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For sale/trade: Congo

By zacaj

3 years ago


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#1 3 years ago

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For sale/trade: Congo

Added: 2021-01-20 23:17:37 UTC • Ended: February 13th, 2021
Condition: Fully shopped/refurbished

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$ 4,650 (Firm)

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Item description

Nice Congo, came from PAPA. Hoped it'd be a keeper but need to make some roon...

Did a full teardown: playfield buffed, metal polished, guides regrained, etc. All titan rubbers and comet LEDs, flippers recently rebuilt. Plays super fast, still set up at PAPA difficulty if you want some practice. Boards look clean. NVRAM, remote headphone jack. Cabinet has a few wear spots and slight fading. A few cracked plastics on playfield (see pictures). Would trade for a jackbot (or other games on my wish list), or other modern game (esp AIQ) +/- cash


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#3 3 years ago
Quoted from mollyspub:

Broken volcano, cracked plastics, faded cabniet...$4750 ???

Cabinet isn't faded, unless I'm missing something?

#6 3 years ago
Quoted from mollyspub:

When Congos fade, they turn blueish as in yours.

Ah, referencing the tiny congo in the flyer I see what you mean. Definitely faded a bit. I'll update the listing

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#10 3 years ago
Quoted from CrazyLevi:

Yeah, for a guy as particular as AJ - he'll trash your ad publicly if you don't make a deal with him - its surprising he thinks this game is worth $4700. If it were YOUR game I'm sure he'd suddenly be aware of all these flaws.
Entertain deals with this guy at your own risk. He's a sour one.

Levi really sour I corrected someone on his (already sold) ad, while I pointed out every flaw I knew of on my ad and even updated it when someone pointed out something I hadn't noticed, since you know, I try to represent stuff accurately when I sell it

#16 3 years ago
Quoted from dung:

A nice one maybe, but congo is weird. Doesn't help that there is a lot of stuff that can be bad on one so nice ones fetch a premium. I have seen ones in this shape sell below 4k. Prices are weird these days and it all depends on who is in the market when you list. People keep saying Goldeneye is a 3.5k game too, and I keep watching them sit for months unsold.

Market is weird, yeah. Especially when you can't tell what things are selling for if people make offers. I expect a lot of 3500 Goldeneyes are actually selling for 3 or less.

My basis for my price is, basically, I've been looking for a Congo for 2+ years at this point, watching every one on the market, and 45-4700 was my max I'd pay. In 2+ years there wasn't a single one in that range that didn't have some major issue (like one that had had full playfield mylar removed and lost a bunch of paint, which still sold above $4k), until PAPA listed both of theirs at 4500. Both sold quickly, one to me, sight unseen, since it was the first good condition congo I've seen at that price. And then I put a bunch of time/work/parts into it. At prices outside of my range they tend to sit for a bit, but I haven't noticed any needing to lower their price significantly to sell either.

I'm not trying to get a fast sale or anything, but at this point I'm basically already asking for just what I've got into it. I don't mind losing money on a sale if someone convinces me I overpaid, but I don't think I did so far. When someone notes an actual issue with the game I missed (like the cab fade) I dropped the price to compensate. I'm a bit surprised it's sat this long, to be honest, at below the low end of the pinside price estimate, but the market is weird up here where I live too, and games tend to sit a while unless you've got a screaming deal, but they always sell eventually when someone who's actually interested is willing to make the drive

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