Um, yeah.....OK.

I spoke too soon

Sooooo...is this a for sale ad? If so where's the price?

Osama Bin Scammin

He/She is just asking for some help with pricing. Highly doubt he's been here for 6 years just to scam.

Here's my thoughts:

IM - $4800
TRON - $5500 and way up depending on mods
Hobbit SE - $7k
CV - $6800-$7k

Don't have any experience on the others. Also, Pics would really help.

Shipping those game from Dubai to the USA not at those prices... too much risk in that distance of shipping... maybe local pick up prices

Wow. Can't imagine there are many pins in Dubai.

Prices above seem reasonable.... Then most likely going to have to discount for bundle deal and what some may view as risk of buying sight unseen internationally. I think you at a min mum should go get some pics.

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Its going to take some kong sized balls to wire someone in the middle east that kind of cash, even if they've been a Pinside member for 6 years. They would have to have a few legit people to vouch for them for sure. Plus the price would have to reflect the risks.

Maybe try to sell locally first? Probably not a huge pinball market in Dubai, but it would be significantly easier to sell there rather than sweat international shipping and current conversion, plus the fact that an international transaction like this will spook many of your potential buyers, and therefore drive your potential selling price down considerably.

Yes I was giving local US market prices. To sell to the US you should be prepared to offer some reassurances via pics, contact info and even an escrow service. Even with this you will need to heavily discount my figures above. Try local first.

Click on his post history and check out his posts. Seems legit to me.

Way ahead of you. Seems others would rather jump all over them first rather than doing some research. Pretty easy to connect the dots here.

yup...

I love how someone downvotes the op and then doesn`t even add one single post to the topic. Unbelievable ! I gave the op an upvote to bring him back to zero.

+1

Seems like deja vu to me.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/instead-of-selling

Ok, good luck

All the guy did was ask a legitimate question and it came to this. Just brutal !

Coughcoughjackoffcoughcough.

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I was just in Dubai a few weeks ago ... Shame this wasn't posted then, or I could have swung past and made a happy deal!

bummer.

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Are you seeking advice on what would be a good price for a package deal to an international buyer?

Or advice on what they tend to sell for individually to a local buyer?

remember if you buying in bulk, the prices should be a better price to tempt someone willing to buy it all ,and have them do the work to piece it out.

You had me at "sorry not adding pictures". How fucking lazy can you be?

Absolutely. The OP was just looking for prices, which I gave based on my experience. With every layer of complexity/risk those go down.

It's not a matter of being lazy. All the games aren't in one location. Any serious buyer is going to get detailed pics. OP asked a simple question. Why it had to turn into this is beyond me.

I'm so sorry your post was met with such foul behavior from a fellow American. Not all of us voted for the Orange Fruitcake, but that guy sure made it easy for bigotry to come bubbling up to the surface. Please feel free to enlist my help in selling your games. I'm happy to coordinate or even act as a free escrow service--even if you were to sell pinball machines out of France, Spain or Italy, as opposed to Dubai, most people in the USA would be leery about sending cash sight unseen.

If you are not enjoying them there's no reason to have that much money tied up into them. Sell them and move on. If you want games again in the future you can always buy more later down the road. Sometimes I think I should sell off most of mine.

So in your view the fact that Trump was elected led directly to PACMAN's post. Really? That's quite a stretch. So insensitive or even insulting remarks were completely unheard of on Pinside prior to November 2016? I'm calling BS.

And why did we have to drag incendiary politics into this?? Does it have to be brought into every discussion these days? Give it a rest.

The guy/gal is just asking for an estimate on the value of what he/she has. Why is everyone being so hostile towards the OP? I have a feeling if the location said Georgia or South Carolina this thread wouldn't have as many hateful and obscene comments.

Free escrow service? Somebody won't like that.

How so?

Considering the titles, the risk and time required to ship, sight unseen, the fact it's a bulk purchase etc, I would think that the most you would get is maybe $18-$20k?

As a guideline, check out the approximate value that they are selling for on Pinside. Give a 25-30% discount based on the trouble of logistics, then subtract the shipping cost, and that would probably be a fair place to start.

I hate to have to moderate people...
So please remember two Pinside rules: "Be Nice" and "No politics".

OP, sorry to see you leave the Hobby. Was planning to visit Dubai someday... you must feel lonely playing pinball there!

It would be very difficult to find a private collector to buy the entire collection. Single sales of machines are prohibitively expensive due to shipping costs. Maybe you can ship them to a dealer (sucks b/c they don't pay much) or to a show and price them for quick sale.

IM - $4000
TRON - $5000 and way up depending on mods
Hobbit SE - $6200k
CV - $6000k
... and they'll be gone by the time the show is over. Either way you gonna take a hit unless you happen to hook up with the right buyer that takes all machines. Miami has a seaport and the APE show will be in 2/2018 from what I hear (not 100% sure yet). Maybe check some other cities for seaports and pinball shows.

First of all. I'll vouch for Binghanem. He's a real nice dude who happens to live in Dubai. We spoke several times. IMHO he should get kudos for collecting pinballs over there.

At least show him some respect, some of the comments here really are uncalled for. I have instructed the mod team to crack down on these types of unfriendly posts so you'll see more heavy handed moderation towards such nasty posts and, hopefully, a friendlier Pinside.

I figured you would vouch for him. Way to go Robin!!! Was hoping you would jump in.

I love it im moving to dubai

Dubai is an interesting place, been there a few times. I've skied in Dubai...an interesting experience. Surprised there aren't more pins there as it is largely an international crowd where the vices you can't undertake in other countries in the region you can do in Dubai, like drink. It's kind of like the Vegas of the middle East, just not big on gambling (or some other things.). It's largely a hotel type place where the nightlife is centered on hotel. I'd think pins would do well in the environment.

I think shipping will hurt this deal and the pins will have to be discounted quite a bit, plus the votage has to be reconverted, not a huge issue, but an issue nontheless.

A nice set of games, though. Good luck!

Sorry about the politics and reference to 45, but I stand by the apology.

Now that is just plain dumb. Not all of us pinball ppl live in the US.

Yeah, sorry you feel the need to bring up politics because you are still so but hurt that your candidate lost. How so "tolerant" of you to call our president names on an open forum like a spoiled child. Really shows your class! I am sorry that other people around the world has to see how much you hate your own country! So sad! But looking at your forum name I see lawyer so that all makes since!

Sorry, I read his post several times and I didn't see where he said that all pinball ppl live in the US. Can you quote that part?

Stay classy, TxJay. I understand wanting to be the first to be moderated after Robin told everyone to simmer down, but you're just showboating here.

PL apologized, should be nuff said.( and I disagree with his perspective) One might consider the values of taking the high road, albeit the tuff road!

Still winning YUGELY! LOL

Ok.

From this post on, political jokes, jabs, comments, replies, etc, will result in perm ejections from this thread.

Move this discussion back to the topic of helping the OP come up with fair pricing for his games.

If you get ejected, open a moderator feedback and we can discuss reinstatement.

Thanks.

Marcus