Deadly
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So as the story goes - I fixed a vector monitor for an OP I recently met. I delivered it to his shop last night. I told him I'm considering buying a pin and wanted to know about maintenance, his favorite tables and why - most problematic so on and so forth. He has several HIGH end popular tables. He is such a great guy, very knowledgable and I thoroughly enjoy talking to him. He pointed at a Star Wars Episode 1 machine and said, "I know you like star Wars and since you helped me out, where I'd normally charge $3400 for that I'll give it to you for $3000." Wow .... ummmm .... just wow. First of all I sincerely appreciate the price break but man the average price on the market is NO where near that. So I leveled with him and told him I see those machines "typically" listed for $1800 - $2200. He then replied, "There's no way in hell I'd sell it for that. I could part it out and make more money than that." Of course he can ask what ever he wants - I just won't pay it because I can't afford it. So we talked awhile longer and I left.
So here's the conversation piece of this thread. All the pins he has he bought brand new. So lets say the machine was bought in 1990 and put into the field. Almost 20 years later has thing thing not only paid for itself but also made him money by now? A blanket question - how much money does a good title pinball machine bring in annually?
So here's the conversation piece of this thread. All the pins he has he bought brand new. So lets say the machine was bought in 1990 and put into the field. Almost 20 years later has thing thing not only paid for itself but also made him money by now? A blanket question - how much money does a good title pinball machine bring in annually?



