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Tell me about collecting in the 90's

By dudah

6 years ago


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#95 3 years ago
Quoted from dudah:

Thinking of the 5ish years I have into this hobby - how I hunted down my games and got deals are all fond memories.
I wonder what some of the old-timers in here have seen - Dirt cheap A titles, bulk buys, warehouse raids, etc.
Who's got some cool stories about hot deals they got when pinball wasn't so popular?

Bought a bunch of containers and rolled great titles through the door regularly. Was a great time but also a very bad time because you could not get parts to fix games. Nothing was available. So even if you had the games, you typically had to sacrifice 1 to make a couple of good ones. I hear alot of would of, could of, should of but at the end of the day pinball is not a very good investment even given the appreciation. I am glad I was able to get containers and we had a blast going through a crap load of games. Unloading containers was also a highlight. Piles and piles of games. Never really knew what was going to be coming up next. Always a present. We also bought alot of warehouse finds. I can say those were some of the funnest times, getting into a warehouse and seeing just fantastic games and great prices. Some really great moments. We had parties at the shop about every month and those were just blow outs. Unforgettable and great period of my life. IT WAS a BLAST!!! I could get into some of the memories but a good one was 2 days before Christmas and selling a Rocky and Bullwinkle. I hadn't even opened up the game and a lady came over cause she needed something for the kids at Christmas. Well she comes over, I open up the game and there is an X-rated backglass in the game. There's ROCKY and there's Bullwinkle .... Graphic!!!... she freaks out, screams at me and leaves. Oh the days.

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