I had a nice side business years ago buying and selling electromechanical pins. I’ve often had a couple around the house for entertainment, but like cars, the darned younger people with more money than brains have driven the values up, even for the old EM machines, to the point where they’re often unaffordable. That’s caused a bunch of opportunists to come out of the woodwork to buy these things up at any price to clean up (“shop”) and resell to these people.
Go look on your local CL under “pinball” and see how many listings there are by people who will pay “top dollar” for your old pinball game. This is a nice Williams single player “Klondike” machine: https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1388&picno=66466 Needs to be shopped and some minor electrical repairs. Most likely just a good cleaning. Single player games are not typically as desirable as multi player games for the obvious reason, so they often command less money. I’m getting this one for $450 and once shopped and working 100% it’s probably worth around $800-$1000, maybe more. I’ll disassemble the play field, relamp everything and install new rubbers. That will cost maybe $75-$100 in parts. Everything else is labor. -D > On Mar 25, 2020, at 10:15 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > What in the heck do you need with a pinball machine? > >> On 3/25/2020 9:12 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> Just got a deal on a pinball machine I made a lowball offer on to a guy that >> only lives about four bocks away. Guess I’ll be picking that up tomorrow. >> Now if I can just get a deal on the mini-split I’ll have a cool garage to >> work on the pinball machine in… >> >> -D >> >>> On Mar 25, 2020, at 9:25 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Cash money talks. >>> >>> --FT >>> Sent from iPhone >>> >>>> On Mar 25, 2020, at 9:15 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I lowered my offer to $350, stating that since it’s not working I have no >>>> way of knowing if it’s functional, and the lines and compressor are no >>>> longer precharged, either. >>>> >>>> Doubt that will garner any sympathy, but we’ll see. Worst thing is the guy >>>> either counters or blows me off. >>>> >>>> We’ll see. I closed on the old house today, I feel lucky. >>>> >>>> -D >>>> >>>>> On Mar 25, 2020, at 9:12 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Mitsubishi is probably the best >>>>> >>>>> --FT >>>>> Sent from iPhone >>>>> >>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2020, at 8:58 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>>>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>> Did someone say Mitsubishi was a good brand of mini-split? I ask >>>>>> because someone on my local FB Marketplace group has a 9,000 BTU unit >>>>>> they took out of service after six months they’re looking for offers on. >>>>>> >>>>>> It’s an MZ-GL09NA >>>>>> >>>>>> https://hvacdirect.com/mitsubishi-mz-gl09na-9-000-btu-24-6-seer-ductless-mini-split-heat-pump.html >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://hvacdirect.com/mitsubishi-mz-gl09na-9-000-btu-24-6-seer-ductless-mini-split-heat-pump.html> >>>>>> >>>>>> I’m thinking I should offend and offer $400. No guarantees since I can’t >>>>>> see it working. >>>>>> >>>>>> ?? >>>>>> >>>>>> -D >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
