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Quoted from djreddog:I've attended the last 2 years and there hasn't been anyone there performing board work.
There isn't a booth or anything but 2 years ago I had board work done by a certain gentleman whom offered up his services once I posted I needed help in one of these threads....I even offered him moolah and he declined it. They are out there....maybe someone will PM him to lend a hand.
Quoted from WonderMellon:I am a newbie member to Pinside and the collecting community. Just started collecting some arcade games this year. Went to a party a month ago and my wife fell in love with an old pinball machine. Now we are looking to pick up a machine. I am learning about arcade repair and know little about pinball, but eager to learn. We live just south of Baltimore so planning on taking the almost 3hr trip up to Allentown. Obviously, it will be my first Pinball convention.
Hopefully you guys won't mind answering a few questions
Not sure if I will be bringing a Subaru Forrester (04) or may rent a minivan. Either one should fit a machine for the ride home. If (when) I decide to buy one, do I bring cash, or just do PayPal on the spot?
Do I need to bring tools and a dolly to get the machine in the vehicle? If so, what would be a good selection of the correct tools?
Compared to arcade games, I am still in sticker shock with regard to pinball machines. I am happy at $500, OK at $1,000 and groaning at $1500. We are actually looking for early to mid 80's, in working condition, solid state games. Are my finances just out of reality for the market? It is difficult for me to tell when I see the same game go for $750 one time and $3,000 the next. I look up the prices in the game section here, but the Classified's are listed for so much higher.
Assuming my financial range is feasible, any thoughts on fun first games? The one my wife loved was Bally - Lost World.
Any other tips for a first timer?
I apologize for the inquisition and thank you for your help. Pinside is on my daily reading list but with Pinfest a week away, I feel like I need assistance climbing the learning curve.
Cash is your friend as everyone has stated on here....bring it and you'll find yourself a nice deal. When you see prices on exact machines with a large gap in range it's bc of condition....have they been recently shopped, how is the PF, what needs work and doesn't need work, how is the cab holding up, any MODS installed, etc. You will have to decide what best suits what you are looking for and looking to spend. I always pay more for nicer pins that don't need any work...but that is a personal decision for each hobbyist. I like playing pinball way more than working on them.
I live south of BMORE as well so we are close...if I can help I will. I'll be at and around pinfest on Friday. Have fun with the hobby...that's what it's all about!
I had to bail out as I have to be at work on Saturday but had a good time....great show! Iron Maiden PRO (which I have zero interest in musically) had sweet flow and really screams pinball....Houdini is a beaut and great pin...the pimped out DEMOLTION MAN was sweet...never played a RADICAL b4 and it lived up to its pin name. I'm not sure who restored this lil wedgehead Expressway EM but the CCed PF was brilliant and it was my fav of the show...I wanted to take it home!! And the physical PONG TABLE was cooler in person than I imagined 
Quoted from ckcsm:That was Dono (Don) from Md
The Expressway looked and played nice, his freeplay games from previous shows were all done very nice; I almost bought his Cleopatra from last years show but someone beat me to it.
Good to know this guy lives in my neck of the woods....playing EMs can be tough bc normally the PFs are so old the ball crawls around the pin but his EXPRESSWAY PF was like glass and so smooth!! It made the ball so much more lively and game play fun...it looked great and all the chimes sounded clean and clear. That's my vision of EM pinball.
Quoted from mcandrew:So a hypothetical...
Say a pinsider puts a deposit down on a pin, and will pay the balance at the show before pickup. Machine is delivered there at some expense and effort. Pinsider then wants to open it to see it before he takes it (which is fine). Then on sunday, decides they will pass because stretch wrap to wrap it back up after they open it isn't being provided.
Now, said pinsider asks for a refund of the deposit.
Is this even cool?
That's NOT cool!! I did a parking lot deal myself with no deposit and the deal went smooth as butter. I partially shrink wrapped the pin myself ahead of time but to me....it sounds like this joker is using a weak excuse to back out bc he changed his mind. Like Flynnibus said...that deposit was your insurance that he'd buy it. So he's out that IMO. TOO BAD 
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