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First time at Pinfest- Good Place to Buy a Pin?

By data_eastside

1 year ago


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    #14 1 year ago

    Friday is the day for best selection. Saturday is the day when you might get a bit of a deal later in the day. (But if you mis-time your offer on the remaining deals, you also might go home with nothing!)

    Unless you are buying from one of the dealers that will be there who might take a cc, bring cash! Most of the private sellers will not take personal checks, cc, or various digital forms of payment. Especially from somebody they don't already know.

    If you are a newbie, know how to work on the game you buy, be willing to learn how to fix it, or have the phone number of a good repairman in your area. Whatever you buy will eventually need to be fixed. Maybe a year later-maybe the next day.

    Pinfest is a lot of fun. There will be many games there for sale. Some good, some less so. Keep your eyes open and you will learn a lot while enjoying yourself. PS 90's B/W A list games are getting expensive! Looking for a "solid deal" is a very relative term. A nice A list game could easily run 5-9k, depending on condition!

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    #24 11 months ago
    Quoted from BubbaK:

    Is there an outdoor flea market as well? I haven't seen anything mentioned about it.

    Better to set up inside, particularly with weather uncertainty. Outdoor flea is not what it once was many years ago. Most people set up indoors now. The outdoor flea used to be bigger when people could enter it without paying admission to the general show. Flea market buyers were often hobbyists looking for parts or cheap project machines to work on. They tended to be cheap (thrifty?) and there was a greater attendance by them when they didn't have to pay to get into the main show. I don't blame the show promoters for this. They need to make money otherwise no show. After many years of flea market spaces, I now find it's better to set up indoors.

    #26 11 months ago

    You'll find people in the actual parking lot with stuff in their vans or on the trucks for sale/trade, but I don't think you can get into the flea market area before official open.

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