Quoted from too-many-pins:This thread is going south in a hurry. Bottom line is very simple the sellers Sorcerer is worth what he can get for it. But seller - or OP - is not helping himself by using the same uneducated logic over and over again. I am in my 60's and have been buying and selling since I was around 12 years old. Talk is cheap - 'cash on the glass" is when you know you have a serious buyer.
If OP has any sense if someone puts $1000 "cash on the glass" he will grab it. But I have a feeling he isn't that smart. Bottom line is OP is in for a long wait if he expects much over $1000 for that machine with playfield in that condition. If he can prove me wrong good for him but my experience tells me $1000 is the "right" number for that machine. Anything less someone is getting a good deal and anything more the seller has made out very well.
Again - in a free market society people can ask what ever they want when selling something. They will know the "right price" when that item actually sells. What isn't smart is "fighting with your potential customers". Most people here on Pinside will visit this post before going to look at this machine - seller using the logic that LED's and a good shop job with new flipper rubbers hurts the value of a machine isn't going to help him any.
And to the OP - if one person tells you something never believe them but if 50 people tell you something it might be a good idea to hear what they are trying to tell you.
Thanks again for another detailed reply.
I have already mentioned that I would take $1,000 "cash on the glass" to a serious local buyer. I even invited you to come check it out and give your opinion on the machine. You didn't even acknowledge the offer.
Anyone who has ever sold anything knows that if I ask $1,000 for it, the offers top out at 6, 7 or $800. But, it's worth more than that, as many people here in this thread have stated it is easily a $1,000 unit. If I ask $1,200 or $1,300 I will get more offers in the range I would take for the machine($1,000 - $1,200 which, again, several people have stated it falls within that range)
I have done nothing but provide information supporting why I have priced it the way I have. Everyone else seems to be having a conniption because I am trying to get as much as I can for it.
Again, I have been completely straight-forward about this machine, what kind of condition it's in and what I would accept for it.
Thanks, everyone, for showing me exactly what a bunch of crotchety old, gaming snobs the pinside community is.
Alexandria, VA
