What does the term "Shopped" mean to you?

Shopped means something different to everyone. It rages from wiping the playfield down with a rag, to a complete rebuild.
 
Yup, usage varies. To me it means 100% working and cleaned (new rubbers, pf polished even if it's not stripped). A shopped game should be 100% working and generally cleaned up, at a minimum.
 
Yup, usage varies. To me it means 100% working and cleaned (new rubbers, pf polished even if it's not stripped). A shopped game should be 100% working and generally cleaned up, at a minimum.

This works for me.

Unfortunately, for too many sellers, it means that they only went over the playfield glass with some Windex.
 
I do not like to use the term shopped. Like others above stated, everyone has there own opinion.

I have purchased a few games that were advertised as "shopped." If thats what shop job looks like then i must be nuts.

With every machine i get, i usually strip the play field of all parts. Then i clean the playfield and wax it. Then all parts are cleaned and i reassemble the playfield. Broken parts are replaced and new rubbers installed.

But i do not call that "shopping." I just call it cleaning.
 
shopped to me is new rubbers, bad bulbs replaced,playing field waxed and plastices removed and cleaned as cabinate.but every one has there term
 
Shopped should be new rubbers, all bulbs working, playfield and all topside parts cleaned and waxed, flippers rebuilt and new balls installed. I think going beyond these steps would be more towards restoring than "shopping".
 
shopped should include entire topside of game stripped and cleaned and underside where ball comes into contact,i.e, subway,troughs, etc. All new rubbers, new bulbs where needed, flipper rebuild and new balls.

I've been payed to shop a game and this was what I did, I did rebuild a couple of mechs that needed it but that was above and beyond a typical shop job.
 
Shopped should be new rubbers, all bulbs working, playfield and all topside parts cleaned and waxed, flippers rebuilt and new balls installed. I think going beyond these steps would be more towards restoring than "shopping".

Disagree with the flipper rebuild unless it needs it. For example, I have a 35-year-old EM (Gottlieb wedgehead) and the flippers play as good as new--better than most used recent-vintage games. If I were to shop this (OK, new rubbers might be in order soon) I would leave the flippers alone.
 
Some folks waste their money on flipper rebuilds, and some don't. Me? I wouldn't do it unless there were multiple major things wrong with the flippers. I might if I was doing a high-end restoration, but definitely not for a shop job. That's just a waste of money.

Why spend all of that good money on unnecessary parts when you can take 5 minutes and diagnose what is really wrong with the flippers? Just replace what needs it - alot cheaper.
 
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