Craigs list nightmare turns into "Let's Play $100.00 Cab !"

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Craigs list nightmare turns into "Let's Play $100.00 Cab !"

An ad was posted on craigs list in New Haven CT ( http://newhaven.craigslist.org/for/1364055369.html ), which was a complete waste of time!!! The person listed a Ghost N' Goblins Cabinet, A Missile Command and claimed to have boxes of PCB's "50" to be exact. Turns out it was just a massive pile of garbage. No Ghosts N' Goblins, No Missile Command..instead it was a poor condition double dragon with a junky monitor / no bezel etc. The other games were said to be working which were not! It was a garage filled with complete crap, and the seller wouldn't budge 50.00 to have us take some of his broken crap away.

To make a long story short on the way home we decided to call local craigs list ads to see if we can snatch some cheap cabinets for $100.00 ea. ... The name of this game was "Let's Play $100.00 cab!". After getting many negative responses, in addition to some crazy person wanted $2,000.00 for a multi super-pac, we ended up calling some dude that posted a Galaxian, and Defender for 600.00 for the pair. We told him we had a trailer and were ready to pick up both cabinets for 200.00, he said yes! We were pretty shocked after he said yes so we ended up going to at least check em out, being that we already had the trailer.

The Defender was not working but seemed whole (all boards / parts etc), and the Galaxian worked to a degree (was looping back to the first board), but had Galaga glass, and Galaga 88' side art. We offered 100.00 for both.. the guy thought about it and then said 150.00 for boh, so we ended up taking both machines for $150.00. The day was long and rather took an unexpected turn.. but it was a fun trip.

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From $600 to $150, Jesus that worked out great! I've been replying to Craigslist ads around here, and trying to get cabs for $100 - $200 and it ain't happening. And mind you they're only asking 200-400 for the cabs to begin with- but I either get no response or "thanks anyway, have a nice day."

No one lets cabs go for anything less than $200 around here... and the $200 games are not exactly in demand.
 
Gunsmoke failed to mention it was him, Me and another KLOVer that went on the roadtrip to CT(What was his handle gunsmoke)? And Stutrac met us there for good measure!

Yes, it started out to be a real circle jerk for all. But that game "Buy a $100 cab we came up was hysterical". Kind of a spin off of CASH CAB. It was hysterical after the 5th call we got a bite. You had to be there to really appreciate the game. Anyway, Gunsmoke got the galaxian and I will fiddle with the defender. I may part it out.
 
ArcRevival will be along shortly to chastise you for even thinking about parting out that Defender.:D
 
A fellow KLOVer and I worked on the defender a bit today. added fuse F4 1ASB, did some souldering, removed a broken switch...still nothing. To be continued...It won't be parted out just yet.

ArcRevival will be along shortly to chastise you for even thinking about parting out that Defender.:D
 
A fellow KLOVer and I worked on the defender a bit today. added fuse F4 1ASB, did some souldering, removed a broken switch...still nothing. To be continued...It won't be parted out just yet.


I would murder for a Defender in any shape...


If you are considering selling it for a REASONABLE price, let me know... I'll be heading to Long Island for Thanksgiving...
 
I would murder for a Defender in any shape...


If you are considering selling it for a REASONABLE price, let me know... I'll be heading to Long Island for Thanksgiving...

Even Though that defender is not mine..If you bring 2x Stern Pooyan's we'll consider it an even trade.
 
ArcRevival will be along shortly to chastise you for even thinking about parting out that Defender.:D

Sorry i'm late. Ya, that Defender looks pretty solid. Would be pretty effing retarded, like about a 98 on the Retardo-Parto meter to part that one out. The other dude is all ready trying to make a Pacman out of the Galaxian from what i saw in the Buy-Sell-Trade forum. So ya, grats on the score , i guess. Too bad they didnt go to real collectors that would appreciate them...
 
I'll appreciate my Midway Pac-Man cabinet once it's finished... I'm just not a Galaxian guy, And it utilizes the same cabinet It's not like I'm throwing out the parts from the galaxian.. I'm selling / or trading them to other collectors just like my self who want specific parts for specific games. I could understand a poor conversion, but it's the same cab! And even if it wasn't what about kit only games... Gun.Smoke is one of my favorite games, along with Bubble Bobble.. and they never had dedicated cabinets. I'm all for original dedicated cabinets, but if I don't like that game then it's going to get a face lift.
 
Looks great so far!

Thanks! Obviously it's a work in progress, but I'm happy with the way it's turning out so far. I was pretty lucky because the midway cabinet was in great shape. I have a pending sale on the control panel (fully populated), a new cpo, already ordered the original glass bezel. Most likely going to toss in a new vision pro or similar 19'' NIB monitor, I'm just going to need to track down some stencils. Oh yeah and I need the paint codes for the red, and blue (home depot , lowes, aboffs etc)
 
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