Asbury Park, NJ
Contacted the seller, but think it has to be fake or a grave mistake.
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Attack from Mars
Bally, 1995
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Did you inbox fill up with spam right after you sent mail?
You have to try and they probably mean shopped not restored but still...
Best of luck I hope it is real.
I'll save you browsing over there... Sounds restored to me. Also sounds fake. Let's see, I want to screw with hard-up pinheads - post and ad from a girl with a über-desirable pin in minty condition with mods, and for a stupid low price. Yeah, I'm thinking someone is having a laugh, or Mr. Pinball screwed up on the price.
Attack From Mars, 1995 Bally, 4990
I am selling it because I have mastered the game and just purchased a CV to take its place. The new parts on my AFM include: new Mirco playfield, new head and cabinet decals, new chrome siderails and lock down bar, new display, new coils, polished and new posts. My AFM also has the Bill Ung saucer mod. It is really clean as well with newer rubbers and pinballs. The game is in like new condition with only a couple hundred plays since the rebuild.
If it is real, you can be sure that her email box is so full of people telling her it is worth 20k that the price has at least doubled by now.
Something similar to this was posted a couple weeks ago. Post a low price on CL to get a ton of interest, then end up with a bidding war. The seller may have done this on purpose.
They are on the very edge of NC ....good beach trip for someone.
Warning. There was a faded out AFM over that way a guy was trying to sell as home use not too long ago.
edit - missed quote tag from HOOKED for above . . . .
Was that the guy on Wilmington CL about 2 months ago? $9K range? I thought about checking it out but I'm not doing $9K on a pin anytime soon so I didn't waste their time. His pic looked good but didn't really show the sides.
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Why assume that is a bad price? In fact that seems about right, 30 percent increase from a couple of years ago, about right in line with alot of the other titles. If your paying over 5000 grand for an AFM then you overpaid unless it has a ton of high end stuff done to it Imo.
Even if it was a real ad but when I got up the Mr. Pinball ad was already sent out 2.5 hours before and figured the seller was already bombarded with e-mails from people saying they would pay more then $4900 so figured why even bother. If it's fake then you get spammed and if it real you enter into a bidding war, so either way you are screwed.
Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:Something similar to this was posted a couple weeks ago. Post a low price on CL to get a ton of interest, then end up with a bidding war. The seller may have done this on purpose.
No shaker?
Pass.
Quoted from Capper96:If your paying over 5000 grand for an AFM then you overpaid unless it has a ton of high end stuff done to it Imo.
I'm pretty sure 5,000 grand would be 5 Million bucks....so yeah, you definitely overpaid then!
I also received a reply from the seller saying the machine was mine. I asked for someone to call me and husband said he was at work and to tell the "wife what I wanted" I asked for pictures. I received pics of a AFM with a restored playfield. Then I was asked If I had sent in the money yet. (paypal) So then I asked for pics of the cabinet from a few different angles. I just received them. They are of a machine with new decals. Looks good. Duh now what. What so you all think?
Thanx, Bruce
Quoted from brucea1956:I also received a reply from the seller saying the machine was mine. I asked for someone to call me and husband said he was at work and to tell the "wife what I wanted" I asked for pictures. I received pics of a AFM with a restored playfield. Then I was asked If I had sent in the money yet. (paypal) So then I asked for pics of the cabinet from a few different angles. I just received them. They are of a machine with new decals. Looks good. Duh now what. What so you all think?
Thanx, Bruce
Did you ever shoot craps??? I think you have a better chance of winning there.
Send an email back and say you will bring cash with you rather than paypal and you could be there tonight. See what happens otherwise pass.
He said I could have it! What a minute.... No they dont match.
Quote:
I will let you have it for $5900
Below is paypal acct id for you to send the payment:
Send the payment at once and let me know.
Machines go fast here and I'm being inundated with so many requests for the AFM, but I have a good feeling about you and I have decided you should have it.
I advise you do it immediately and let me know.
I will give you till the end of tomorrow.
Cheers,
Jessica
Yeah, She has a good feeling about you, that is why she is passing on the other email offers of 7+.
Better pull the trigger fast before s/he loses that good feeling. 
Quoted from Dayhuff:Remember , if it sounds too good to be true..........
John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, MI.
269-979-3836
Normally I would agree John. But my recent HUO Centaur find in Michigan makes me believe that dreams come true.
It's a sick world and I'm a happy guy. 
Brian
Quoted from Dayhuff:But the Centaur wasn't listed at half the price it should have been either. I think Steve was right on with the price.
John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, MI.
269-979-3836
If he told me it was HUO I would've paid much more. Can't say anyone else would. But to me it was my grail pin. No other pin will be as valueable to me personally. How many of these, unrestored/HUO, 31 years with low plays could there possibly be?
4 weeks later
Quoted from Joshmx19:I got an AFM for $4500 today and its ok. Clean and fully functional just needs some playfield love
That's what the price SHOULD be. Sad that an AFM under $5k is more of a lie/urban legend than it being legit....
Quoted from Fliptastic:The way prices are these days it is probably supposed to be $14990.00
I just posted mine for 11k on Mr. Pinball ad should post tomorrow.
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