Price Check - DK3 - let's have some fun with this

[Ghostlyguy]

What's it worth to you as a complete machine : $150

Now price it with a working boardset. : $150

Now part it out price.
Marquee : $20
PCB: $150
CP: $80
Bezel: $70
Cab: $60
Coin door: $100
T-Molding: $14
Power supply: $70


Now if it has the petrified cat turd in the bottom : $210

 

[ArcRevival]

I paid $250 for mine 2 years ago, but wouldn't pay that in the current market, in this area at least. I would say maybe $200 for someone that likes the game or just has to have a full Nintendo row. Add $60 for the sideart - only if the sides do not need to be repainted. subtract $100 for the board. Add $30 for the kit (it needs to be a deal, otherwise the buyer might as well buy a new one).

So that would be $190 as is, $290 with a working board. As with 99% of the games, it is worth the most parted out. The restored coin door will fetch $50 by itself, but I don't think it adds much, if any, value to the cab. A good coin door is break even; a bad one would drop the price a little. I am glad I am not trying to earn any money in this hobby, because it would be hard to justify not parting out a lot of these games.

Last year would have been the time to sell this one. It seemed like everyone had to have one for their row, but then they actually played the game. A lot of them were resold pretty quickly. Mine actually belongs to my girlfriend, or it would have been gone a long time ago.

I would have left the sideart uninstalled so the cab could be restored first. My DK needs some work, and even though it came with NOS sideart, I still haven't put it on - it has been almost 2 years. Someday, maybe.

Like I said in your other thread, I think trading is the best option with a lot of the games.

BTW, I reread my post over there, and it sounded a bit rude. It definitely wasn't anything personal, but it might have come across that way; we just have completely different expectations of buying and selling on cl.

Some of us are poor and learn to fix things so we can buy cheap. I have been a student the whole time I have been collecting (2 years), so price is always a huge issue. I have yet to pay $300 for a game, although I have come close with Tempest and Offroad. When I hear some of the prices people pay for these, it is shocking to me. I have just had a completely different experience.

My $50 Millipede just developed a ram error - I want a refund!!!!

If you parted this game out with a board that has issues, by the time you factor in time in packing and shipping everything plus being stuck with what does not sell, I can almost promise you that you would about break even with selling it whole. And for the record, I made more money last year per game for the games that i repaired and sold whole than the ones i parted out. I don't know about you, but my time is worth a lot to me. Making one sale instead of 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 and not having to keep packing and driving down to ship parts = priceless.Too bad some of you havent figured that one out yet.

 

[gutsman004]

What's it worth to you as a complete machine? $150-$200

Now price it with a working boardset. $150-$200 ( I'd rather the board not work,as I hate the game.)

Now part it out price.Varies...
I'd really just get it for the cab and convert it into a red DK,but as far as the PCB you'd have to pay me $10 to take it.


Now price it if it has a petrified cat turd in the bottom...if the turd is on the board and has ruined it,add $10 to my offer and my thanks to the cat who left it there.