Ms Pac "just shopped out"

how can something that is not what you claim it to be,be shopped out?????

take an hoover to it and give it a wipe and its been shopped out!

they never took the time to think "hey,how come all the other pacmans are not the same as ours?" reply "ours is sure rare,dont forget to add that in the descriptions" SUPER RARE PACMAN!

makes me wander if its ever met its english cousin????
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Refurbished-G...eo_Games_Coin_Operated_MJ&hash=item3f03f66576
:D
 
they seem to know what WORKSHOPPED is so how come they so docile to not know what a pacman cabinet looks like?!?

some people simply amaze me!
:)
 
Reminds me of a "Ms. Pac-Man" that an operator tried to sell me when I very first started collecting. In fact, it was the day that I bought my first game. I had been lurking here for about 6 months so I wasn't a total newbie. He wanted $900 for it (9 years ago, mind you). He got upright when I asked why there was no side art on it. I didn't know much at the time but I knew enough not to fall for that.
 
You guys have got to quit jumping down every seller's throat. Nowhere in the auction does he claim that it's original. He only says that it's Ms. Pac-Man, which it is. Ms. Pac is a very popular title, even today, and I've seen several on location in non-original cabinets. People with time to kill and quarters in their pockets don't care that it's not the original cab. Last time I saw one, it was in a Dig Dug cabinet painted black, and people were playing it.

And you guys also need to remember what the phrase "just shopped" really means - or at least, what it meant when it came about. An operator pulls a game out a location, either to swap it with another or because it's broken. He brings it back to the shop, fixes it if necessary, cleans it up, vacuums it out, replaces burned out light bulbs, puts on new rubber (in the case of a pinball), checks all the switches, cleans or replaces the coin mechs, and just basically makes sure it's ready to go back out to another location, and make more money. At this point it's "shopped". It's not "restored", because an op isn't going to do that. He's just going to paint over the hand wear on the sides, paint the bottom 6" of the front black to hide the dings, etc.

So, if you're an operator and want to put a Ms. Pac into a bar or a laundromat, you could buy this game, wheel it in, plug it into the wall, and it's ready to go. It's not a project, it's not broken, it's not restored, and it's not a collector's item. It's a piece of vending equipment.

If you're going to bitch, at least bitch about the price. A Ms. Pac board in a Dymo cabinet isn't worth $1200. But, at the same time, he is offering free shipping, which is several hundred dollars in the case of an arcade game. That has to be factored in. And if a guy wants one to put on location, $1200 for a proven money-making game isn't the worst price in the world, especially considering what this crap cost new.

Not everyone that buys arcade games is collecting them. Some people are using them for their original purpose :)

-Ian
 
I agree. Plus, it's a 60 in 1, not a Ms. Pac-Man, he just didn't mention that because he doesn't want to get the auction pulled.

So 1200 shipped for a working 60 in 1 is about the going rate. What's the big deal?
 
I agree. Plus, it's a 60 in 1, not a Ms. Pac-Man, he just didn't mention that because he doesn't want to get the auction pulled.

So 1200 shipped for a working 60 in 1 is about the going rate. What's the big deal?

so now its gone from ms pacman game in non dedicated to the same with a 60in1 in it????

so the sellers is a complete BAG?????
;)
 
good ole Julius Robbins
I've gotten stuff from him in the past. Mostly it comes dammaged etc. There's almost always an issue.
 
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