Quoted from mof:Not ringing a bell -- is that an EM?
No. The EMs seem to sell well around here. If they are reasonably priced.
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Ann Arbor, MI
Upper Hutt
There's one here in New Zealand. A Rolling Stones LE trying to sell for $6k over and over for at least a year. It might sell if the seller halved the price, but it's still one hell of a bad game.
The hands down winner of this thread is...
1987 Gottlieb MONTE CARLO
Always one for sale, normally they sit forever even at $500, and then if/when someone buys it they figure out fast it's a turd and try to sell it right away...starting the process all over again.
Quoted from LesManley:The hands down winner of this thread is...
1987 Gottlieb Monte Carlo
Always one for sale, normally they sit forever even at $500, and then if/when someone buys it they figure out fast it's a turd and try to sell it right away...starting the process all over again.
monte carlo, the fruitcake of the pinball games.
Quoted from mrgone:Monte Carlo, the fruitcake of the pinball games.
haha. or Mince Meat pie. Ugh, the worst.
Sherwood Park, AB
Quoted from pins4life33:WPT and WOF are the two I have had issue with selling mainly due to people not into the theme. You need to be a pure pinball player to understand the layouts on these machines greatly improve your overall game.
At least WPT is a good value...WOF is an issue with price due to rarity.
Fucking $1200 Jungle Lord on CL for ages and it pisses me off. Wish I could buy it and smash it in the street in front of his house.
Quoted from PoMC:Fucking $1200 Jungle Lord on CL for ages and it pisses me off. Wish I could buy it and smash it in the street in front of his house.
Looks like a fun game. See if he'll take $900...?
-mof
Quoted from mof:Looks like a fun game. See if he'll take $900...?
-mof
» YouTube video
» YouTube video
Jungle lord is really fun. But I agree. 900, not 1200
While not a true arcade pinball, I see what I believe to be the same "state fair" toy pinball machine (made by superior products) for sale all the time. Actually, they must have made a million of them as you see them all the time. I've seen some folks asking $1000 or better for this toy machine. They sit forever when for sale for $100 or less. I hate when I click on the ad and I'm greeted with this machine.
The other one that's sticking in my mind right now is Memory Lane. It seems like there's been one for sale forever around here and I think it's priced at like $300 or so. It's been for sale for at least a year or better.
Dave
Quoted from ek77:EM's
People ask $500/$800
They sell $250/$400
that's not always true. Good fun EM titles in really good shape sell in the $500-800 range. I sold 2 not to long ago one for $550 and another for $750. The $750 had nice everything and played great. The $550 had nice BG, playfield and played great but the cabinet had a "custom" paint job on it.
Comet is not a high dollar game. Usually sell for $300-500. That's why anything over that, they sit.
Same with freddy. I could have bought a bunch of them for $700-1000. to get more than $1000, it's going to sit. Freddy isn't a bad game and dirt cheap. I would have bought them, but pin space is valuable and I didn't want a game that is mediocre taking up a footprint.
Quoted from egyptrus:While not a true arcade pinball, I see what I believe to be the same "state fair" toy pinball machine (made by superior products) for sale all the time. Actually, they must have made a million of them as you see them all the time. I've seen some folks asking $1000 or better for this toy machine. They sit forever when for sale for $100 or less. I hate when I click on the ad and I'm greeted with this machine.
The other one that's sticking in my mind right now is Memory Lane. It seems like there's been one for sale forever around here and I think it's priced at like $300 or so. It's been for sale for at least a year or better.
Dave
I have one I can sell you!
Quoted from o-din:Medieval Madness. It seems like the same ones keep being re-listed over and over again.
Yes I noticed that too any Original MM over $6,500 just doesn't sell, maybe it has something to do with the new MMR LE ??? LOL
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-buy-sell-other/barrie/pinball-machine/1030931578
This type of ad is common up here in Canada, amazing what people are asking worse part about it is they usually get it.
Supply and demand I guess…
Quoted from CaptainNeo:that's not always true. Good fun EM titles in really good shape sell in the $500-800 range. I sold 2 not to long ago one for $550 and another for $750. The $750 had nice everything and played great. The $550 had nice BG, playfield and played great but the cabinet had a "custom" paint job on it.
