Quoted from TwilightZone

I hear you, Craig. We've all been there. I did a bulk buy...once...just once...and that was enough for me. In order to get what I wanted, the op wanted me to clear a load of crap out of his place. In the end it was worth it, but I had to sell cabs and crap for less than I paid. Sucked big time. Especially since I was storing the stuff and had all the usual questions -- like I'm sure you did. Took me an entire day to get all the stuff out. Of course, we had wet rain and snow that day. Of course, the damn U-haul we rented had bald tires. Of course, the place was in the middle of the country. Well, you get the idea. We started at 8 am and we were unloading crap until midnight at my office. That was years ago. Fun times  

Just phone me before you take a lighter to that Bagman project. I'm so full of stuff, but it would be a real shame to ruin that one.

Duane

Duane, I'm glad you posted, that's exactly what's happened. The Bulk buy is suicidal, and yet no one could
have convinced me otherwise as I pulled up with poor Ethous on a January day to haul the things away.

It's the selling that kills, I hate sales....hate is a strong word so I'll use.....oh yeah...hate! and I hate  salesmen, saleswomen, heck I don't even like sales receipts, so what was I thinking? Parts + restoration!!  but the dark cloud of sales has been too much...

So I'm trashing what's left of that lot (bagman wasn't part of the lot actually) but burning the rest of them
will be like burning healing incense in the Himalayas.....I've never burnt incense in the himalayas, but the guy on the package looks like he's having way more fun than I am.....so worth a try.

If my job comes through however, I'm seriously thinking about videotaping the dead KISS going up in smoke and wiping the grin off simmons' face.  

hmmm being in the crane business and having the largest crane in canada..... this could be interesting

Quoted from Sparky

Jeez... and I thought I was uptight... again, I state that I recommend JUNK. If there is one person here in the group that can state that they never threw out a single dead part, I would call them a liar!  

... and I know I have all the toys... that's why if you read the first post, I am not including myself in the competition.

guess i end up in the lairs club as well.  i still have old rubbers from the worlds beauty em i had years ago.  i keep all burnt out lights and such.  shoot even a piece of a broken plastic from scorpion (who bought that off me?).   but i finally took apart that pinball action cocktail that i sold on ebay and the buyer just wanted the boards.  tony came over and i sold him the monitor and such for only $20.  i strip everything else from it and he took the cab with him as well.  but think i am going to get rid of alot of stuff by the end of oct.   we are moving the shop by then and i am thinning out stuff alot.  just sold a golden tee cab with all art plus a brand new board and trackball for $50.  less then what i put into it.  but at least it will get a great home with tony.

  

  nice of you to bring it all up Duane.  i ran into the posting way late.  but felt it was kind of a shame to loss another collector.  most of us have bought, found or been given something for really cheap (or free).  then turned it around and made great profit.  does it balance out the books on what has been paid on on everything?  usally not.  but if a guy has over 25 machines in his collection i think he has paid into the hobbie big time.  i have listed on cheap e-crap days with higher prices then i really wanted.  then knock them down in price the next listing.  the raised price on machines on ebay could be due to a couple reasons.  ebay and paypal fees are a good reason.  now i do agree that the price was alot higher then i think he could get for his machine.  but again it was his machine.  the pictures are another matter.  i listed with others pic's.  i did ask/tell them that i was doing so.

Quoted from TwilightZone

Well, if I'm being honest....I'm also disappointed in the way the newbie thing was handled. I mean cripes, haven't we all made mistakes? I agree fishing for a sucker is bad form, but honestly....we chased a new member away...a member with 27 games or whatever...someone that seemed willing to sell other items for reasonable prices (I remember his jukes seemed priced fair)...someone that was excited and interested in the hobby. And what does he think of the hobby now????

And we used the F word...Fraud! Really, we are talking about a pic. Honestly, people didn't you understand his explanation? He wanted to get in on the .10 day. So he swiped a back glass shot? Big deal. I don't have a problem with that as long as he updated it later. Plus he had the shot that mattered the most -- the painted cab.

Yes, his price was insane, but what is it worth to the right collector? Prices vary so much and what is expensive to one isn't to another. Look at all the MMs selling for $5K plus that have wear on the playfield. Too much for me, but someone else will pay it.

I'm done venting on this one and I kept my mouth shut when it was happening. I'll probably regret evening typing this, but I just have to say it.

Personally I want people to get into the hobby not out of it.

Extra flame suite on.

Duane

Has anyone won yet?  do I still have a shot?

ok, here goes...

First up, Karate Champ PCB research!.......Was driving along, and Jackpot!! not only was this a research center, but I knew it was coin-op friendly by the large Pinball that's sitting in their fountain.....


I couldn't get past security, but I'm no dummy, I KNOW that fountain has coin op healing power...The giant pinball reminded me of Indiana Jones, you know, when Sean connery drank the water and was healed this was NO coincidence!!!, so I immediately dipped the Karate Champ in the healing pool to cure it of its Jamma adapter...



Only trouble is....how to get the rest of this crap to the healing pool??!!...crap...


NEXT....the Wacko secret skatepark tour...

Midway board, Midway stencilling on MY board? ......Man, this day was FULL  of coincidences...




that's over a 10 foot drop Wacko!  ...get away from the edge!


Here's Wacko doing a 50-50 on the spine!


Here's a local doing a BURLY kickflip over Wacko....I told him this boardset was hard to find...and he's like "nah, it's sitting right there".....I agreed...I said "that kickflip was huge"....he agreed, skaters are
the friendliest...



These guys were having wayy too much fun playing Wacko without me, so I decided to skate doubles with Wacko!! man that was close!! I could read the eeproms from where I'm rocking!!



After a great skate, it was time to get back to work and do some shipping.....I spent all my packing money on
some clothes from the mall (made by cambodian kids for 0.5 cents an hour).....man, corporations rule! I got like 5 shirts....but nothing comes without sacrifice, so we had to ship wacko sort of "bare bones"  ..

You put the boardset in the mailbox??? OK... that is funny. Anyone top that?

May I suggest that if you want to get rid of the onitors, give them to BZM.

Quoted from Sparky

You put the boardset in the mailbox??? OK... that is funny. Anyone top that?

10-4 sparkman, not sure where that stuff goes, maybe in the same spot as all the other crap Canada post "loses"  

Quoted from Sparky

May I suggest that if you want to get rid of the onitors, give them to BZM.

Totally, Alain can come and get em, for sure. must be fast though.

Quoted from Vengeance

I keep old cracked ramps, old coils, everything, I even have a bag full of old used light bulbs that I keep just in case,

I'm late gettin gto this thread, but I have been keeping old light bulbs, jsut in case I want to start making LED replacements, or blinkies for the pins or something..... they'll probably be there until the day I di....

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er, just kdding.

This contest is certainly anything but easy!  luckily I have enough scrap parts to win the tee still......ok, this pac glass is flaked all to hell, and looks like absolutely terrible. A lot of guys said that the glass lowers the value of a cab....so why have a detrimental glass when you can toss in a mint condition teeshirt!

It's funny, admit it!



I also have a control panel that's a real liability...there's a major ding around the top left bolt, and it is d-u-s-t-y, I mean microbe city...man, nobody's topped that cheezy mailbox gag yet???!

Quoted from Teamatomics

nobody's topped that cheezy mailbox gag yet???!

You probably caused the post office to call the bomb squad!

You should have addressed it to Wayne Gillard (Bally) and told him you had extended warranty.