Titles that NEVER seem to sell

Do you ever check Craigslist for pins -- perhaps... daily?
You know those ads that have been up for 2-3-4-5+ months, and never EVER seem to go away? Worse yet they seem to multiply before they sell?

1. Take a quick look at your local CL listings... (when you find yourself thoroughly enraged...)
2. Name the year, manufacturer, and title (please add em or ss edition if it's from 1975-1978)
3. Link the ad to your LEAST favorite ads that NEVER seem to sell.
4. Link the game up above in Pinside.

I realize this won't make them go away *ANY* faster, but we can pretend it's like some sort of 'make a wish club', where we all hope and pray these titles finally get sold... Good grief...

If you simply have something FUNNY to report from CL -- please add to the "CL Laughs" thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/more-craigslist-laughs/page/9#post-2111852

-mof

#2 9 years ago

MOF

mof

(reserved)

#3 9 years ago

MOF

mof

sfbay.craigslist.org link
sfbay.craigslist.org link

I'm gonna get this started with my least favorite title to see on CL. There are ALWAYS 1-2 available in the SFBA, and they NEVER seem to sell. ARGHHHH !

1978 Gottlieb Sinbad SS edition. Here are two of them for $1000 and $1400. Wish them away !

-mof

#4 9 years ago

NEO

CaptainNeo

Playfield restorations

Burlington, WI

11y 148K 22,440 37 77 1

any pin that's overpriced will hover forever, regardless of the title. If it's priced right, it's gone regardless.

#5 9 years ago

MOF

mof

Quoted from CaptainNeo:
any pin that's overpriced will hover forever, regardless of the title. If it's priced right, it's gone regardless.

This is meant to be a fun thread. Go look at CL, put your party shoes on, and come back when you know which ad you are SICK of seeing... Purge those bad feelings!

-mof

#6 9 years ago

NEO

CaptainNeo

Playfield restorations

Burlington, WI

11y 148K 22,440 37 77 1

games around here sell, so we don't see them listed for months on end.

but for the record it makes me sick to see an Xfiles or SF2, for sale, pin person or anywhere.

#7 9 years ago

MOF

mof

Quoted from CaptainNeo:
games around here sell, so we don't see them listed for months on end.

Now if I could only persuade you to message a few sellers in my area with some common sense advice, there might be some justice in the world after all...

-mof

#8 9 years ago

DAV

wayout440

Pinside member

Berea, OH

11y 113K 11,267 3 12

Bally Black Jack for $700. Search shows reposted 3 times on the same page.
cleveland.craigslist.org link

Bally Circus
cleveland.craigslist.org link

We've got a Sinbad over here in Cleveland for $600 as well.

#9 9 years ago

MAS

Edenecho

KristianiaFlipperselskap

10y 81,550 1,819 18

Quoted from CaptainNeo:
it makes me sick to see an Xfiles

Ill take it! Give it to meeeeeeeeeeee

#10 9 years ago

CDL

crlush

Pinside member

Ray Twp., MI

11y 86,300 2,760 8

There was someone in my area selling a home edition Evil Knievel for over a year on CL when I first got into buying pinball machines, and would repost it every single day, so people started posting fake ads making fun of the guy trying to get a bunch of money for a non working home edition pin.

#11 9 years ago

ERW

chuckwurt

Seen a Comet that looks to be in good shape on CL near me that has been sitting for months. the guy will probably take 600-700 for it, but I didn't want to go that high. But that seems like a fair price to me. Not sure why it hasn't sold.

There is also a fast draw for $600 near Lima OH that looks to be in great condition. I bet $500 could take that home.

There has been a Volcano, Paragon, Spy Hunter, Kings of Steel, and a couple Speak Easys that have been sitting forever too. Some overpriced, but not all of them.

#12 9 years ago

DTF

dantebean

Inactive member

11y 66,650 2,532 1 6

In IL there is a DE Simpson for sale at $3k on Ebay. It has been there for a MINIMUM of 3 years. You would think one non pinhead would have picked this up in 3 years.

Here are some titles I see sitting a lot:
T2
T3
Nascar
South Park

#13 9 years ago

ERW

chuckwurt

Also, a suspected HUO Pinball Pool for $800 that has sat for a month probably. Might be overpriced a bit.

#14 9 years ago

???

westofrome

Pinside member

Alexandria, VA

11y 77,300 2,158 2

This $1200 Jungle Lord has been on DC CL forever (and is forever "just refurbished").
washingtondc.craigslist.org link

#15 9 years ago

TAM

tamoore

Pinside member

Grayling, MI

11y 123K 6,661 37 58

LW3 seems to take a while to sell whenever I see one around here.

