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I have a friend ready to sell a working puck bowler--United's Caravelle--in Pennsylvania. To help him price it, I'm looking for some honest advice about its likely worth. A few photos are attached and he also has some video to show that it's working. Any help is appreciated.
Bowler4 (resized).jpgBowler1 (resized).jpgBowler2 (resized).jpgBowler3 (resized).jpgBowler5 (resized).jpgQuoted from Eric_S:I'd say 750. If they want to wait for a buyer that really wants a puck bowler, maybe up to 1k.
Thanks so much--more opinions welcome.
Quoted from too-many-pins:Sadly they can be a tough sell in this area. I have owned about a dozen of them since I started in the hobby and could never get much out of them when I was trying to sell them. I don't remember what I actually sold the couple that were fully working for but I don't think any of them went for more than about $300. Most of the ones I owned were Williams/United from the late 1960's & early 1970's but even the earlier ones don't typically sell for much here in PA. Down in Texas they seem to love them but not here in PA for some reason?
If he wants to get it sold quickly I think you will need to be around $300. If he isn't in a rush ask $750 OBO and see what happens. But I don't see any EM puck bowler selling here in PA for over $750 regardless of how nice it looks. The oak trim on those earlier ones makes them look a lot better than the newer ones but those early ones typically need a lot of cleaning on the score reels & steppers unless that is already done. They tended to move sluggish once the old grease started to harden up and typically get worse over time.
Extremely helpful. Thank so much. As they say on TSPP, "keep 'em comin'."
Quoted from RonSS:I passed on one for $350. It was pretty nice, but not perfect.
In general, I'd say $350 is a good selling price. I don't think I'd go above $500 unless I had time to kill.
I've been looking lately, just because I do that, and have seen poor examples sitting at the $100 mark.
Great input. Thanks!
Quoted from Winger03:Same here! Was there a video of it working? has any repairs, cleaning or maintenance been done to it?
Thanks to all for the above very helpful comments. As to a video of it working, I have added one--though I can't say that it's 100% because I don't know anything about puck bowlers. I don't know if there have been any repairs, etc, on it either. Later today I will be passing on any comments from this thread to the seller so he can determine price, decide how to sell it, and decide what information to include. At this point I think I will advise him to either go the craigslist route himself or I will post an ad for him on pinside in a regional thread and then serve as a liaison to help him sell it to a pinsider.
The video follows, and additional comments today are welcome. After today I will close this thread.
Quoted from poppapin:Definitely needs rebound rubber replaced. Would like to see video of an entire game if possible.
Quoted from chas10e:I was thinking wax
Thanks, and thanks!
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