shardian
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Okay guys, what would I realistically expect to pay for a Bally Playboy.
Assume fully working and basic shop job, with average cosmetics.
Assume fully working and basic shop job, with average cosmetics.
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Eh, well it's a moot point now. There was a local pin that popped up non-working fro $250. I was going to look at it, and put in an offer if it was at least decent and maybe a simple fix, then sell it.
The playfield was pretty bad - par for this machine. CPU had bad acid damage along bottom edge - probably unrepairable.
I am probably going to be making this my first paid arcade gig though. I might be fixing the game and doing a basic cleanup for the guy. I'm also going to fix some hum bar on the Ms. Pac.
So... why are you not buying it? Did he decide to not sell or something?
Because I'd rather not tie funds up into it, and be forced to sell high. He wanted $250, and I could have probably talked it down to $150.
I can't sell my pin for what I have in it, and don't want 2 pins in the same boat.
Oh, and the little fact that my wife would kick my ass if I bought a PLAYBOY pin. She loves the hobby and all the games, but there is a line that is in my best interests not to cross.
However, me bringing the game in for a few weeks to fix up and get paid...well she would be cool with that.
Yes it is, but pins just aren't moving around here. Unless I did an amazing restore, I would be lucky to get my money back out of it - much less make any real fundage for all the work put in. I'd rather do a quick shop job and make $100 straight up. It will give me valuable experience with Bally stuff too.
I do buy/sell vids because:
1. I can get them cheap
2. There are only a few inexpensive components to fix usually
3. I can make a killing on crappy dynamo cab conversions as multigames.
The effort/reward ratio is way higher on vids.