Alright gang....never a dull moment with me around.

So what did I buy today. I bought a Twilight Zone with the following:

Decent cabinets (light fade) with a little damage on the backglass side cabinet.

Playfield had the normal wear where the ball drops but overall 8/10 condition.

Clock and Gumball machine working fine

But here is the KICKER...some idiot put a screw behind the flippers (made his own
post....yes, he made the Twilight Zone a FU****** Spiderman.....it is funny
if you think about it.....now there is just a screw that doesn't effect play...almost
flush with the playfield behind the flippers...NO EFFECT on game play).

So guys what would you pay......I wouldn't bias you with what I paid until tomorrow
night....my "screw light special"....un****believable these people !!!

Now that was funny !!!! Thanks for a good laugh !!!

That will knock down the number of plays at 75 cents a play to 5,039.95 to break-even.

I only have to play it 20 times a week for like 5 years then !!!! Since I don't work I can

probably to that !!!

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Thanks guys......I paid $5,500 for a nice Indy 500 (needs to be shopped) and the Twilight Zone....honest to god my guess was $3,500-$3,700 for the Twilight "screw light special) and $1,800-$2,000 for the Indy 500 so I didn't do too bad for a "rookie" and it was local to boot so that is why I paid that. So basically I paid $3,600 for the "screw light special" and $1,900 for the Indy 500 which I felt since it was local made sense.

I don't know what pinball hardware is....the screw is behind the flippers and it is one screw (like I said they must have put in a "post" like Spiderman).

Any other thoughts welcome....at least I have a great story.....what idiot customizes a Twilight Zone and tries to make it a semi-Spiderman !!!! He probably got better scores....it is kinda funny if you think about it....he truly just wanted to enjoy it and cared nothing about the value which is kinda neat....the guy who customized it must have been like "hey, I wanted it to have a post" so I will put one in !!! Unbelievable....that god he didn't have a MM....who knows what he would have tried to do to that one or a CC.

Thanks for the advice....doesn't effect game play one bit. Basically, I took off $500 off the price as I had no clue what it did to value....figured that should be about right....if it had minimal effect then I did great because we were loading it up when good ole Tom noticed "the screw" and back to the negotiating table we went.....I just knew it didn't increase value so I took off what I thought it decreased value by....the game was a fair deal at $4,200 without the screw in our opinion....with the screw that he put in to make a post (or someone did probably the guy he bought it from is my guess as he didn't ever notice it and truly I doubt I would have !!!). So if the pin post behind the flippers is not that big a deal I did great because I was taking it away for $4,200 feeling that was "fair value" in the shape it was in.

Thats what my buddy said.......are thoughts exactly !!! However, I will leave it like that and will probably look for a playfield and keep it in storage....if the day ever comes when I want to sell it I will sell the extra playfield was my thought process. It doesn't bother me....plus maybe I put the post back and make it "customized".....damn, that will help my scores !!! It really is funny when you think about it. Only could happen to me. I started at $3,500 (deducted $700) but we met at $3,700....hey, was worth a shot !!!

I don't have the machine here but it is just a small screw behind the flippers....truly, I didn't notice it and at first my friend didn't notice it......then as we were packing it up he said "what is that screw doing there".....hey, the guy never thought anything of it as if you don't know it shouldn't be there you truly wouldn't question it....it doesn't effect any of the play.

So did I and this was the one I really wanted....and it was local to boot !!!! No driving 5 hours one way like I did last week to pick up my HUO Spiderman. I am thrilled....Twilight Zone was my favorite show as a kid....as well as one of my favorite rides down in Orlando, Florida !!! Great ride....right next to the Aerosmith Rock N Roll Coaster that is cool !!!

Agreed at $4,200 no money changed hands and then "holy SH**" and I just told him we have a problem....my friend caught it as we were packing up the machine. So, what ended up happening is we did a package deal....$5,500 for a nice INDY 500 and the "screw light special" as I think he needed over $4,000 to finish his re-modeling because when we got there the INDY 500 was "off the table".....it went on the table real quick and we were all too happy to take it. The way I looked at it if my friend wasn't there I would have somehow missed it and paid $4,200 so thanks to him I got a nice Indy 500 (really nice) for $1,300 and that is a real good price....you can't beat that.....not in this area !!! Even at $4,200 with the screw it probably would not have been the "end of the world" not like you can find too many Twilight Zone's under $4k anyway and it seems that most people feel the screw in that place wasn't a deal breaker and the clock and gumball machine worked....playfield was probably an 8 and cabinets were an 8 so it was in good to very good shape.....so he probably would have gotten $4k with the screw in this area....so I figured $1,500 for the Indy would make it worth the risk....how bad could I have gotten burned $500 tops....risk was minimal I felt.