For sale: Congo

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#2 2 years ago

MDB

Mbecker

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Seattle, WA

10y 104K 4,312 5 14

Good lord, your ad needs about 10 or so of these: ‘.’ It’s nearly impossible to read. Once those are placed in appropriately, add about 20 more well lit pictures of playfield sections with glass off and full cab photos- it will help your case for $9k obo.

I don’t know what a really nice Congo goes for, but last I checked player ones were like $4-4.5kish? This ones does look pretty nice… but what does ‘restored’ actually mean here? Cause for 9k I’m expecting a new playfield, decals, bunch of new parts,etc. Can you elaborate?

#3 2 years ago

MKY

Pdxmonkey

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12y 170K 7,294

Hippos!

#4 2 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

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Hagerstown, MD

10y 137K 14,191 8 78

Quoted from Mbecker:
Good lord, your ad needs about 10 or so of these: ‘.’ It’s nearly impossible to read. Once those are placed in appropriately, add about 20 more well lit pictures of playfield sections with glass off and full cab photos- it will help your case for $9k obo.
I don’t know what a really nice Congo goes for, but last I checked player ones were like $4-4.5kish? This ones does look pretty nice… but what does ‘restored’ actually mean here? Cause for 9k I’m expecting a new playfield, decals, bunch of new parts,etc. Can you elaborate?

Definitely not restored... faded cab and touch ups on cab. It's a nice modded
and shopped congo but for around 9k I'd expect a basically perfect original example or a restored example ....also probably with shipping included . I don't even look at pinside market anymore as it's mostly all stuff like this or huo new sterns priced 1-2k above retail. Glws op.

#5 2 years ago

DIE

underlord

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14y 133K 9,043 49

Planking on pf? Price is 3x over market.

#6 2 years ago

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shane63026

Pinside member

Fenton, MO

8y 35,800 235 3 7

Wow this is more than my TZ? Who would have thought?

#7 2 years ago

MSW

ToucanF16

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10y 122K 5,190

Shooter lane?

#8 2 years ago

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ccbiggsoo7

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10y 91,050 6,063 37 10 2

might get 5500 on a good day.

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#9 2 years ago

BAD

Brtlkat

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Fort Pierce, FL

11y 52,050 1,511 14

Why is it always the new guys with these prices? Maybe they bought it at an insane price. They put a hand full of led's in it and now look it's worth 9k.

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#10 2 years ago

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mollyspub

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Cheektavegas, NY

10y 128K 3,413 7

Your kidding right???

#11 2 years ago

MCB

EricHadley

Inactive member

8y 110K 4,839

Punctuate often?

#12 2 years ago

MDS

Wmsfan-GAP

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14y 122K 1,702 1

You sold me on the powder coated coin box lid..

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#13 2 years ago

SSB

Pinster5000

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Dacono pinball flippers strike again. Outrageous price, you should be ashamed of yourself... You and Jon are horrible for this hobby.

#14 2 years ago

SLT

ClassicHornet

Pinside member

16y 72,050 489 40

20k by Christmas

#15 2 years ago

TWP

rollitover

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South St Paul, MN

10y 76,550 2,070 5 19

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#16 2 years ago

JTC

Geddy2112

Pinside member

Grand Island, NY

7y 60,300 319 4 1

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

#17 2 years ago

SD

jokerpoker

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Nowra

11y 86,050 1,494 3 22

It’s nice……just not 9K nice. I do think the powdercoat is a great match though.
GLWS I think you might need it.

#18 2 years ago

EJS

Pinball Outpost

11y 223K 14,848 1

Get new ribbons, add NVRAM, and clean lower pf lens

#19 2 years ago

ALR

canea

Pinside member

11y 94,150 1,905 22

We're going to be needing pics of the coinbox lid with lens flare, pls.

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#20 2 years ago

BLS

68Pontinut

Pinside+ Addict

10y 84,100 270 4

That was my game that I sold for $5200. It is not restored. as I did the powder coating and mods. It is nice but started as a re-import.

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#21 2 years ago

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Yoko2una

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9y 125K 4,324

OP
Quoted from Billsgameworld:
Congo is a pinball machine from November 1995, manufactured by Williams Electronic Games, Inc.

