This popped up on FB today and it caused quite the "discussion" Seller was asking close to 6k because Ebay...but has since graciously lowered the price to $5300 due to the coin door. What would you pay?

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Theres just too many things that scream stay away on this to offer anything more than 2k myself. The PF looks to be in pretty good shape, but the pictures aren't clear enough, it could easily have wear around inserts or other harder to detect wear. It clearly has not been cleaned or shopped in ages. Who knows what kind of condition the boards are in! I'm highly afraid of bad battery damage. The coin door "mod" is supposedly to turn the game to free play, which seems to be about the dumbest way possible to achieve free play.

The owner is really defensive about it, as she truly believes its worth top dollar because thats what some really nice ones are listed at on ebay

I see ones with more info and in better shape listed in the 3k range all the time. I think you'd be crazy to pay 3k for this hack job, and we still have no info on the boards or hi res pictures of the PF.

She is claiming somebody is offering her $3800

To be clear I am not interested in buying this game myself. There's way too many red flags with this particular game telling me to stay away. She did post better playfield pictures and the PF does appear to be in pretty decent shape.

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Valid point, but I am more concerned if somebody had to add in this custom "coin door" for a free play button, what other things have been cobbled together? Its obvious the game will need to be torn down and given a lot of love even in the best case scenario. For me, that doesn't make it a $3000-4000 game since I see ones that are in nice shape freshly shopped ready to play in that price range all the time. Would I pay $2000 for it? Absolutley. $2500...maybe but i'd be taking a really hard look at everything and still be pretty apprehensive. Thats just me though, maybe somebody else would be more willing to risk it. At 3k its a pass for sure, even if I knew it could clean up nice. Just too much work to justify the price at that point. $3800 like the seller is claiming was offered to her, not a snowballs chance in hell!!

The owner can't even take pictures with the glass off and apparently is using her 2007 flip phone for the pics. I will say aside from a tiny tinge of battery damage on the left most post of the battery holder the boards do look to be in good shape, and the PF from what we see does look pretty good although I'm not ready to go all in and say its great until I see clearer pics. That said, I still see plenty of FH's going for 3k that don't need the work this one does and to me more work = less price. Looks like some people would be willing to pay 3k for it though so maybe thats what somebody will get it for. I certainly won't lose sleep over not buying it though.

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She won't take 3k she is absolutely convinced that her price of $5300 is fair, if not generous. She keeps posting ebay machines for 7k and 8k that are super nice, fully shopped, LED'd and the works, claiming hers is nicer and therefore her price is more than fair. She'll continue to own it for a long time with her great attitude. Honestly its like an episode of pawn stars over in the FB thread. I think some people just get an idea that their item is worth a certain amount, and they start dreaming of all the things that they're going to buy with that large sum of money and when it turns out its only worth half or less than what you think its just too bitter of a pill to swallow.

Its not a joke lol. The lady selling it is certainly a joker though. The post is a train wreck but I can't turn away. Its on the Pinball Classified Ads FB group. Its a closed page so you have to be a member to see whats going on in there

I think it could turn out nice in the right hands too. But for 4k no thanks. Honestly if somebody buys that for any more than 3k I will be both shocked and disappointed.