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Over the last month, I have been killing myself with work. I had my full-time work and then I had my full-time, side job. My mother passed away in February and we needed to empty her house and get it ready to put on the market. I worked SO many hours at night and on the weekends, doing renovations and repairs. She had a fair amount of debt, and the sale of her house would satisfy that debt, and leave a little money to split between my 5 siblings and me. The hard work paid off and we sold it for $25,000 over the asking price in a day. So now onto my dilemma. Earlier in the year I lost a tooth. I broke it, so I pulled it out, and now I'm missing a tooth near the front. My wife has been adamant about me getting my tooth fixed when I got my money. As I said, it was a very modest amount, and I don't have dental coverage. Now jump ahead to a few days ago. The opportunity to buy the first cabinet I ever owned, fell into my lap. It's the very same Tron I brought home back in 2013. I regretted selling it, and really wanted that game back. I figured that I could purchase the Tron, and have enough left over to get a bridge from the dentist. An unfortunate thing also happened a couple of days ago. A 1980, Gottlieb, Amazing Spiderman pin, popped up near me. I have wanted one since I was a kid, and I have never seen one for sale, in close proximity. I was forced to make a choice. I had to fix the tooth because my wife said she will not be married to a "White trash husband", and I had to choose between two machines that I wanted really badly. I made my choice, and I hope I don't regret it down the road.