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Here is seller with an attitude and a rough pin to sell.

By cottonm4

6 years ago

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#1 6 years ago

CAD

cottonm4

Pinside+ Addict

Wichita, KS

10y 148K 16,542 10 23

oklahomacity.craigslist.org link

I didn't know an EK would be worth this much. Well, not this one anyway.

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"Selling my Evel Knievel Pinball Machine.

$3,000 Cash NON NEGOTIABLE. FIRM ON PRICE.
I will contact you through email. I will not call or text you. Getting too many people collecting phone numbers for 888 companies.
Back Glass is pristine, the cabinet is in good shape, and the play field is decent...but played.
This is the arcade version, not the home version.

These are getting harder and harder to find, and the people who have them are not parting with them.

I'm not in a hurry to sell, and I don't have to sell this. But if you are interested in it, it's $3,000.

Was working great, needs some attention. Turns on and lights up, but needs a tune up to work right again. I had some work done on it moving the battery a few years ago. I think the repairs are small and not expensive.
You can check it out, you can look it over, you can find someone who will work on it, and I am selling this AS IS, for the price I've listed it at. $3,000

You might be able to find one cheaper if you keep looking, and hope someone wants to sell theirs. This is mine. And this is the price.

Sorry, not trying to be rude, but I am tired of Craigslist lowballers.

If you're interested...great, let me know and we can arrange a time to meet. If you think you're going to "negotiate a better price", based on scratches, condition...again...not trying to be rude...but this is the price I am asking, and will not sell for less. $3,000.

Dear Industry Pinball People...I am not trying to sell this to you. I know how much they are worth. I hope I do not sell this, and probably won't, but I'm putting it out there just in case the cousin of the guy who spent $20,000 on Ebay for the piece of toast that had a picture of Jesus burned into it...is also into Evel Knievel.

I know you're compelled to email me and tell me the industry standards of pinball resale. I believe you, and you're right. But if you feel better doing so...

#2 6 years ago

SJS

Stones

Pinside member

Smithville, MO

10y 139K 3,065 31

Lol.....thats awesome. He could have saved time by saying "I'm a douche....."

#3 6 years ago

Darcy

Pinside member

Leduc, AB

11y 124K 6,358 17

Going to need a few gallons of Simple Green to get that pin clean. WOW!

#4 6 years ago

ZZZ

Wickerman2

Pinside member

9y 105K 6,825

The new set of rubbers did it. SOLD!!!!!

#5 6 years ago

JTJ

LesManley

Pinside member

Woodbury, MN

12y 127K 5,825 9 46

Quoted from Darcy:
Going to need a few gallons of Simple Green to get that pin clean. WOW!

...and I thought the ad was ridiculous before I looked at the pics. Wow is right.

#6 6 years ago

MJM

kuelman

Pinside member

9y 45,150 256

Quoted from Wickerman2:
The new set of rubbers did it. SOLD!!!!!

No it was the new battery holder for me

#7 6 years ago

JEG

ejg10532626

Pinside member

Peabody, MA

11y 76,600 1,430 13

When you overprice a game by triple (at least) - you get lowballed.

* EK's are not hard to find at all, only the EM version is.
* EK's are not worth $3,000 unless all CPR parts, upgraded displays and a perfect cabinet.
* This jabroni has no clue what this title is worth.

Must be a joke post.

#8 6 years ago

JPD

Dayhuff

Pinside member

Battle Creek, MI

11y 126K 6,346 79 11

Could be he's hyping up the market and now plans on shopping the game up and getting it working and offering it up again for $15K. Seen it before.

John

#9 6 years ago

SDS

whthrs166

Pinside member

Arvada, CO

10y 93,050 4,526 12

Hey he had really nice close up pictures of the dirt! Man that is some of the nicest dirt I have ever seen!

#10 6 years ago

ZAC

Lame33

Pinside member

10y 77,100 794 17

Why did he run all his pics through a dirt filter? Does that add value and I've been doing it wrong all this time?

#11 6 years ago

WFC

Billc479

Pinside+ Frequent

Pleasant Plains, IL

9y 79,800 3,127 15

Wow - I wonder if I can get 2K for mine! Pics not available at this time.

#12 6 years ago

JDM

sublime90803

Pinside member

10y 49,550 250 6 25

He must need the cash to pay for that storage locker he's got it stored in. Classy collector.

#13 6 years ago

Pinplayer1967

Pinside member

Queen Creek, AZ

9y 72,300 1,224

The way I read it was he was "firm" on that price. Not a big deal

#14 6 years ago

PHB

Chisox

Pinside member

Frankfort, IL

9y 129K 4,278 9 37

Quoted from sublime90803:
He must need the cash to pay for that storage locker he's got it stored in. Classy collector.

Is that a storage locker or a smokehouse? That thing looks like Kramer's face after he had all the smokers in his apartment.

