Matthews, NC
Quoted from golfingdad1:But it's not a HEP...it looks like one though
Some just can’t list a pin or sell it on its own merits. They have to use someone else’s name or reputation as a marketing tool.
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Quoted from IdahoRealtor:Take it as flattery. You've set the bar which others aspire to compare to. The seller equated you with flawless.
I would but truthfully these games listed this way are rarely if ever on the same level if you know what to look for.
Typically it is used cabinets,sloppy wiring,no added serviceability connectors ,generic wiring,no short protections etc.
Normally they are just playfield swaps with new decals a little or a lot of chrome or powder coating here or there.
HEP Taxi
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/taxi-2018-hep
Lets see this one inside and out head to toe and see if it truly looks like a HEP
If so $6000 is a great deal. If not leave HEP out of it and just sell your game. No need to include it in your for sale add unless you are selling one.
Quoted from whitey:Its only priced to high if it doesn’t sell
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She can sit with my other 80 games
Are any of those 80 games HEPs?
As predicted does not look like an HEP
Nice game overall but can see nothing that warranted the HEP inclusion in the FS post.
Quoted from mollyspub:Just courious... Besides the fact that you didn't restore this one, what's the first thing that jumps out at you? Something incorrect? Something that could have been done better?
I wouldn’t do that because someone put effort into this game and is proud of it and they should be. To point things out would be an attack on that and they haven’t done anything wrong. Not everything can or needs to be perfect.
What I could do better or otherwise isnt important it is just that as I suspected it looks nothing like a true HEP game and if you want to look and compare the differences you can easily do that yourself you might find more or less differences than others depending on your eye for detail or what is important to you.
There is a lot more to an HEP game than looks alone and that can be hard to convey but if going by looks alone there are two HEP Taxis
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/first-hep-taxi
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/taxi-2018-hep/page/12
My contention again is only the inclusion of HEP in the FS thread because I do know the differences and false impression it creates.
It was used to elevate the impression of this game but once you see the pictures of the actual game it has now lowered the impression of what a HEP game looks like if you don’t know any better.
This is probably way too wordy but I am trying to explain how I personally feel about it as HEP.
Quoted from iceman44:Didn't he say "It's not a HEP but it looks like it"?
When you are the Michael Jordan of pinball restoration comparisons are going to be made, like it or not.
I doubt anyone is going to be fooled into buying a HEP fake. I would imagine it costs significantly more than $6k to restore a Taxi by HEP.
I know just voicing my personal opinion on it as a sales tactic.
I couldn’t imagine anyone else would have a better take or worse take on it.
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