Those pictures have some kind of retro-grainy-high contrast filter applied. Note the border added as well. Looks like the seller ran it through some kind of wanted poster filter.

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Just makes it look shittier because it brightens up the dirt

I wouldn't take that thing even if he gave it to me. YUCK!

From the topic title I thought this was going to be about Gary Stern.

I just flagged the ad as prohibited. 'Cuz fuck' im

I emailed the guy. Offered $2500. He responded,
"Sorry just sold it today for asking price. I forgot to take the ad down."

Sweet!! That means that all our nicely restored EK's are worth ten times that, right !?!

John

Not necessarily, I think they need 20+ years of grit and grime to bring $3K! LOL!

"I think it's time we sell that pinball machine in the back, man"

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That was a limited vault dirt bike edition don't you experts know your classics!

Yea right

Guy's s tool and ass just because he stated very clearly that his price is firm and it's higher than what anyone thinks it's worth on pinside? I enjoyed the ad - if he can get $3k on the game good for him. I appreciate the honesty on the ad. Of course it just fired people up and he's for sure still getting low offers and people flagging his post. Sigh.

"Sorry just sold it today for asking price. I forgot to take the ad down." You think this is honestly what happened? I highly doubt there is anything honest about this seller.

The problems with ads like this:

1. He probably won't get an offer anywhere near his asking price, which means a classic game that a hobbyist could love/improve or restore will sit in limbo, in this guys shed or whatever, like an unwanted foster child.
2. Even if he doesn't get near this asking price, just the fact that this price is advertised influences folks that are not collectors to think they should price theirs off the charts. This also undermines the low end hobbyists ability to get the game. It's happened to me time and again. one example is a Bally Star Trek, overall a fair condition example with a bit of road wear where the fair price could have been between $800 and $1200, and because the seller sees all these high prices thinks its worth $2000. I watched that ad pop up for months and I just shake my head.

Sure the ad sounds ridiculous and funny, but it's also sad. Sorry little Evel, I don't think anyone is adopting you very soon - You're staying imprisoned in someones storage shed.

LOL!

I got $600 for mine and the cabinet was way better than that and worked!

There's still a ton of storage project pins --many sitting years and years with pinsiders that arguably would be better sold to someone who has time/interest to fix up, can't do much about that. Don't know if he was honest about it being sold but that would be my canned reply to lower offers than my asking if I stated multiple times I was either going to keep it or sell it at asking if someone wanted it for that.

I have a friend local here that has sold a number of pins here at prices I never thought they would sell at, simply by listing them high with the intention of keeping them if they didn't sell at those prices. Yet many people came and snatched them up.. you never know what one person might pay. I've certainly overpaid a bit on titles I wanted you don't see for sale often because I didn't want to risk losing them.

sounds like he reads pinside and was having some fun with the troll