Hey, I recently found a T2 on route near me which is nearly unplayable and I want to make an offer on it. Thoughts on a starting offer price I should make?

Rubbers and playfield so worn it is nearly impossible to shoot the chase loop or Skynet command. Bare wood showing in places. Back glass seems to have some holes. Bumpers appear to be missing pieces. Red bank targets falling off. A couple spots where the ball frequently gets stuck. I can go back in a day or two and take some pics!

I'd like to save it from its current op, but not go in the hole trying to restore it. Would $800 be a lowball offer?

#2 8 years ago

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wellarmed

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Berlin

10y 57,400 972 55

No, 800-1k should be a fair offer.

#3 8 years ago

JRB

exflexer

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12y 86,150 1,650 1

wellarmed is right on the money

#4 8 years ago

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offdutyninja1

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Lynchburg, VA

8y 17,150 36 1

Great, thanks for the advice! If I'm able to pick it up I'll be sure to document the restore process.

#5 8 years ago

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Pinwow

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10y 64,400 2,943

Quoted from wellarmed:
No, 800-1k should be a fair offer.

Agreed!!

#6 8 years ago

BPB

Taygeta

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12y 86,550 1,187

For something that beat I think $1000 is too much. $500 would be more reasonable.

#7 8 years ago

BOB

0geist0

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Royal Palm Beach, FL

14y 60,050 1,778 4

I'm cheaper than Pierce, I'd only go $400, but I was taught by the master cheapskate in Boynton

#8 8 years ago

DEF

DefaultGen

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11y 123K 2,806

I'd love you to record the conversation if you cold call an op and offer him $400 for his busted T2 that's on route. It's a commercial money-making machine on route in his eyes, not a neglected treasure to be picked and restored.

#9 8 years ago

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TheLaw

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Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,071 19 30 1

The problem is paying bottom of the barrel price isn't going to make an OP sell it.

#10 8 years ago

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Taygeta

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12y 86,550 1,187

Quoted from DefaultGen:
I'd love you to record the conversation if you cold call an op and offer him $400 for his busted T2 that's on route. It's a commercial money-making machine on route in his eyes, not a neglected treasure to be picked and restored.

If the game is that mechanically beat and non-functional, I doubt the op will want to spend the money (or more importantly effort) getting it to work properly again. And if it's that well worn, it has probably paid for itself many, many times over.

Yes, it's a money making machine for the OP, but at the same time if it looks like complete garbage and hardly functions, $500 isn't unreasonable, even to an OP.

#11 8 years ago

BIF

CactusJack

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Lake Forest, CA

10y 80,050 4,200 93

Quoted from Taygeta:
Yes, it's a money making machine for the OP, but at the same time if it looks like complete garbage and hardly functions, $500 isn't unreasonable, even to an OP.

$500 may sound "reasonable" to us but think about what it may cost the OP to replace the game with another pin? Suddenly, $500 doesn't go very far. Especially, if he/she is allowed by the location owner to leave that game there and just collect what little it does earn. Its easy to leave a neglected game on location if the location doesn't complain. Its a bit tougher to bring in another pile of junk to replace it. And I doubt the OP is going to drop $4500 on a new game if he doesn't have another pin sitting somewhere un-routed.

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