Sweet. Trade 'ya!

Damn, are WH20s really going for north of $5k now? Hard to keep track of which games have stars that are rising like that I guess.

This one needs the greatest mod in pinball: the gold tooth mod!

Really???

Really??? You buying it or what?

Can I touch it?

solid title to buy right now and that one looks pretty dang nice.
I'm hoping to make a trade for one soon.
GLWS

Looks nice! Best of luck with your sale.

nice shape, great game! fair price GLWS

Pin Flipper...

Yeah, no $#!7, but still, to flip something people have to be willing to buy it. I had no clue you could even ask this much for a WH2O. North of $4k I guess I knew, but damn.

I was supposed to buy this pin for 4000,but this flipper got it.Then put it up for sale for 5800 a day later.Greed is what's pushing the prices up

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I have seen a few for sale on Craigslist lately for around $4000.

Yeah, see, that's just too much. I'd pay $4k for this (max!), I really would, but not $5800. To me that's buying at the peak, and then pushing it way past it.

I don't mean to be a dick in someone's sale thread, especially right in my backyard, but it just seems like this is too much. Especially if it went up a day later, let's not pretend any real work was put into it. That's just buying high and selling higher.

It just keeps getting better!

Well I'm glad you don't think so, because with the way pinball circles down here work I'm sure I'll meet you someday, I know people who know you. So please don't take it personally, I'm just kinda shocked that we're hitting this kind of price on a title like WH2O, which is a cool game, but just doesn't strike me as commanding that price.

The Empire Strikes Back?

Both are nice guys.

Why not. Still half a big bottle left. I thought I just opened it? Well, that explains a lot.

I'm already too buzzed to drive to Fullerton.

3500

It doesn't.

Ironically, the Craig's List ad, if I remember correctly, described this as HUO. I credit the OP for not describing it that way, because the pictures show a nice pin, but not what I would think would be a HUO pin (even though it's possible if it was heavily played over the years in collectors homes).

I missed this on CL. Damn things move fast these days.

I would've jumped on this for $4k too, even $4500 if it was extra nice, possibly even $5k max if it was a super cherry CQ example. Over $5k, or lesser condition, I'm out. WH2O sure is a great game. #1 on my short list.

On the east coast, wh20 are pushing the 5k envelop

That just strikes me as crazy. It's a cool little game, but it has zero theme appeal next to say MB or SS, and it's certainly not a deep game gameplay wise. It's a solid Williams/Bally title, with lots of ramps, but it's not "special".

I like the theme, but what makes it special is the layout with the upper play field.

To each his own. I've played SS and MB and can't say they're any better than WH2O. They're all great games, but no one stands out against the others. I am biased as I own a WH2O, but there's a reason I keep my WH2O in lieu of spending so much more for equal return.

I would like to get the pin back in my collection,except Evan or Charles or Don or pinsidertrading or surfsidedetail will do anything to buy every pin advertised in Southern California on Craigs List.Then he raises the price and tries to sell them here or Ebay or MrPinball.

The weather wasn't bad this year.It only hit 115

So you would classify MB or SS as deep games? Ive had all 3 & wh2o will be the last one standing once i've traded off my MB. Its a great game with many cool shots.

Looks like mine.

Esp if you own them. Nice one just sold for 4k just 2 weeks ago in PA by a pinsider.

No, SS and MB are definitely not deep games. They're lots of fun, but not "deep". But they just kill it with the theme. Universal monsters and Elvira are pretty much timeless and just lots of fun, even with the game off, just sitting there. Whitewater rafting? Not so much. The theme works great with the game, not slagging it, but it doesn't have that next-level appeal. If the money was equal, and I wasn't trying to flip it or worry about my resell value or anything I'd take either of those games over WH2O in a hearbeat. I have an EATPM though, I'm obviously into that kind of theme.

