Too funny. A little late on this absurd cash grab. Even a moderate cash grab on this late train could be considered appropriate. Political aspirations? No problem in N.Y.

Hey man, your FS threads are as much fair game as all the FS threads you've shit on over the years.

I don’t have an opinion either way, but I wanted to feel like I’m a part of something bigger, here’s my contribution

No issues here AT ALL w/ Ad; but I certainly find it strange/desperate almost. If you wanna sell just be sincere & post an actual Ad with clear description & pics pretty straight forward & simple to do I don't get it? 18K seems high I could get CGC LE & have room left over to purchase a really old used pair of Bea Arthur panties.

I think it’s cool to see any HUO BLY/WMS game - there wasn’t much of a HUO market back then so it’s rare for any title.

I remember walking past a line of CP, MM and CC at my local distributor and thinking I’d love to have them, but $3500 was just too much $$$.

But it has issues as you described so pics are needed. A game can be HOU and still be in shit condition.

Lol - those aren’t “issues”. The decals on CC were all prone to leg damage.

lool

While I’d like to pile on and bash the price of this add .. I’d have to say it’s a well written add .. glws

Wishing you an easy fast !

Does this come with the plaque?

This one blind sided me!
I have some great lines that I use, but this one made the beer come out my nose.
I am officially stealing this line for personal use.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/available-cactus-canyon-plaques

Power to you…. Just feel that this is a sign of things (prices) to come. Maybe we need a vaccine for the Banning prices epidemic.

What game # is it? (Last 3 digits of serial #)

Can CCC still be purchased somewhere?

I think the difficult decision for most people is that we don’t know anything about the ruleset enhancements (or any enhancements for that matter) on the upcoming CGC game.

Pinball is a very fun hobby.

Waiting for a BBB for $100k to get listed soon

This idiot can read. Link this thread to your website. Sure to attract buyers.

Technically this is not a FS thread.

It's really a private auction without the eBay fees.

He can't reasonably price a game if there's any possibility he could squeeze more from a buyer.

In the running for funniest line ever on pinside

I misspoke - it was CP, MB and CC in their showroom. Yes - it was Sunbelt in OKC. I was friends with the receptionist (Diana?) and called her almost every day. The only thing I got on closeout was a CV for $1750. I was in my 20s so I couldn’t afford the new $3500 games. The most I ever spent was $2000 on a used MM during that time.

Kind of an issue with all these ads with super high priced games listed obo.. really feels more like an auction w/out any transparency. I don’t see how to stop it but it also seems weird given that Pinside doesn’t allow auction style for sale ads.

My issue is ads like this with no pics (Rockland Pinball style) ..is it screws up the archives.

10 yrs from now when this machine is worth 30k we will want to see prices and condition via pics and description of previous sales to judge the new prices and it helps us put up reasonable offers or walk away.

You have made yourself part of the pinball community so be a better part of it and help the history of the archives.
I think my rant is over
-Mike

Add says obo .. how is this an auction .: games are going at high prices .. can’t blame the seller for trying to get the max

I've been around since the late 90s and have seen plenty of HUO CCs over the years. Hell, one buddy owned two for a while. Hint: they all look the same. Imagine a new CC, add in minor cabinet decal wrinkling around the legs and a bit of visible wear on the ramps/shooter lane and there you go. Plenty of pics of other HUO CCs if you need to see something.

Here's how.

OP is soliciting private bids to determine how much he'll sell it for.

The OP is not a noob. He knows what he could sell it for. What he doesn't know is the absolute most he could muster.

Setting an $18k reserve and asking for offers is a sealed auction.

There are plenty of games for sale right now on pinside with a price *and* Or best offer. What is the big deal about Crazy Levi doing it?

Only an auction if he updates all who contacted him with the highest current offer and solicits at least one more round of offers, e.g. bidding. Otherwise it's just picking the best offer received, which is OBO. As written I'd say it's OBO.

Hey, I resemble that guy!

It was fun while it lasted but the second one left almost exactly a year ago today. I hated selling the last one but home remodeling was calling and that one game paid for a lot of hardwood flooring. Given what I got for mine with all the pinflation in the last 12 months I don't think Levi is far off on his asking price. GLWTS!

Levi I don't know if this helps or not but I got zero interest on Pinside when I sold mine (which surprised the crap out of me). All the games I sold last year actually went via Craigslist or FB.

if you want to get technical about the word, maybe. Nothing new here as I pointed out earlier, just an issue with all these ads setting a ridiculous price and then adding OBO. It's a really fine line between a for sale ad and a non-transparent silent auction.. everyone submits offers .. ie "bids".

Levi isn't doing anything anyone else hasn't been already. Just seems like sellers are skirting the pinside rules a bit. But what do I care, I'm not even sure why that rule is in place. Maybe it's just irritating seeing all these ads and how greedy people have become in the hobby.

The rule's in place to prevent full-blown auctions here, and it's working fine.

What's happening here is more like a silent auction.

As for greed, there's already a ton of threads about pricing. I'll never condemn anyone for not wanting to leave money on the table. If the games are worth $$$ then they're worth $$$. Proceeds from sold games go towards buying new games, so no reason to give anything away unless it's going to a buddy.

Not sure why this ad is catching heat, Have you guys looked at the market? I don't think I have ever scrolled through and seen so many $10k+ ads. I hope you sell this quickly before the bubble burst.

Is this from the same source as the HUO MB you had for sale?

Why wasn't this post moderated? I got banned from a thread for no worse than that.

This ad reeks of trying really hard to act like dont care, but knowing you'd be lucky to get half this with the remake imminent.

Sure there will always be interest in originals, but pretty niche market and I'd imagine most with deep enough enough pockets that were interested would already have one.

What are you talking about? I'm defending you man, said your post is OBO and not an auction (a silent auction is a long way from bids n such). Yea I'll give you price police shit but that's it, nothing else wrong with your ad. Go reread stuff; I think you're seriously confused, other people complaining...