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WORST ->> Pinball buying mistake you ever made ?

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11 years ago


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#2 11 years ago

I've lost some money overpaying for unpopular Bally games when I was a newbie. I lost $300 each on X's and O's and Vector. I probably should have kept X's and O's; it was a fun pin.

#15 11 years ago

Actually the biggest buying mistake I ever made was passing up a TOTAN for $3k about 6-7 years ago, just because it was filthy. It probably would have cleaned up well enough to be a $6k pin.

All my worst mistakes were selling: $2500 WH2O, $2300 TZ...

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#151 10 years ago

Ugh, it hurt to read that LOTR story, Panzer!

This doesn't really qualify as a buying mistake, but I traded a really nice Blackout for a kinda beat-up Sorcerer. I'd swapped in a new CC'ed playfield, so it was sweet. This started out as a temp trade, but I fell in love with Sorcerer and told the guy to keep Blackout. I was planning to look for a new playfield for Sorcerer, but eventually gave up and sold it for $500.

Net loss: $500, and 30+ hours of my swap labor.

#176 10 years ago
Quoted from Dommer:

passing on a TOTAN for 3500 because i lived in a tiny house and thought 3500 was more than i should spend for a pin. .

Very similar - passing on a TOTAN for $3000 because the homeowner was not a pin collector, and the game was filthy. But I think TOTAN was going for $2500 in very good condition, at the time. Damn I'm old.

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