Found a tempest cocktail on CL cheap

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actually i was suprised that i got this.
no one called him but me, and i didnt get there till a week from when i first contacted him.
its not working but complete, and the glass has no art work, but in very good condition.

i will try to get some pics up later.
its in the garage safe and sound.

dont know when i will touch it, man is the wife mad. lol
but for $50 cannot go wrong, i had to get it, no matter what the concequences.
prob wont be getting dinner for awhile.

i will not be keeping it, but hopefully fixing it.
 
actually i was suprised that i got this.
no one called him but me, and i didnt get there till a week from when i first contacted him.
its not working but complete, and the glass has no art work, but in very good condition.

i will try to get some pics up later.
its in the garage safe and sound.

dont know when i will touch it, man is the wife mad. lol
but for $50 cannot go wrong, i had to get it, no matter what the concequences.
prob wont be getting dinner for awhile.

i will not be keeping it, but hopefully fixing it.

How can the wife be mad? Thats an investment. Good score!
 
Here's how to deal with an angry Wife over a game you've bought; when it sells hand her $100 bucks the next Saturday morning and tell her to go shopping and enjoy herself with the *extra* money you made selling that game.

I guarantee you she won't fuss when the next one shows up, hell my Wife hasn't been able to park her car in the garage since the mid-90's. :)
 
......................................you bastard!


that is all

:D





Im still trying to figure out how the hell i missed that!!!!!!!
 
Must of had that thing listed without the magic "arcade" term or something for so many people to have missed it. :rolleyes:
 
yes did not have the clasic arcade in it
here is the CL ad
http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/tag/1365139825.html

i like the give the wife $100 idea. I will do that.

taking pics now, kids are finally asleep and wife is watching her jon and kate show.

And now every collector is scrambling to search their local CL with every manufacturer name before someone else finds the hidden gem in their neck of the woods. :D
 
well after messing with it some and checking it out.
its missing optic board on player #2 spinner
plays blind ( both leds on main and aux board on)
getting +5 vdc on main board
monitor dead (no spot killer led on deflection and i see neck glow).

well all rest of updates regarding fix ups / help / retoration will be in the other forums.
about done for tonight.
thanks guys
frankie
 
nice score! are you serious yr wife is mad about this? if she's any like my wife, just mention all the 'shopping trips' and new clothes you see in the closet and maybe she'll pipe down.
 
yea she is pissed, been since sat.
sat i told her about the find, she said no
then i said i am just going to get it.
sun early am i got it was back by breakfast 8:30 am,(suppodedly) she blew her top, then i just left (no breakfast) to help out my kids school for their festival this upcomming week. stood there till 8pm working and drinking, then played softball at 9:40, drank some more got home at midnight.
this morning more yelling, left to work came home at 8pm. said hi she said nothing. lol
i cooked dinner for myself. then watching football and checking out game.

she is OCD and a control freak and she knows we dont have really any funds for me to fix it. but i could sell it right now as is and make money, but after her childish reaction it will definly stay in the garage for a bit. lol
 
yea she is pissed, been since sat.
sat i told her about the find, she said no
then i said i am just going to get it.
sun early am i got it was back by breakfast 8:30 am,(suppodedly) she blew her top, then i just left (no breakfast) to help out my kids school for their festival this upcomming week. stood there till 8pm working and drinking, then played softball at 9:40, drank some more got home at midnight.
this morning more yelling, left to work came home at 8pm. said hi she said nothing. lol
i cooked dinner for myself. then watching football and checking out game.

she is OCD and a control freak and she knows we dont have really any funds for me to fix it. but i could sell it right now as is and make money, but after her childish reaction it will definly stay in the garage for a bit. lol

Since you don't want to keep it and funds are an issue... Seems like it would do you more good to flip it for as much as possible dead. Don't know how depressed the market is there, but seems like even a collector would shell out $200 for it as is. The monitor is probably worth that dead all by itself. Anyway, I think it makes you look even wiser the faster the flip and income happens. Unless your just wanting to rock the boat which may be the case. ;)
 
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