This ad sucks (resized).jpg

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#22 2 years ago

ZZZ

Wickerman2

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9y 105K 6,825

GLWS. I will sell mine for $7799. PM me for the deeeets!!!

Happy Friday.

#23 2 years ago

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FlippyD

Inactive member

7y 68,300 1,568

It's close... but it's not immaculate.

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#24 2 years ago

SSB

Pinster5000

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This game was recently traded, including myself, for another game for fair market pinside value. It has probably been traded 2-3 times since mid June. Just disheartening to see what the market has turned into and probably wouldn’t have done it had I known it was going to end up like this.

#25 2 years ago

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Vino

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8y 168K 6,127 59 3

Make an offer! Easy weekend drive!
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#26 2 years ago

RTW

Flyfalcons

Pinside member

Enumclaw, WA

4y 45,300 332 3

This or a brand new Stern Premium for $1,000 less.....hmmmmmmm

#27 2 years ago

GMK

grantopia

Pinside member

Fairview Park, OH

8y 99,600 3,561 8

Quoted from Pinster5000:
This game was recently traded, including myself, for another game for fair market pinside value. It has probably been traded 2-3 times since mid June. Just disheartening to see what the market has turned into and probably wouldn’t have done it had I known it was going to end up like this.

If it helps...I don't think you have to worry about how this ends lol.

#28 2 years ago

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Mike_J

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13y 99,550 5,399 58

Nobody here is dumb enough to drop 8k on this game.

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#29 2 years ago

STV

Doctor6

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Roscoe, IL

15y 116K 4,408 6 58

Quoted from Mike_J:
Nobody here is dumb enough to drop 8k on this game.

See, I say things like this all the time, only for the op to post an ominous "sale pending" on it. Wish we could know when these actually DO sell, and for how much and to whom.

#30 2 years ago

GMK

grantopia

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Fairview Park, OH

8y 99,600 3,561 8

Quoted from Doctor6:
See, I say things like this all the time, only for the op to post an ominous "sale pending" on it. Wish we could know when these actually DO sell, and for how much and to whom.

It's too much energy to care about this stuff for me anymore. If there's some sucker out there, let them pony up the cash. It's probably more likely that the OPs just do that to get people off their case, but who really knows unless it gets confirmed by the buyer.

I sell games for what I want to get out of them to feel good...after that if someone turns around and can sell it for 9K or lights it on fire in their backyard, makes no difference to me ha.

#31 2 years ago

SSB

Pinster5000

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Quoted from grantopia:
If it helps...I don't think you have to worry about how this ends lol.

You are correct about that, after all the market is what someone is willing to pay for it

#32 2 years ago

GMK

grantopia

Pinside member

Fairview Park, OH

8y 99,600 3,561 8

Quoted from Pinster5000:
You are correct about that, after all the market is what someone is willing to pay for it

And I'm a cheap ass, so it isn't gonna be me ha. For the record, any of my WPC games are available at $8K a pop! Let's gooooo!

#33 2 years ago

AMS

AMSNL

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3y 81,050 1,089

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#34 2 years ago

AXE

YeOldPinPlayer

Inactive member

Unknown

8y 111K 6,454 4 12

Quoted from Pinster5000:
This game was recently traded, including myself, for another game

So you and Congo were traded for ???

#35 2 years ago

AMS

AMSNL

Pinside member

3y 81,050 1,089

Quoted from YeOldPinPlayer:
So you and Congo were traded for ???

#36 2 years ago

SSB

Pinster5000

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Quoted from YeOldPinPlayer:
So you and Congo were traded for ???

Ha, just myself and a couple pieces of plywood

#37 2 years ago

JIG

jwilson

Pinball Art Prints

Toronto, ON

9y 106K 5,051 6 7

Hey, remember when we used to buy these and Dracula to part out to keep good games going?

Now everyone loves them. Go figure.

#38 2 years ago

ROB

transprtr4u

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Edmonton, AB

10y 130K 8,398 3 1

Quoted from Mike_J:
Nobody here is dumb enough to drop 8k on this game.

are you sure! there is an ass for every seat!

#39 2 years ago

DIE

underlord

Pinside+ Addict

14y 133K 9,043 49

Quoted from ToucanF16:
Shooter lane?

Never got that far. DOA man...