It's a solid game, it's fun, making the ball smack the glass is always a smile-bringer, I'm a fan of the designer (speaking of Scared Stiff) but I'd just never pay north of 4$k for it. And I'd expect a really nice example for that kind of money.

RVBOARDER.....if they are really doing that I feel bad for all the pinball hobbyist out by you but it happens in many areas (including the DC area where I reside). Doing that is wrong in my opinion but nothing you can do (as long as people keep buying their pins they will keep trolling CL and looking for deals so they can "flip them"...it isn't illegal by any means...LOL...I just feel it doesn't help the hobby but I share this opinion almost by myself it seems). It amazes me that more pinsiders don't get annoy by that practice (or they are afraid to speak up).

Hang in there. I hope the day never comes when I have to make money that way.....it is wrong in my book but many on here do it and it amazes me that few get upset by it. So be it..."to each their own".

Watch how they bash me for this post....LOL.....but I do feel bad for you.....good luck finding a pin at a good price. I just pay market and move on I gave up trying to compete with the "flippers" in my area....they must have CL tied into their mobile device and get notified once a pinball posting pops up !!!

I'll disagree with you there just in theme and all that. Games have themes and they mean things to some people and not that much to others. Wh20 is a theme that means nothing to me but a great game. Shadow, which you own, is a horribly stupid movie but a good game.

Targeted RSS feed through CL, it'll send new postings to your email before they even show up through a regular direct search on CL. You're welcome everyone

Yep, typical pump and dump activity on Pinside....

Evan is performing a valuable service for many who spend too much time at work or with their family to snatch up games on Craigslist. He then makes them available to everyone on pinside in case it is a machine they are looking for, and he spends long hours and many miles driven to do this. He has sold me games for more than he paid and I have no problem with it because he went way out of his way to get machines that I wanted. To me that is a valuable service.

Nibbles...thanks....I always would wonder how I was always 10 minutes late calling when the posting just came up !!! Always a day late and a dollar short.

I don't agree with the practice (nor would I do it) of offering the seller more then the asking price if they have an offer. HOWEVER, if I knew the person who beat me (which I would never know so that is why I would never do this) was a "flipper" I would pay market price just so they would not get the game. I figure I was going to pay it anyway so why not pay it directly to the seller and at least hurt a "flipper" in the process. However, you never know if a true hobbyist was the one who "finally got lucky" and landed the pin so that is the only reason when I would call and they would say "it sold" I just would say "thank you" and hang up the phone.

I am pretty much done with my collection but when I was buying like crazy to fill up my collection it would have been nice to have that targeted RSS feed as the only games I ever landed were the ones advertised and "fairly priced" which I was fine with but it would have been nice to get a great deal once and awhile (everyone likes a good deal). Like the saying goes "god only gives us what we need" and I guess he knew I didn't need a good deal....LOL !!!!

You're right, to each their own, I certainly don't want to speak for everyone.

Shadow wasn't a great movie, but the theme itself is still solid. It's a classic, that just happened to have a so-so movie built on it. It's like Batman, some attempts work, some fail, but the character is still rad. Anyone who's been paying attention knows what I think of Alec Baldwin on the translite, and I've got 70+ Pinsiders who agree with me. (New test print should be here Monday I hope!)

Anyways, it's all love, if someone wants to pay this price who am I to argue? If I'd seen the original CL listing maybe I would have snatched it up at that original price myself, but who can beat these guys at the spot-the-deal-on-CL game???

Aurich.....look at the bright side we can't beat them "at the spot-the-deal-on-CL game" but at least this isn't the wild west and buying pins isn't a gun fight because they are so fast on the draw they would have killed us many times....at least in this "battle" we only lose a pin....LOL !!! I can deal with that...lucky I wasn't born during the time when they used to have gun battles....I would have been the "slowest draw" like I always was when I tried to answer a CL ad for a good pin deal !!! I finally gave up anytime I saw a good deal on CL and just concentrated on the "fair deals" as I knew my competition wasn't nearly as great !!!