Didnt have time to go out to the playdium/starburst auction this morning

did anyone go and what did I miss?  

There were 4 pins: TMNT, WPT, SWE1 and Flipper Football. I bought the last one. Good deals on some video stuff but nothing spectacular.

I had a good time meeting a lot of people
Bought a leather couch and desk for 35$
bought 2 ginormous working games for 100

This was only my second Starburst auction and I thought it was great.  Not because of the auction itself which was so-so, but because I got to meet and talk to more CGCC and MAACA members.  It truly is nice to be able to put a face to the nickname(remembering real names and nicknames to match up with the actual person - foget about it.  My mind has been shot for years).  I highly recommend to anyone who can to go to the auction just for the 'parking lot' swap meet and greet.  It think it should be 90% of your reason for going and the auction the other 10%, that way you're not disappointed by the auction.  Here's a shout out to the members I met yesterday for the first time, GJD, Vidiot, Nickv, Ancient Games, Davester, Karmatose, Subpacket, McMean and about a dozen others than my bad memory can't come up with right now.  Also, to all the members I already knew or had met B1, Grauwulf, Jcblu78, Sparky, Swede, and once again a couple more that I can't remember right now.  Thanks everyone for making it fun.  Hopefully, most of you can make it to Gjd's auction in 2 weeks.

it was great.  the caller was in top form as always and we have a new nickname for a member.  has to do with futurerama.  
   didn't end up winning anything or even bidding.  just hung out and was more then late for work.  missed out in about a dozen piercings.  unlucky me, they all came back and then some.  so busy day afterwards.  
  parking lot wasn't as busy as in the past.  but still some deals going on and things exchanged.  next one should be more then a blast.
   great to meet some new guys i haven't and some of the others i have meet and keep forgetting and reintroducing myself.  nice to meet you all again and again.

The auction is always kinda neat. Lots of crap but it can be had for cheap. Congrats to wbradley on the Flipper Football; it was fun listening to the machine after Sparky enabled the profanity mode. Also, congrats to Nickv on winning the enormous shooting gallery. I hope your wife likes it.  

I think I might have a t-shirt made with my avatar on the front and back or a wear 'Hello my name is' sticker to break the anonymity. Or wear a MAACA t-shirt like Gory.    

Anybody keep track of how much the pinball machines sold for?

tmnt 700
flipper football 550
  and i didn't pay attention to the others and just headed outside to hang and then run back to the shop.

  as for the shirt.   sparky has more for sale.  i think i own three.  great for moving pins and vids and not to worry about ripping my good clothes.  rip them while moving a pin or vid and you have a story to go with the rip.

Quoted from gorydeath

  as for the shirt.   sparky has more for sale.  i think i own three.  great for moving pins and vids and not to worry about ripping my good clothes.  rip them while moving a pin or vid and you have a story to go with the rip.

Those are the black MAACA shirts right? (The ones with the web address on the front, and the coin slot symbol on the back)

WPT $1550 I think or close to that...

wpt starting bid was only $1475.   so if it sold at that price, then it was a great deal and worth it.  

Quoted from gorydeath

tmnt 700
flipper football 550
  and i didn't pay attention to the others and just headed outside to hang and then run back to the shop.

  as for the shirt.   sparky has more for sale.  i think i own three.  great for moving pins and vids and not to worry about ripping my good clothes.  rip them while moving a pin or vid and you have a story to go with the rip.

Your clothes get ripped while moving pins? What are you, the hulk?

Quoted from Hippochrome

Anybody keep track of how much the pinball machines sold for?

Star Wars went for ~ $2100.

Quoted from jonny_eh

Your clothes get ripped while moving pins? What are you, the hulk?

  

  nope.  just your average pot head who has a blood condition that makes it i don't feel alot of pain.  especially when it just a scratch or scrape.  so i rip alot of shirts without knowing.  let alone my skin.   you will always see a scar on my arms or a fresh cut in my skin.  ask others that have moved with me.   i am strong and able to move things with ease.  but usally end up with a cut from something or other.  worst is when i am walking and not paying attention.  walked under a sign once and cut the top of my head.  right in front of the police station with a officer watching me.  i must have been a sight with the blood pouring down me and no facal expression or knowledge i did it till the blood was in my eyes.

Gory, you sound like that guy on the Discovery Channel - the human guinea pig who has a high tolerance for pain too. You guys related??? JK

I'm the opposite, the littlest scratch will make me weep like a little girl.

Sorry to all the Novus customers I was supposed to meet at the auction.... I was away last week and didn't get home until late Saturday night. I thought the SB auction was next weekend.

I'll catch up with you at the next auction OR at the Championships at SB in October!

Actually Flipper Footballl was $600 thanks to the shiller bidding against me. Still a good price but needs an opto board set.

it was pretty good and i actually didnt buy anything... from the auction anyways... still always great to check out whats around..

Quoted from OTTOgd

The auction is always kinda neat. Lots of crap but it can be had for cheap. Congrats to wbradley on the Flipper Football; it was fun listening to the machine after Sparky enabled the profanity mode. Also, congrats to Nickv on winning the enormous shooting gallery. I hope your wife likes it.  

I think I might have a t-shirt made with my avatar on the front and back or a wear 'Hello my name is' sticker to break the anonymity. Or wear a MAACA t-shirt like Gory.    

Kinda neat...that sums it up or as I would put it...it Sucked!!!
Starting bids? WTF is that? Thats worse that fleabays reserve bids..... I was eyeing a hardware jukebox....starting bid...$225? Crap I bought a working one for $250.
Otherwise it was ok except for waiting an hour to pay for my purchase..

Quoted from briguy

  Starting bids? WTF is that?

The Starburst auction is NOT a no reserve auction.

Starting bids are there partly because I complained loudly to management about all the BS with shill bidding. Starting bid = No shill bidding. You do not like the starting price do not buy it. Makes the auction go much faster.

I'd much prefer starting bids to reserve prices. It means I don't have to waste my time putting in a bid that the seller was planning to reject from the start. Why would a starting bid be worse than a reserve price?

I agree, that was the first time I had stuck around for the auction since they began
having starting bids.  The shilling before was frustrating and annoying, not to mention
it prolonged the auction unnecessarily.

I remember a guy showing up in an Civic or some other compact car one time and I watched
him bid on and 'win' about 15 items the one day.  It wasn't too obvious what was going on there.

Me thinks dark coloured Honda CRV....?

Quoted from silverball

I agree, that was the first time I had stuck around for the auction since they began
having starting bids.  The shilling before was frustrating and annoying, not to mention
it prolonged the auction unnecessarily.

I remember a guy showing up in an Civic or some other compact car one time and I watched
him bid on and 'win' about 15 items the one day.  It wasn't too obvious what was going on there.

Totally OBVIOUS!!!

He had a SHRINK ray!!!!  right?