john rainbo
Active member
The use of "mint" and "HUO" rant
I see people, mainly idiots I would guess, throwing around the words mint and HUO when selling arcade and pinball machines, and I think it's time we finally nip this in the butt.
Mint means MINT. As in, like it was just opened and there is NOTHING wrong with it. Perfect, in other words. I've bought games new that were NOT mint. Something wrinkled, bent, smudged. That's not mint, and it's new. To use the word mint so freely is idiotic. I almost don't believe that mint exists outside of super anal retentive owners.
HUO. What in the name of god do those letter stand for? Home Use Only. HUO is not okay to use when it's been in an arcade, then cleaned up (in a house.... wink wink). HUO means that thing has never seen an arcade/bar/laundry mat, or whatever. It's not okay to say HUO when it has been in a house for the last few years. The O stands for Only, not "lately". HUL? Fine.
And it's just plain insulting to the intelligence when people state these things, and you can clearly see in pics it's not either. Lock down bar is mint? NO. HUO? Why the fuck would you put a lock down bar in your own house?
So please, people... I'm sure your games are fairly nice, but for god's sake, don't lie about them to sell them. It would appear that vid sellers/collectors are far less anal than pin guys, so it's okay to use these terms more loosely. Don't. There are plenty of other adjectives in the english language to use that will get the point across more accurately.
I see people, mainly idiots I would guess, throwing around the words mint and HUO when selling arcade and pinball machines, and I think it's time we finally nip this in the butt.
Mint means MINT. As in, like it was just opened and there is NOTHING wrong with it. Perfect, in other words. I've bought games new that were NOT mint. Something wrinkled, bent, smudged. That's not mint, and it's new. To use the word mint so freely is idiotic. I almost don't believe that mint exists outside of super anal retentive owners.
HUO. What in the name of god do those letter stand for? Home Use Only. HUO is not okay to use when it's been in an arcade, then cleaned up (in a house.... wink wink). HUO means that thing has never seen an arcade/bar/laundry mat, or whatever. It's not okay to say HUO when it has been in a house for the last few years. The O stands for Only, not "lately". HUL? Fine.
And it's just plain insulting to the intelligence when people state these things, and you can clearly see in pics it's not either. Lock down bar is mint? NO. HUO? Why the fuck would you put a lock down bar in your own house?
So please, people... I'm sure your games are fairly nice, but for god's sake, don't lie about them to sell them. It would appear that vid sellers/collectors are far less anal than pin guys, so it's okay to use these terms more loosely. Don't. There are plenty of other adjectives in the english language to use that will get the point across more accurately.