Comet is not a high dollar game. Usually sell for $300-500. That's why anything over that, they sit.
Same with FREDDY. I could have bought a bunch of them for $700-1000. to get more than $1000, it's going to sit. FREDDY isn't a bad game and dirt cheap. I would have bought them, but pin space is valuable and I didn't want a game that is mediocre taking up a footprint.
Amen.
"Pin space is valuable and I didn't want a game that is mediocre taking up a footprint."
Quoted from chuckwurt:Jungle lord is really fun. But I agree. 900, not 1200
Have you ever sold a game on craigslist? Everyone wants to offer you 30% less than your asking price. I can't blame anyone for jacking up the price.
I find it helps just to put "firm" in to avoid this stuff.
Quoted from LesManley:The hands down winner of this thread is...
1987 Gottlieb Monte Carlo
Always one for sale, normally they sit forever even at $500, and then if/when someone buys it they figure out fast it's a turd and try to sell it right away...starting the process all over again.
Lol! I was going to try and buy that non-working Monte Carlo that is on the Mpls Cl today.... Glad the seller never responded to me! I'll have to find a better pinball project...
Quoted from andrew13:http://www.kijiji.ca/v-buy-sell-other/barrie/pinball-machine/1030931578
This type of ad is common up here in Canada, amazing what people are asking worse part about it is they usually get it.
Supply and demand I guess…
Yikes I thought we were bad in Western Canada....
The EM Monte Carlo from 1973 never seems to fare much better. Not the kind of title that those in the know seem to be looking for.
Quoted from JeffTaylor:Six Million Dollar Man has been on the Long Island CL for years. Reposted often.
longisland.craigslist.org link
Amen! The one CL constant I can count on every day is seeing that SM$M. There was another a month or two ago in similar condition for much less, and I think it lasted less than a week. You'd think the owner of this one would take a hint.
STTNG- with 20K of them made, seems like a tougher title to move.
To me, the key was finding a good one that worked 100% with zero playfield wear. Ended up with a pretty nice one, happily, after looking at 5 of them.
A guy in my area has been trying to sell a Bally Dixieland bingo, that he calls a pinball machine, for over three years now, and he reposts it every day, sometimes twice a day. All other pins seem to move fast here in PA, SS or EM.
Quoted from mof:Looks like a fun game. See if he'll take $900...?
-mof
» YouTube video
» YouTube video
I don't want the game, just want it off of CL. Fun or not, I'm sick of seeing the ad every damn day for months.
Breakshot there's a few in the SFBA craigslist for sale average $1500. I tend to look through many various areas across the west coast and have noticed several of them. I noticed a few Hooks but not sure if those have been up forever or not
Quoted from TheLaw:Don't know aboot that....Title has been picking up steam the last year.
There's two things that will turn a game from undesirable to popular - a recreation in Pinball Arcade, or a gameplay video by PAPA/Bowen.
Quoted from tb0ne:There's two things that will turn a game from undesirable to popular - a recreation in Pinball Arcade, or a gameplay video by PAPA/Bowen.
^^^ +1
-mof
Spirit of 76' EM is like a bad penny, and of coarse you know is soooo desirable and collectible because of its history 
ALOT of freedom em's
This won't die..
Or this, never even price drop. I never understand the seller that really doesn't want to actually sell something..weird.
Quoted from Nevus:natchez.craigslist.org link
For years on my regional CL.
I always notice the super deal because it says. L@@K!
PoMC is gonna thumbs up the hell outta ya.
-mof
LOL !
Quoted from dantebean:Has it always been $3k? I cant remember if it was higher. Have seen that thing since I started collecting in 2011.
As long as I remember at 3k... Things a simpsons collector will snag it up... Funny cuz he said he needed money to remodel basement or some BS..,
From Central NJ Craigslist. Antique pinball machine.
Please! Somebody! Anybody, Buy this pin!
I can't take seeing this ad anymore.
Quoted from mof:PoMC is gonna thumbs up the hell outta ya.
-mof
LOL !
Hahahahaha~! Right? At least the one by me is a deal in comparison!
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