I paid a local lawn service guy I found on CL $20 via Paypal to go to that garage sale in Wichita Falls. It was false advertising, as only four pins were actually for sale, and they were nothing to get excited about. He had a 1970 Strike Zone for $450 and a non-working Tri-Zone for $350, the other two were sold. Not exactly smoking deals worth long drives. The guy is a local police officer, nice enough on the phone, but he shouldn't have shown all those pinball machines if they weren't for sale!

There needs to be a smartphone app called "EYES ON IT" that would show requested photo opportunities nearby and offered prices. Users could accept the gig, go to the location, take pics/video with their phone, and get paid when the requester approves the photos, or video, as the case may be. Any app developers out there want to build this for me? I'm amazed something like this doesn't already exist! Imagine if for a small fee, you could have a third party go take pictures of a pinball machine, car, house, airplane, boat, RV, motorcycle, or really anything that you wanted! I'd be a frequent user of this type of service. I can foresee some legal issues, but I think they could be addressed in the user agreement.

The other two pins that he sold were Stern Dracula for $1500 and Harlem Globetrotters for $1100. The Tri-Zone needs board work and new coils, so a bit of a project. Strike Zone works but had serious flaking at the top of the BG.

NicoVolta, you're correct about the darkside. I can see stalkers taking advantage of it, I can see issues with people being in the pics without their consent, etc, though most courts have held that you have no right, or even expectation of, any privacy when you are out in public. I mean, go to Walmart and you be filmed by two dozen cameras. The difference here is the monetization of the photos. But again, these issues can be addressed in various ways. If the average photo gig paid $20, and the app kept $5 netting the photog $15, I think there would be folks lining up to make that easy $15. The lawn guy in Wichita Falls joked it wass the easiest $20 he ever made! LOL