The most hideous pick up so far in my 4 yrs of collecting. A $100; non working, complete Asteroids. Can you believe the seller was asking $950?!?!..i offered $50 and settled on $100...i bought it for the cone buttons for my lunar lander restore and also for the monitor...the game is horrific. The cabinet is shot and i will be parting it out. It makes me sad just one more arcade game removed from our lives but the parts will live on in other games. I can't even explain clearly the shed i pulled it out of...full of bumble bees...i cant believe i didnt get stung. The game was setting there for 7 yrs. The trash that fell.out of it when i removed the back door was insane.
A follow up to the $950 asking price. It was on fb market place for months so i messaged if they still had it and of course they did. I politely explained what they are asking for is unrealistic and why....then i said id give $50 and they countered with $100 becuase they were moving and needed it gone..i was going to counter with $75 but just didn't feel like haggling really and agreed. I get there, which was in the middle of nowhere, and it was worse in person than the pics and in a small worn down shed, full of those black and yellow bumble bees on 40 acres. The entire time i was there those things were all over the place buzzing around my head...i was actually kinda nervous. I asked the lady how she came about owning it and she said "i used to rent out mobile homes and evicted someone and this was left there. I know nothing about these things. Its been setting here in this shed for 7yrs." I asked if she ever seen it play and she said no. I told her "Lady you got the deal of the century because it is junk but a deal is a deal." and handed her the hundred bucks and said "take this hundred and buy whatever u buy to party with because u are making off like a bandit." A few years ago i bought a hideous galaga for $40 and thought it would never get worse than that but this asteroids takes the top spot in my "horrible cab experiences"but everything is there and i will get my money back on the part out for sure.
A follow up to the $950 asking price. It was on fb market place for months so i messaged if they still had it and of course they did. I politely explained what they are asking for is unrealistic and why....then i said id give $50 and they countered with $100 becuase they were moving and needed it gone..i was going to counter with $75 but just didn't feel like haggling really and agreed. I get there, which was in the middle of nowhere, and it was worse in person than the pics and in a small worn down shed, full of those black and yellow bumble bees on 40 acres. The entire time i was there those things were all over the place buzzing around my head...i was actually kinda nervous. I asked the lady how she came about owning it and she said "i used to rent out mobile homes and evicted someone and this was left there. I know nothing about these things. Its been setting here in this shed for 7yrs." I asked if she ever seen it play and she said no. I told her "Lady you got the deal of the century because it is junk but a deal is a deal." and handed her the hundred bucks and said "take this hundred and buy whatever u buy to party with because u are making off like a bandit." A few years ago i bought a hideous galaga for $40 and thought it would never get worse than that but this asteroids takes the top spot in my "horrible cab experiences"but everything is there and i will get my money back on the part out for sure.
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