My apologies I incorrectly mentioned Collector quality based on some others ads I saw. I have updated the description to remove that.

I want to thank you for your comments. My shoulders are broad and this is the internet after all. I actually appreciate the feedback and this is doing exactly as I would have hoped for it to which is to help me understand. Perhaps "tough love", but thanks for the information regardless. I'm not a bad person, I do not intend to mislead anyone (it doesn't matter what I say really, the pictures speak) and I am certainly adjusting appropriately.

As for last night, let's be honest.. I literally made a mistake about the definition of "collector's quality" and I certainly own up to that. I searched for the term and all I can find is different interpretations. I looked at another TAF called "collector's quality" and genuinely thought mine was comparable. I suspect that particular example wasn't collector's quality either and I took the bait. Someone mentioned that a perfect play-field would be required to be considered collector's quality. Thank you for that information, that's exactly what made me change it because I immediately realized.

Just to state for the record, when I submitted the ad I was literally making changes 1-2 MINUTES later, which was already too late to avoid getting jumped on. I simply made a mistake and I corrected it within a couple of minutes. Again, I am more thankful for the education. I sincerely apologize if my naive mistake regarding the quality and value was misjudged for the first several minutes of the ad.

I hope this machine can now be appreciated for what it is and my mistakes are no longer clouding that vision.

Updated selling price
Thank you

Thank you for your kind words. I have to admit, I made some mistakes also but nobody ever said an education was free

Yes especially now that they are over the 25 year old mark (are they now an antique or is that only for cars lol)... well they aren't getting any younger anyway. Thanks for the feedback. I think I have priced this quite fairly and haven't even put it on CL or anywhere else yet. Just leaving it out here for pinsiders first. No rush.

I just heard today that at one time Bally purchased Six Flags! That's pretty interesting history.... Would have NEVER guessed that one (good pub trivia I guess) lol

Sale pending

I have relisted the machine for sale.
Thanks all and hope you have a great day

Price has been reduced. Thank you

Thanks for the feedback. You're not the first person to ask/mention shipping. I figure we should have an open discussion so I'll share my thoughts. I want to be flexible but I'm just concerned. If the issues can be worked around then I could be open to shipping..

(SIGHT UNSEEN) - IMO: I can take videos, take pictures but there's no substitute for seeing, touching, playing, testing and examining a machine in person. I don't think any picture or video can replace the human eye. I'd prefer for the new owner to spend some quality time with it first. I want them to feel confident with what they are purchasing. It's a lot of money. I guess in the end this risk is truly up to the buyer, not me...

(SHIPPING) - I understand there are people that will come, pack it all up and ship it away.. and many have "never had a problem"...Is there actually an affordable DOOR to DOOR solution here that doesn't add a ton to the TCO (IMO DOOR to DOOR would be mandatory, no hubs)? Are the chances good that it would survive the shipping journey without any damage of some kind? Big trucks are bumpy.. solder joints can crack easily.. I would feel horrible for the machine as well as the buyer if anything went wrong and couldn't be responsible. I would love to hear other's experiences with this (100 gallons of hot glue later lol).

(CA$H) - Payment.. I cannot accept anything other than cash. This one is straight forward. I'm not paranoid, I'm simply aware of what is needed to protect myself from scammers (people can reverse/dispute payments). I'm sure nobody is going to feel comfortable mailing me this much cash sight unseen, so there's the issue... it's pretty much an in-person transaction that would require travel, further adding to the buyer's TCO if they are beyond driving distance.

So I don't know, perhaps there's another spin on this... I'd love to make this more accessible outside the east coast for obvious reasons.
Thanks all!

That is an awesome post, thanks for sharing it! I knew what not to do in general but wow that's a level of detail above and beyond... It's a nice read too.. so yah, ca$h sale gets us beyond most of the issues... I also have cameras on my property which I think everyone should have these days (in addition to a dash cam).

Thanks for the feedback

Thank you for the offer but I actually need the room so I wouldn't be interested in any trades.

The machine has sold. Thank you everyone for the interest and feedback.