Quoted from too-many-pins:I am 600 miles east of him and emailed last night with a $50+ dollar per machine offer and he said he would never consider selling them that cheap.
Suggestion: Email him again. Include a link to this thread. Then see what his reply is.
Sometimes folks simply don't know the true value of what they have. If you were the seller, would you sit there clamouring for a delusional $12,000 after reading this thread? How could you?
There is fantasy, and there is reality. I'm assuming he'd rather them sold and gone, with some money in his pocket and his space back. Waiting for $12,000 - even $5000 - is going to mean they're simply not going anywhere. Which I think, if the guy knew, he might wake up. If it's all-for-not, why bother even having the listing up, thinking a buyer is going to close a sale. It's not. Going. To. Happen.
This bulk lot is going to require a very specific buyer, who IS going to know their actual value, and IS going to have to be capable of transport outta there. This isn't catfishing a single buyer on one overpriced machine (which IS possible for some sellers, selling to newbies or the uninformed).
The "uninformed" won't be going near this place. It's not that kind of offering.
Therefore, this guy's only hope of a customer is an actual seasoned pinball enthusiast - meaning the sale will only happen at or below ACTUAL VALUE. $12,000 ain't it. If the guy wants to sell, he's going to have to come back down from space, or he's just wasting his time waiting for a closure that will never happen.
