Holy shite!

I don’t know...Fish Tales, Star Wars, TFTC, Frank and some other good title projects for under $500 (of course plus the fees and taxes) doesn’t seem that bad to me at all.

If I went, I would’ve grabbed one of those just the shove in the back corner and slowly put it back together, even if it took a year or two. Could’ve been done for around 1500 total to at least have a players game.

Skip probably has every part you would need in his basement.

Not if you’ve seen Skip’s basement. LOL. Some of them will come up over time, or will be reproduced.

I agree 100%. I would’ve snagged up two or three of them. Especially for what those titles are going for these days. Even if you end up spending 2K on one of them in the long run you still made out like a bandit.

Like picking up someone’s game and dropping it in a hotel room, or dismantling their game to pilfer the power cord without asking...

Cut the guy a break. He apologized.

If you want to split hairs...problems I have with the ad? Two.

I laugh how people add gas, tolls, hotels, breakfast, lunch, Wawa or 7-11 stops, new tires if needed before the trip, oil changes, etc. Those are not costs figured into a game’s price. I tell my close friends that all the time. Your costs to acquire a game doesn’t make the game worth any more or less...well, other than to you. Even shipping included. It is your choice to have a game shipped to you, and doesn’t make the game any more valuable.

I can honestly say I have never once charged for any of those expenses when figuring the price of a game I’ve sold.

Second, you’ve been on Pinside for six years, and obviously know how to fix games but you still listed the board set as untested. That doesn’t even make sense to me. Whether you are a good guy or not, I find it hard to believe you didn’t try to juice the game on or at least give it a good once over. Don’t have a meter?

Despite all that, I think this game at 1400 might still be reasonable, assuming it has no water damage and isn’t a complete shit show.

Actually this one time…at band camp…

Have I sold games for more money then I bought them for? Sure. I worked on them, got them working, and cleaned them at least. Project games are a different animal.

There are games that can be saved, and then games like at this auction where every unobtainium part has been stripped off of it, and most likely the game is only a parts game if that.

And I myself as far as I know, have never sold a board as “non-tested”. I either say it’s working or it doesn’t. I either test it on a bench or in a game. That was one of my points. I’ve snagged plenty of boards off of fleaBay that were listed as “un-tested”, and when it arrived it had a ton of corrosion and was pretty much scrap. A few crappy pics can go a long way.

Oh, and the IHOP breakfast cost added into the game.

If the game is still available...
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