#16 9 years ago

SEC

balboarules

Inactive member

Milford, MA

10y 63,150 2,449 1 7

Avengers le been listed for sale here for close to a year.

#17 9 years ago

A$$

Bohdi

Pinside member

Burnsville, MN

11y 68,550 2,840 3 7

About any EM around here over 400 is on there FOREVER..

#18 9 years ago

MOF

mof

Quoted from chuckwurt:
Kings of Steel

LOL That's in my top-10 for sure out here... Haven't seen one in few weeks, it's a lucky break, I tell ya!
-mof

#19 9 years ago

KJS

Mudflaps

Pinside+ Frequent

Springfield, VA

11y 181K 8,675 5

Hook

#20 9 years ago

DBC

danczaz

DBC Pinball

Hampshire, IL

10y 86,100 3,842 8

Quoted from dantebean:
In IL there is a DE Simpson for sale at $3k on Ebay. It has been there for a MINIMUM of 3 years. You would think one non pinhead would have picked this up in 3 years.
Here are some titles I see sitting a lot:
T2
T3
Nascar
South Park

Talked to him before! Firm at 3k

#21 9 years ago

DBC

danczaz

DBC Pinball

Hampshire, IL

10y 86,100 3,842 8

Williams early SS World Cup soccer! Just saw one on eBay today.. Opening bid $50... Buy it now $100

#22 9 years ago

DTF

dantebean

Inactive member

11y 66,650 2,532 1 6

Quoted from danczaz:
Talked to him before! Firm at 3k

Has it always been $3k? I cant remember if it was higher. Have seen that thing since I started collecting in 2011.

#23 9 years ago

S S

PinsideTroll

Inactive member

New Castle, DE

10y 49,650 937 12 10

Flash

#24 9 years ago

TOM

TomT

Pinside member

Charlotte, NC

12y 84,050 1,132 6

Two here come to mind a $600.00 Klondike and a $225.00 bingo (that is listed as a pinball) have both been on CL for at least four months just keep getting listed over and over at what point do these idiots get a clue?

#25 9 years ago

DRA

Grinder901

Inactive member

Germantown, TN

10y 78,900 4,926 1

Quoted from balboarules:
Avengers le been listed for sale here for close to a year.

Blue or Green? How much?

#26 9 years ago

MOF

mof

Quoted from chuckwurt:
Comet

Around these parts, it seems a Comet moves really slowly, but eventually moves...
-mof

#27 9 years ago

ERW

chuckwurt

longisland.craigslist.org link

OP
Quoted from mof:
Around these parts, it seems a Comet moves really slowly, but eventually moves...
-mof

Im okay with that. that means I might be able to snag it in early 2015. haha.

#28 9 years ago

JEF

JeffTaylor

Inactive member

Oyster Bay, NY

11y 24,650 73 2

Six Million Dollar Man has been on the Long Island CL for years. Reposted often.

#29 9 years ago

MBN

tb0ne

Pinside member

Raleigh, NC

12y 38,900 359

NBA Fastbreak. Have had one for sale for over a month, down to $1450. Not a single person has looked at it.

The best game I know of that nobody wants.

#30 9 years ago

MOF

mof

Ah yes, another one that sits forever.
Nightmare on Elm Street.
-mof

Usually they are closer to $2K, but this one must be extra special.
modesto.craigslist.org link

#31 9 years ago

COS

cosmokramer

Pinside member

11y 120K 8,460

I have seen all the titles listed above sell if they are priced right...

#32 9 years ago

MOF

mof

Quoted from JeffTaylor:
Six Million Dollar Man has been on the Long Island CL for years. Reposted often.
longisland.craigslist.org link

$1500 won't cut it buddy. (ss)
sfbay.craigslist.org link

#33 9 years ago

KIS

rollinover

Pinside member

10y 83,050 2,094

Quoted from westofrome:
This $1200 Jungle Lord has been on DC CL forever (and is forever "just refurbished").
washingtondc.craigslist.org link

thats not a horrible deal, and the game looks like a pretty nice example. I bet if they shaved a few hundred off it would be long gone.

#34 9 years ago

DAN

Rush1169

Pinside member

11y 71,800 871

Stern Harley D - NIB - Years on CL. Did lower from $9K
tulsa.craigslist.org link

#35 9 years ago

STK

flynnibus

Pinside+ Frequent

11y 134K 13,234

Games that you see people sell.. and a amateur flipper tries to resell again.

