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Again, mostly recent machines, but you're gonna get hella good prices if you attend in-person. They don't do online sales, so your only competition is other people physically there. Rent a truck and fill it.
I wish more people talked about the business side of this hobby. Retro games are fantastic, but aren't really a cash cow any more. They're a novelty that people play once or twice, and then move on to redemption machines. Even at my parties, where every game is free to play, people don't stand...
Honestly, Captains is going to be great for getting what you really need, which is oodles of redemption machines.
There's also quite a few good ones through Bill Ramsey when an arcade shuts down - you're gonna get lots more recent and redemption machines, which will keep the business afloat...
In answer to your first question, it's difficult to know Canada, because I'm used to America. Utah isn't exactly bumping, but there's still tons of "Better than Captains" prices on Facebook and local classifieds without the 25% added for tax and hammer price, plus shipping. Remember, you're...
Seems like a topic you should start in the general forum - there's constantly "decent" prices on facebook and classifieds in my area. But honestly, you sound like you're running head first into a situation you're not prepared for.
"One stop shop" is a screaming red flag of someone not...
I'm kinda surprised no one scrapes captains for photos/prices for long-term posterity.
That said, SoCal prices don't really seem that indicative of the rest of the country.
There's nothing wrong with the economy for rich people.
People who can drop $1.3k on a tiny metal trinket will be fine. The rest of us are struggling to buy Ramen.
For at least some part of history, it was the best video game ever made that was available to the general public. However, a short time later, it was the absolute worst game between the two that existed.
I talked to that Green Computer Space guy - he was shady AF. The pics he had were years old, and refused to take new pictures. I was interested, but it felt like the "getting scammed" possibility was through the roof. And with the game across the US, it just wasn't possible for me to get it.
Bill and I were friends back in the day when I was at Michigan State. We attended arcade auctions together, and even the infamous Kalamazoo warehouse raid, the one with the rotting machines and falling apart stairs. http://www.bitburn.com/kzoo_raid_index/kzooraid.html I was the crazy guy who...