$650 to $700 is probably the right price on that machine based on condition and that is likely stretching things. As far as parting it out you will never get $800 out of the parts (I part over 30 machines out each year and you have about $600 worth of parts at real world prices maybe $800 if you want to take a year selling them plus waste a lot of time doing that). More importantly there is no logic in parting out a machine that is worth saving!

Grab the $700 from the person making you that offer and be happy to see machine live on!

I can honestly say I am not one of those guys in the hobby looking at everything from the money angle and anyone who knows me will tell you that about me. To me it is all about saving as many machines as possible but I am also realistic and realize some machines are better as parts. An example of it not being about money to me is a Globetrotters I just finished. Two years ago I bought a Globetrotters missing everything on top of the playfield, all the boards, displays & transformer as well as the backglass. My problem with "just parting it out" was both the cabinet & playfield were in much better than average condition.

After a year of watching I bought a "junk" Globetrotters last year for the boards & parts off the top of the playfield and drove over 6 hours to pick it up. Yesterday I drove 520 miles to overpay for a decent backglass for the machine. Without considering my time I have about $1200 invested in that machine now and I am selling it for $1250. $50 for over 700 miles of driving - fully shopping a machine - reworking boards & adding LED displays makes ZERO financial sense but I did it to save a nice machine.

Once a machine is parted out it is gone forever - save the ones worth saving - and part out the ones that are just to far gone to save is what is best for the hobby. Sometimes not the best for the wallet but in the long run saving a machine is worth it. With all that said I seriously doubt you would come out ahead parting this machine out. Give someone a deal & move on to the next machine if you don't want to fix it! Good karma will pay off in the end!

My son does all my board work and he is constantly "pissed" at me for saving games he doesn't want to deal with but so far this year I have saved over a half dozen Classic Bally / Stern / and Williams titles that would have become parts if most people had purchased them.

Titles include:
Two - Stern Magic's
Bally Globetrotters
Williams Pokerino
Stern Dracula
Stern Gallaxy
Williams Flash

All these machine had most major stuff cut out of them - most were missing all boards & displays and some were even missing harnesses. With a lot of digging, begging, and help from the pinball community all these machines will live on. Every one was "suppose" to be a "parts machine" and in the end I'll be lucky to break even on any of them but at least they have all be saved to be enjoyed for years to come!

I buy 25 to 50 "parts machines" every year and I part out dozens of machines helping other machines live on. But I will never part out a machine nice enough to save regardless if I lose or make money by saving it. In the end enough of this machines have ended up in landfills already so we all need to save what can be saved.