Hi all -
(originally posted elsewhere, before I was told this sub exited. I never noticed it!)
Went and looked at a Budweisier Tapper today at a guys house. It was a "regular" (not the color side/front art Tapper).
Game worked fine. Monitor would need to be re-capped. Cab was nice, not mint. It had a 2" x 0.5" gouge / missing art on the front. Also would need new art on one side (so realistically both sides so it matched), and a new CPO.
I asked where it was from. Owner said he used to own an arcade shop. Probably should have known to walk at that point. He was a nice enough guy, but arcade shop owners (and perhaps ex-arcade-shop-owners) generally seem to feel games are worth much more than us collectors.
After offering what I felt was a very fair price ($1300, with very little room to haggle) he said he wouldn't take a dollar less than $1850.
He's had it up for sale for four months...
Amusingly of course, Tapper is the *one* game used in the "condition pricing" examples of the Exidy price guide.
What do you guys think? Is the fair price closer to $1300 or $1850?
-V
(originally posted elsewhere, before I was told this sub exited. I never noticed it!)
Went and looked at a Budweisier Tapper today at a guys house. It was a "regular" (not the color side/front art Tapper).
Game worked fine. Monitor would need to be re-capped. Cab was nice, not mint. It had a 2" x 0.5" gouge / missing art on the front. Also would need new art on one side (so realistically both sides so it matched), and a new CPO.
I asked where it was from. Owner said he used to own an arcade shop. Probably should have known to walk at that point. He was a nice enough guy, but arcade shop owners (and perhaps ex-arcade-shop-owners) generally seem to feel games are worth much more than us collectors.
After offering what I felt was a very fair price ($1300, with very little room to haggle) he said he wouldn't take a dollar less than $1850.
He's had it up for sale for four months...
Amusingly of course, Tapper is the *one* game used in the "condition pricing" examples of the Exidy price guide.
What do you guys think? Is the fair price closer to $1300 or $1850?
-V



