Put a value on this restored Ms Pac please

chris25810

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I've restored 26 of these damn things and another has found it's way into the garage. With the market being way worse now, what do you think someone here would drop for one. Based off all the other one's I've done, this would be the detail list

All new art- silked vinyl

New cpo

New glass bezel

Pink t-molding of course

4 in 1 multi pac kit

Leg levelers, locks, centering grommet, kick plate

New monitor

Everything polished, painted or powdercoated and complete right down to the manual
 
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What someone here would pay? About $650.

What you should take for it from Phet's buddy - Jow Blow? $950.

What you should list it on CL for? $1189 - then let them bargain you down...
 
In this shitty economy I wouldn't spent the time restoring it to that extent unless I had a buyer for the item in the area of 1000.00...but I'm lazy when it comes to restoring for other people so I wants to get paid when I have to spend that much time on a game that I'm not keeping for myself..:rolleyes:
 
In this shitty economy I wouldn't spent the time restoring it to that extent unless I had a buyer for the item in the area of 1000.00...but I'm lazy when it comes to restoring for other people so I wants to get paid when I have to spend that much time on a game that I'm not keeping for myself..:rolleyes:

You don't restore something like this for resale, you restore it like this to keep. But then later you decide to sell it for space/money/boredom...
 
Let's see:

Monitor= $250+

Artwork= $200+

Glass bezel= $150+ (new repro)

Multi pac kit= $80

Misc- Locks, legs, kick plate, paint, t-molding, powder coating= $100

50 hours of labor= $?

Not worth it for $900-$1400
 
I'm assuming you got the prices you wanted for the other 26 you restored, so this one should turn out the same? Otherwise, what will you do with it?
 
Scrap it for parts, the board and monitor chassis are already spoken for. The cabinet really needs to be restored, it's solid with no major chunks gone but the art is badly wore at the front and front part of the sides and the glass bezel is totally shot
 
So, $780 in parts, then double it for the price - $1500 approx.

Personally, if I were to contemplate this, I'd just do everything EXCEPT the side art, CPO, powdercoating, new monitor, etc - and list it for $600, but give the option (include a pic of fully-restored) for $1500...
 
The part i'm struggling with is that i've had more than 50 of these machines over the years and i've never scrapped one of em but i quit restoring em when i had to settle for $1500 on the last one. I suppose i could try a CL posting offering mine up for sale and see what happens. If someone locally bites at a $1500-$1700 price point, i'd sell mine and restore #27 to put back in the collection.

The big problem here is that the price of materials hasn't budged yet the overall price of things has gone in the shitter.
 
Strip it, paint it black, throw some multicade art and a 60-in-1 in it, and rake in the cash...
 
Still restore it, but instead of the multi pac upgrade, put a jamma harness in it, put a 60-1 and sell it that way. It will get much more than a Multi pac. It will physically look like a Ms Pac, but play way more games and people will still pay(just not anyone on here unless you have it priced at $150 and you rub them off one when they pick it up!! ;0))


Brian
 
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