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Hey everybody,

I'm posting on the behalf of Gary Pierini, owner of Coin Amusements here on the central coast of California. He's looking to make some space in his warehouse, and has posted some machines for sale on his new site:

http://coin-amusements.com/

All sales are cash, all prices are best offer, no delivery. The warehouse is located in Santa Maria, CA. Use the contact form on the game pages to inquire (Example: http://coin-amusements.com/?product=lethal-enforcers-3)

Please, list any questions you have here so the group can benefit.
 
There's a single picture of each game, and no information as to whether the games are working or not. You don't seem to be selling them cheap or anything. If you're expecting to get retailish prices for them, you might want to include more images and indicate whether the games are actually playable or not.

For example, a playable Dig Dug with nice art might be worth $450 no problem. A dead Dig Dug that's missing the board set and has a ton of water damage might not be worth $45.
 
There's a single picture of each game, and no information as to whether the games are working or not. You don't seem to be selling them cheap or anything. If you're expecting to get retailish prices for them, you might want to include more images and indicate whether the games are actually playable or not.

For example, a playable Dig Dug with nice art might be worth $450 no problem. A dead Dig Dug that's missing the board set and has a ton of water damage might not be worth $45.

I understand the concern. All games are untested, and are priced to ward off casual looky-loo's. I can say here that if you show genuine interest then deals can be made with the man himself in person. He is one of the very few active and working operators around here, and doesn't have much time to deal with online sales. I'm helping out, and understand the market for video games is really soft right now. No offers will go unconsidered, and bulk buys will get you discounts.

I'm trying to be as open as possible in this forum, any feedback is appreciated.
 
I walked through the warehouse when I was visiting Steven and yeah there's a mess of stuff there. I saw way more than what was listed on his site and figure that you'd really have to drive down and then just figure out the condition and then make offers. It all looked as dusty as those one per machine pics showed and there's no telling what condition they are in since they all are operator pulls.

What should be figured out is how serious is he willing to deal. People will go the distance for deals. The Fresno raid organized by Greg and Paul offered some working (but needed work) cabs for as low as $75. Many deals were had all around.

There's really no indication on how low this guy will go and the market is seriously soft right now.

I'm sure he's a good guy if he's the partner of Steven.
 
Gary is a cool guy. Went up there today and it was insane. A sea of games of all types. I scored some awesome games at a great price. The prices on the web site are not firm! The more games you buy the better deal you will get. When I get a chance to wipe down the games I'll take some pics. Thanks Again Pete for all the help!
 
I was in the warehouse most of the afternoon and early evening yesterday cleaning and taking pictures of games. I have some new games to put up on the site soon and new/better pictures of existing machines. I hope to have them all up tonight.

It was great meeting Chiller and seeing some cool games get a great new home! Yep, there are many many many more games in the warehouse than we've listed so far. Some classics that will be up with prices soon:

Baby Pac
Berzerk

Newer Games:
Carnevil Showcase
Gauntlet Dark Legacy (might need video card)
WAR Final Assault (might need video card)


Also, it's worth noting that there are probably 10-15 Ms Pac cabinets to choose from, of varying completeness and quality.
 
But in all seriousness, there are a few gems still there.

If anyone needs detailed info on a specific game, LMK as I've spent hours and hours among these games when we consolidated warehouses and I've personally moved 75% of these and have inspected almost 100% of them
 
Mylstar - do you know if the Head-On works, and what condition it's in?

It's not worth nearly $1000 to me, but if prices are still flexible I might be interested.
 
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