money and I don't want my wife to have to worry about it. I did have to sell a couple of my bigger ticket pins to pay some crazy hospital bills but I have decided to keep the rest of what I have and maybe even add a few more cheaper ones because they do make me happy. I just hope that someday in the future a local pinhead will step up and help my wife sell them off. You Fattrain are a good man.

Sorry for your loss. Best of luck in sales.
Very nice thing to help out a bro's family. All of us need this friend if anything should ever happen I have thought of this scenario for years.

Very admirable gesture man.
Sorry for your loss

An emphatic good luck with the sale; sorry about the circumstances.

Big props to you Justin. Hope it all goes smooth and you don't get low balled.
My condolences.

That is a seriously nice original Haunted House. It should get on the upper end of the pricing spectrum IMHO.

Thanks for the kind words. After looking at the pics if you had to throw rough values on everything what would it be?

I paid $1500 for one in similar shape needing some tweaking and cleaning around 4 years ago. For everyone looking, this one has factory mylar which really helps the lower playfield. It does not help the left scoop (this one has very little wear), the upper left pop (this one has standard wear) and the upper playfield entry (this one has standard wear). I put around $100 into new parts for it and spent around 20 hours cleaning it all up.

The enclosed file is great for redoing that upper playfield.

Hope this helps.

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For pricing, it really depends...You're honestly a bit in a tough spot. You want to price them on the higher end, because understandably you want to maximize the benefit to the family. However, if you do that, then, you and the family will likely be sitting on them longer, and that may be a constant reminder of the past they don't need. If you price them a little lower, then they will move quickly, the family will get the money quicker, and they can begin the healing process sooner.

It's really tough and I don't envy your position. If it were me and I had the storage, I'd go to the family and buy them all at a fair price, and then ask higher prices over the long haul to get them sold to cover your time/expense. That helps maximize $ to the family and gets it done faster. They won't have strangers tramping through their home at a time of mourning. As a buyer, I would feel 'icky' about pulling a machine out of a home that belonged to a deceased loved one, while they tearfully looked on.

I'm not suggesting you try to profit from the situation, but just do what's fair for everyone, while putting money into their pocket and minimizing the trauma.

Good luck.

I'm sorry you lost your friend.

I am glad you can help his family through this.

LTG

If it wasn't for the cost of shipping, I would already have offered to buy the HH. Someone is going to be happy with that one.

Very, very nice gesture, Justin. Every time something like this happens and it involves kids, my heart just breaks.

You're a good man, sir!!

You are a good man. All I can say is I hope someone does the same for me when I go.....

OR price them exactly as he has and if a buyer thinks it is too high, he/she can try haggling.

Good luck with the sale and props for helping out his family.

Just to clarify, I didn't say that to be a dick. I misinterpreted potential criticism creeping for the prices you posted and tried to help squash it (ends up comments were likely before the prices were posted). I'll keep my mouth shut now. Someone buy these machines.

Oh missed this before, sorry aboot your friend fattrain.
Looks like you're doing him & his family right though.

Bump!

kudos to to you train!!! way to help out a friend and pinhead.
my condolences to you and his family

If i had the funds i'd buy Scott's Medusa and fix it up nice.
You're a good man for doing all this for his family Train.

C'mon, buy that Medusa... It's a great pin, I promise: you won't regret it. Friend of mine got one. Great art, interesting PF design and solid rules.

Wish I were closer!

Sorry to hear about your friend.

I owned a Medusa when I first got into the hobby. With the zipper flippers and the drop targets pop up in sequence is very cool. GLWS.

fattrain - thanks for posting Scott's story, "Seeds of a Pin Forest"! It brought a tear to my eye ;-(