Shes a beauty

Hi Kevin

Looks good but price for this condition
Is between 5-7 K. If you want to sell it
5 k for quick sale
7k if you can sit on it for a while

See you next meeting OC

Good luck trying to sell this SC, but I fully agree with rvdv.

That's some bad fade on the left (far from 'minimal').

Sure seems like this game always comes up for sell in Cali . . . the last three I've seen anyway. Looks like a nice example. Good luck with the sale.

real estate is a premium so we all have mini pins hahaha

I picked up my new in box safe cracker about 15 months ago for 3k from a operator who had two in his house... Let the head eating commence... Ill get the popcorn!

Nice game by the way. Glws

GLWS!

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Enjoy!

http://pinballrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1015
He's been trying to sell it for over 3 months now. Start eating buddy!

He said 'sold' for 5k

This one hasn't sold yet

You also have this one (http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/possible-ft-sc-central-va) with a HEP restored PF that has been FS for 5 months now. It's listed at 8k, but I can't remember where it started. Granted TaylorVA says no shipping, but it's another data point.

Yeah but at $4500 and it's really nice. It will sell.

It looks like a damn nice SC. Based on the photos, I'm not sure "Collector Quality" is accurate, but it's a very nice example. It will sell eventually when the right buyer comes along, but it may take a while. The market is sluggish right now, particularly for this title.

GLWTS!

That fading is pretty hard on the left side of the cabinet, I would ding it pretty hard for that if I was buying it. Don't see this being an 8k game, looks like a cool game though.

Here's a fairly recent comp from Pinside of what looked like a very nice example--asking was reduced to $5,750 before the game sold for an unknown price.

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fs-safe-cracker

Personally, I'd remove the CQ description from the headline and let potential buyers assess it themselves--as nearly all hobbyists are going to define CQ as having zero cabinet fade.

GLWS

So it's not overpriced, but a blind auction?

Yup..when I see 'collector quality' listed as a condition I usually stay away. Nothing but buzz words to add 20-30% to the price of a machine.

I sold a really nice unfaded SC a few months ago in the mid $5k range

Spin it any way you like. List it as a real nice example, but get rid of CQ in the description. And forget the $8300 price tag. Never going to happen here I'm pretty sure, and negotiating from that price point is insulting.

I owned a restored SC that was an original one owner. This isn't close. By restored I mean new decals due to slight fade.

Oh, and I sold mine for 5k. Start eatin'!

Things that annoy me: People who list something for sale but don't price it. If you want to auction go on eBay and pay their fees.

He did list an asking price - $8300.

Sorry, didn't see it. Guess pinflation has really got me quick on the trigger.

It seems every game for sale these days is now considered "collector quality". I've been looking for a TZ for almost a year now and have not had someone offer me one for less than $5500 (most were over $6000). All of them had cabinets that were beat to hell as well.

This is pretty much BS. He said $8,300 and implied that he didn't expect to get it and he was taking offers. He knows he's thousands of dollars too high and he's running a blind auction. He thinks we are all stupid, especially with that whole "price police" comment.

The worst part about it is, this tactic usually works. Although, I've never heard of a game listed as collector quality that has a decent amount of fade. The fade isn't even which makes it 10 times worse IMO. Pictures can be taken at certain angles, in certain ways to make games look much nicer than they are. When the description of the game is exaggerated, you're setting yourself up for disappointment if you are shipping this game in.

Sorry, didn't see it. Guess pinflation has really got me quick on the trigger.

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No worries Kevin. Good luck on your sale! Regardless of what you put people will come to crap on the thread. Yes, it may be a bit high, but if it sits for a couple weeks with no sale then that will be a tell tale sign and you can lower as needed.

LOL, this is actually a really good assessment.

This pin will crack somebody's safe, eventually.

Haha, I know you will pop in and crack a joke when the thread gets tense.

If someone wants to ask $8k for his red SM with a BSM backglass, why can't a nice overall safecracker? Shoot for the sky and then work it's way down, no?

And I know when you buy this thing, you'll let me have a crack at it.

GLWS

Why this game doesn't command more is beyond me. A rare game with unique gameplay and packed playfield. With what recent titles go for there is no reason this title doesn't demand a premium.

It must have been x-mas time.

If 8k isn't a premium, then you have way more money than I.

I agree but the fact of the matter is that the demand for this title just isn't sufficient to result in higher prices. Great pin.

since you brought it up, yeah, you missed the mark by quite a bit.

If the other comparables already posted are not enough to get you to lower it to a reasonable price then you would probably be best suited taking it to ebay and see what you can get. I can not imagine anyone here paying anywhere near your current asking price.

Bring it down to 6k OBO and you may actually get some people interested enough to talk it out.

I know I would be weary of having this game shipped in given the original inflated description.

You should have said minty, would be sold by now.

This is really cool game. I never gave it a second thought until I got one because in my mind I equated the smallish pf to RFM, which I did not like. To me it was a game with limited features. Turned out it has everything a full size game has and a really nifty coin trick to boot.

The "CQ" thing derailed this thread but once the price gets worked out somebody will end up with a fun game.

LOL, the single most ambiguous word in the history of pinball collecting: "minty"

To me it means: "mintish", which means it has problems, which means it isn't mint . . . so use the word minty. That's how I read that word anyway.

not attacking >
JMHO, it is just a regular nice example of SC. Nothing special and definitely not CQ. Plenty of nice SC out there and this does not stand out above the others that come up for sale on regular basis.

Your original description over inflates the quality and down plays the flaws which always makes me weary to even thinking about shipping. Even people that attempt to disclose everything and highlight the flaws typically overlook stuff, so no chance I would ship a game from someone claiming CQ with a CQ asking price on a game that is obviously not CQ.

Left side is pretty faded from the pics, back box dings, and it was obviously drug around on its back quite a bit by the looks of it > likely a routed game that like many SCs did not get too worn on route but is not CQ by a long shot. It is a nice example that would likely sell if you posted it as 6kobo rather that fishing with a crazy asking price to start with OBO.

Aren't you the guy who thinks his FT is worth $6k?

I traded my true HUO Safecracker, beautiful original example, for Erik's very nice TAF (my personal grail pin). He was asking 5500 for the Addams, and I think we were both very happy with the deal!

How's the SC treating you Erik? How many tokens you won?

It's a really great game

I don't think, I know...

unlike this SC, my FT actually has a standing offer of 6k. Does not matter since it is not for sale.