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#15 6 years ago

TPK

Kneissl

Pinside member

12y 126K 3,864 7 121

Face like an old catchers mitt

#16 6 years ago

DMB

PismoArcade

Pinside+ Frequent

St. George, UT

12y 143K 4,100 3 134

#17 6 years ago

MOB

JoinTheCirqus

Pinside member

Lyme, NH

18y 95,300 2,115 1

Just remember, all that dirt is protecting the playfield!

#18 6 years ago

LEO

Arcade

Colorado Canyon

Beaumont, TX

11y 120K 6,323 16 34

OMG. So funny.
Here are some photos for the lazy.

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#19 6 years ago

ELD

darcangeloel

Pinside member

Richmond, VA

7y 66,800 915 4

What a grimy pin. It looks like the head was partially repainted. Man that pin looks like shit hahaha. What do you guys think, I'd say 500 to 800.

#20 6 years ago

GWG

BrewinBombers

Pinside member

8y 62,050 853 1 44

I really love the art on clean versions of this game. This makes me sad.

#21 6 years ago

AAA

ledge

Pinside member

10y 47,650 2,195 3

"cabinet in good shape" !.. ROFL

#22 6 years ago

LEW

Pinballlew

Pinside member

8y 116K 3,940 7

Rectangle is a good shape

#23 6 years ago

JCD

dmbjunky

Pinside member

Odon, IN

8y 96,400 6,791 91

The colors are still pretty bright on the cab. I bet it would clean up nice. I think what you think is a repaint on the head is just glare.

#24 6 years ago

???

ccbiggsoo7

Pinside+ Frequent

10y 91,050 6,063 37 10 2

Wonder how he's got by all these years???

#25 6 years ago

DAV

wayout440

Pinside member

Berea, OH

11y 113K 11,264 3 12

Quoted from ejg10532626:
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* EK's are not worth $3,000 unless all CPR parts, upgraded displays and a perfect cabinet.

...or if they are the home version

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#26 6 years ago

ROB

Guinnesstime

Pinside+ Frequent

11y 133K 5,876 20 1

What a

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#27 6 years ago

FUK

gmkalos

Inactive member

Unknown

8y 59,400 2,024 1

better call the Pine-Sol lady lol

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#28 6 years ago

LKD

Luckydogg420

Pinside member

Kitchener, ON

11y 115K 5,859 14

I read that ad as "I don't want to sell this game, so here is my I don't want to sell it price. But if you call my bluff, then you can have it for a ridiculous amount." His wife probably told him to sell it, so he put it up for sale at a price that will never sell.

#29 6 years ago

STV

VDrums2112

Inactive member

Salem, IN

12y 64,150 552 284

I see so many bullshit ads on CL lately... Completely delusional people thinking that just because something is old that it's valuable. I've got a '66 Mustang that needs some work but certainly don't think it's a $50,000 car just because it's 51 years old... How do people honestly think that their old, beat up, broken down shit is worth these crazy asking prices, and be a complete dick about it to boot?? People like this make me laugh.

-Steve

#30 6 years ago

DAC

dhard

Inactive member

Imlay City, MI

8y 59,800 1,542 7

Quoted from VDrums2112:
How do people honestly think that their old, beat up, broken down shit is worth these crazy asking prices, and be a complete dick about it to boot?? People like this make me laugh.
-Steve

Because they look at the price of what new is going for now and think this must be worth a small fortune and this site is no different it's not like every pin here is fair priced and there's plenty of dicks here also

#31 6 years ago

JEG

tslayer71

Pinside member

Lakewood, CO

12y 77,550 1,231 10

We all need to email this guy and offer him different values between 2950 and 2999 and wait for the meltdown

#32 6 years ago

FED

hassanchop

Pinside member

12y 84,900 2,443 82

lol

#33 6 years ago

STV

VDrums2112

Inactive member

Salem, IN

12y 64,150 552 284

Even if it was $300, I'd pass on it just because the guy seems like an asshole.

-Steve

#34 6 years ago

CAD

cottonm4

Pinside+ Addict

Wichita, KS

10y 148K 16,542 10 23

Quoted from dhard:
Because they look at the price of what new is going for now and think this must be worth a small fortune and this site is no different it's not like every pin here is fair priced and there's plenty of dicks here also

If you are a casual seller, Ebay at least costs you something to place an ad, so unless you just like pissing money away you put up a reasonable price.

With Craigslist, if you are a casual seller, and not a business, you can replace your ad every 45 days for no charge. This guy could keep this EK for sale at this price until the day he dies. All for no charge. I see these " I might get lucky" for sale ads all over the country. And they never go away.

Out in New Mexico CL, some guy has a "rare" pin he wants $6K for. The ad has been up for months at no cost to him. Eventually, he might get lucky and find an idiot buyer five years from now.

I think the CL free ad placement policy is one reason (perhaps the main reason ?) you see lots of whacky for sale prices.

