Quoted from d0n:
Exactly this.
To update it to the 2.0 light boards would cost $800 for the kit if you can even get one. JJP website says out of stock, and the average joe pinball owner isn't going to be able to complete the 12 hour swap on their own. I've seen the pics of how deep into this game one has to get to do the job. I would never attempt that. So, that means paying someone who can do it roughly $50 an hour x 12 = $600. So, $6800 for the ecle & $1400 for the lightboard & labor is $8200. Ya might as well get a MINT, low play ruby red that has no issues and needs nothing.
My offer of $5900 cash WAS a fair offer. I am no longer interested though.
JJP website is almost always out of stock, yet they still have them, all it takes is a phone call to the parts department. I'm an average joe pinball owner, I usually avoid manual labor, yet I did the 2.0 swap, I had fun doing it, and I don't see anyone I would advise against doing the job itself
The old light boards resell for 250-300$ which brings the 2.0 kit down to 500$, and then of course there is absolutely no obligation to switch to 2.0 right away, a lot of people are happily living with a 1.X version.
Offering 5900$ for a WOZ is a joke, and was taken as one here.
San Francisco, CA
