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noice87

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Less than a month ago I took over a storage unit that had 4 junk games, 3 jukeboxes, a pinball and assorted other crap. All I had to do was pay 59 for the first month and move everything out befpre the next month. The following events followed that I though were cool.

I sold one of the games for $15 to a guy who use to work for Walgreens as a pharmacist which is cool since I work for Walgreen's. He now works for Kroger which I love supermarkets and Kroger being in my top 3.

One of the barrels which had assorted electronic junk had a old business card Chuck E Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre (Old Logo) Some ladies name Manager Electronic Theathre Restraunts (Licensee) Address for Houston, TX. I thought that was pretty coool. If I don't trade it off I am going to frame to hang in the game room.

I listed my 3 Juke boxes on CL for 100 each OBO. Had a guy email fairly quickly after listing them asking if I would take $200. I said sure and told him my days off were Friday and Saturday. So he comes down Friday to pick them up. We talked for quite a while. He only recently got into Juke boxes and with mine has 14 now. He mentioned he was a auto mechanic so I mentioned my VW Bug. He said he specializes in VW's and hands me his business card "Classic VW Service". From talking about my car he says it's a Autostick isn't it? I go yep. He said he used to work on them because no one else would. I then mention I had a 82 Ford Courier and he goes after I left VW of America (Worked there 15 years) he worked at Nissian for a year then Mazda and had worked on the B series truck AKA Ford Courier. I told him if I bring my bug down I would have him look at it and also have him look at my truck. My current mechanic charges $85 a hour verus this guy $50.

Just thought I would share. Werid how such a small world it is.

Thanks Steven
 
And you didn't pick up that $100 galaga in Cockrell Hill on CL
You made me drive all the way down from Princeton..

Thppppttttt
 
what happened to the rest of the stuff, did it get added to your collection, or are you still paying on the storage unit?
Great hookup though, if you're into classic VW's, knowing a good VW mechanic is crucial, especially one that has a decent hourly rate :D
 
1 cab got sold
2 cabs got parted
1 is waiting to be parted. Should take less than 10 swings of the hammer. Igt's got water damage, no monitor. Going to use the jamma harness in a Moppet to do a Multi.
3 Jukeboxes sold
Pinball is in my other unit but need to move it to the garage or my new unit. (Hoping to move it tonight but I am sure my wife will not want to.
Most of the other stuff was junk and got tossed out. Only have a few parts in there now. I don't even have a lock on it as I needed a lock for my other unit which has two doors.
 
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