#35 6 years ago

Darkwing

Pinside+ Frequent

10y 81,550 1,260 1

Completely understand where this guy is coming from. Last pin I sold, I had four people try to talk me down, one guy pick it up the next day, and one guy tell me I could have gotten more for it. It gets old doing to the craigslist dance real quick.

Beats the time before tho. When I was trying to sell my ST Pro (ended up trading it for a SWEET TSPP), I had one guy messaging me on consecutive days telling me that his offer of $500 less was a good deal, and I should recognize a good deal when I see one and be grateful. lulz.

#36 6 years ago

DSS

Haymaker

Pinside member

Rockford, IL

9y 125K 6,481 15 15

Its hilarious to me when people who "hope they get lucky" put that in their ad. Like basically "I'm hoping for a sucker" right out there for every potential buyer to see. Even if a sucker came around they'd probably pass after seeing that

#37 6 years ago

MIK

bonzo442

Pinside+ Frequent

Naples, FL

14y 74,550 985 6 18

He needs to fire that thing over the snake river canyon

#38 6 years ago

ZZZ

Wickerman2

Pinside member

9y 105K 6,825

#39 6 years ago

BKF

bkfiv

Pinside member

Chesterton, IN

11y 49,400 284 6

Seemed reasonable to me. If you're offended by it, it was probably meant for you. It entertained me. Will his tone accomplish whatever it is he wants to accomplish? I have no idea. That's his problem. But let's be honest, no one on here wanted a 3k EK so what's the big deal?

#40 6 years ago

TSH

Travish

Pinside member

Greensboro, NC

11y 98,800 3,348 6

That cabinet looks like a thick layer of cigarette smoke. I had a cigarette stained machine was in a bar it's whole like. You could smell it all the way at the top of the stairs.

#41 6 years ago

Darcy

Pinside member

Leduc, AB

11y 124K 6,358 17

Quoted from Travish:
That cabinet looks like a thick layer of cigarette smoke. I had a cigarette stained machine was in a bar it's whole like. You could smell it all the way at the top of the stairs.

The whole house would smell of cigarette smoke. With in 3 minutes of entering the garage with it, your significant other will be looking for the person smoking in the garage. Then, noticing the brown patina, and then shaking a finger saying, "That Ain't Coming into This House!".

#42 6 years ago

BIL

dothedoo

Pinside member

12y 106K 7,263

Quoted from Travish:
That cabinet looks like a thick layer of cigarette smoke.

My money is on fecal matter.

#43 6 years ago

GMB

bigdaddy07

Pinside+ Frequent

O'fallon, MO

13y 106K 4,718 5 28

Quoted from Haymaker:
Like basically "I'm hoping for a sucker" right out there for every potential buyer to see.

That's because they know one is born everyday. For what I've seen some people claim to have sold certain games for, I totally believe it. I think the trick for these guys is to sell outside the community where there are people that have no knowledge of what on average they tend to sell for and are too lazy to look it up.

#44 6 years ago

TKM

Potatoloco

Pinside member

Oklahoma City, OK

7y 52,550 342 15 53

CL in OKC is always entertaining. Not the craziest CL post I've seen for pinball in these neck of the woods. Guess I'll put my TWD Pro up for $8500 and see how that goes.

#45 6 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

Quoted from Potatoloco:
CL in OKC is always entertaining. Not the craziest CL post I've seen for pinball in these neck of the woods. Guess I'll put my TWD Pro up for $8500 and see how that goes.

Yeah you guys used to have good deals a few years ago.. I picked up a diamondplate Rollergames and a DE Time Machine for 400 bucks each back then from Tulsa. Needed a ton of work, but was worth it....at least Rollergames was. Broke dead even on Time Machine. Now? It's all just dookie. The only thing I've seen up there that I regretted not buying in a long time was the Time Fantasy that Cactus Jack's had for sale.

#46 6 years ago

CBM

spfxted

Pinside member

Saddle River, NJ

12y 147K 24,657 4 9

Quoted from dothedoo:
My money is on fecal matter.

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#47 6 years ago

SMS

ViolinSteve

Pinside member

10y 86,550 817 8

Quoted from spfxted:
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I believe that results in fecal matter on your money.

#48 6 years ago

REY

nascarrey

Pinside member

Downers Grove, IL

7y 74,800 1,679 10

I just picked up my first pin in march-ironically an EK!

#49 6 years ago

REY

nascarrey

Pinside member

Downers Grove, IL

7y 74,800 1,679 10

I just picked up my first pin in March-ironically it was an EK!

He definitely doesnt want to sell it-who would list something in that condition......

#50 6 years ago

GFY

Otaku

Inactive member

Unknown

9y 93,150 3,813

Anybody else thinking "good for him"? He knows it's not worth what he's listing it for and even said so, he has a price in mind and doesn't care how long it takes. I'd have different thoughts if he was in a hurry to sell or acting like they are worth that.

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