Some people are nuts!

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Ok..so I go to pick up this Tron cab today...when I spoke to the guy he said it was in "decent" shape but had been sitting for a while in his garage. He said it was working the "last time I turned it on"...which I know is a BIG "uh-oh" it wont be working when I get there..
Anyway..he says the cabinet is in good shape...he wants $500 for it..

SO...long story short...I go to check it out and it is THRASHED. He tells me he hasnt turned it on in 7 years. We plug it in and we get nothing on the screen..there is power to the unit though..we open the back because I thought I would check the connections..I have NEVER seen this but out come FOUR Black Widows (alive) and the think is like cob-web city!! UGH!!
The cabinet has water damage on the left hand side..pretty bad damage too..there is a hole the size of a half dollar in the side of the cabinet too...the right side has scratches everywhere...the shroud has THREE cracks in it and the CPO is thrashed. The stick is broken and will need to be replaced. The spinner was the only thing that "looked" like it was still working..lol...strange..

Anyway..I want a Tron for my collection and offer him $100 (which i thought was REALLY generous). He looks me dead in the face and says, "Oh, the $500 is my lowest price. I was asking $900 but you sounded like a nice guy so I told you $500. I won't budge from that price..."

So...I left...man...he was serious too..he said he saw them going on Ebay for over $2000. I told him that was WORKING and restored. He said with the new movie coming out he thinks he can probably get $1000 for it, as-is, if he waits until December..

Anyway..I was nice to him..told him what I thought of the value...and said good luck..

Some people just CRACK me up!!

Sorry..had to share the experience!

Jess
 
nice story.

black widows,luckily i come from uk where we dont have highly venomous insects.

you was lucky to even get offered a tron as here in uk they are literaly like rocking horse dudoohs.
:)
 
you see that a lot over here, and I mean a lot. everyone on craigslist thinks their arcade games are RARE and in AMAZING CONDITION!!!
 
That was a no-win situation, so I am glad to hear you walked. Perhaps he will learn in December that his $500 TRON isn't worth what he thinks it is worth. That or he will blame others for it not selling...

Scott C.
 
Out of curiosity, you wouldn't happen to be visiting from The RPF would you?

not sure what RPF is. and of course i'm checking craigslist while on vacation and find a decent looking Mr. Do! for $100.....bah
 
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Wow, That's freaky. I just went to look at a Black Widow on craigslist and when we opened up the back Jeff Bridges jumped out...
 
I just missed out on 2 black widows here in CO. Guy wanted like 75 for a non-working pair. That's what I get for taking a day off of keeping an eye on CL to go camping.

Oh yeah, and people are dumb. Just because someone paid tons of money for whatever you have ONCE doesn't mean that yours is worth that too.
 
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