Flash
Pat Hand
Genesis
Raven

There hasn't been a week gone by where one of those titles hasn't been for sale in probably years here.

#36 9 years ago

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ForceFlow

Pinside Moderator

9y 238K 31,359 268 14

Someone has been reposting a small soldiers table-top pinball toy and a cowboy hat for over a year. It's annoying. I'm almost tempted just to buy them to keep the ads from popping up every week.

#37 9 years ago

PMK

ek77

Frozen

10y 56k 2,012

EM's

People ask $500/$800

They sell $250/$400

#38 9 years ago

MMD

Freeplay40

Encore Pinball

Bothell, WA

10y 127K 4,007 13

Guy on the Seattle CL has been posting 5 new pinballs (yeah, just the balls) for $20 for months.

#39 9 years ago

SBS

o-din

Pinside+ Addict

11y 158K 58,796

Medieval Madness. It seems like the same ones keep being re-listed over and over again.

#40 9 years ago

CAM

Chemixtry

Pinside member

Rio Rancho, NM

12y 29,400 283 12

My favorite one that has been listed forever - a $75 bucket of pinball parts:
albuquerque.craigslist.org link

Our returning champion though is the guy asking $4500 each (formally $3k) for Black Rose, Whirlwind, and Waterworld:
albuquerque.craigslist.org link

#41 9 years ago

SEF

practicalsteve

GoldenStatePin

El Cerrito, CA

12y 104K 7,623 5

This guy selling his old stock from his store for 15 grand. At least he says hes now retired, instead of the going out of business sale that seemed to last a year. Think ive seen the same guy selling the same machines since I started the hobby.
sfbay.craigslist.org link

This ad has a list of the games from same seller as above- $1600 for the (Bally 1977 SS) regular version of Eight Ball, how has that not sold?
sfbay.craigslist.org link

And this guy is my newest gripe with his "priced to sell fast" Dr. Dude (Bally 1990) that at $1820 is obviously priced to sell sloooowwww. Been there at least two months.
sfbay.craigslist.org link

#42 9 years ago

SEC

balboarules

Inactive member

Milford, MA

10y 63,150 2,449 1 7

Quoted from Grinder901:
Blue or Green? How much?

Now I cannot find it.. Guess it went..

There is a Transformers LE that has been up for going on a year too.

#43 9 years ago

SEC

balboarules

Inactive member

Milford, MA

10y 63,150 2,449 1 7

Quoted from Chemixtry:
My favorite one that has been listed forever - a $75 bucket of pinball parts:
" target="_blank">albuquerque.craigslist.org link
Our returning champion though is the guy asking $4500 each (formally $3k) for Black Rose, Whirlwind, and Waterworld:
albuquerque.craigslist.org link

Wow, how many emails were sent to this guy telling him he is nuts?

#44 9 years ago

ARN

ArnieC

Pinside+ Frequent

Lincoln, NE

11y 54,050 436 15

Tron LE - what a over rated load - I mean greatest game ever since I still have mine forsale

#45 9 years ago

MOF

mof

Now in all fairness, let's not turn this into "Craigslist Laughs #2" -- a great thread -- let's focus JUST on those titles that STAGNATE FOREVER and make you insa-yane. Focus.

-mof

#46 9 years ago

MOF

mof

Quoted from practicalsteve:
And this guy is my newest gripe with his "priced to sell fast" Dr. Dude (Bally 1990) that at $1820 is obviously priced to sell sloooowwww. Been there at least two months.
sfbay.craigslist.org link

I'll agree -- Dr. Dudes seem to move slowly, but I'm not sure I'd put them in the "forever" bucket... something weird about this specific one... even stranger that the guy never drops the price, and it stays at 1820. WTF.

-mof

#47 9 years ago

MOF

mof

Quoted from flynnibus:
Games that you see people sell.. and a amateur flipper tries to resell again.
Flash
Raven
There hasn't been a week gone by where one of those titles hasn't been for sale in probably years here.

Agree, Flash and Raven move slowwwly. We even had a $400 Flash in very good condition recently just sitting here for 2 weeks. Just so many of them out there... Do they breed?

-mof

#48 9 years ago

MOF

mof

Quoted from o-din:
Medieval Madness. It seems like the same ones keep being re-listed over and over again.

Not ringing a bell -- is that an EM?
-mof

#49 9 years ago

???

westofrome

Pinside member

Alexandria, VA

11y 77,300 2,158 2

Flash had the third-highest production run of modern pins (19,505), just behind Addams and Eight Ball.

#50 9 years ago

ERW

chuckwurt