couple more ads

This one kills me.  says "TODAY ONLY!"... Ok, and what happens when you don't sell it the same day?  You'll keep it forever and never put it up for sale again?  You'll drive it down to Stern pinball in melrose park and trade it in on an Xmen like a used car dealership?

Here's another good one.. He's looking to trade, one of the things he's looking to trade FOR is a pinball machine.  Note what he has for sale:
Tons of womens clothes (size 7)
bags and bags of handmade jewelry, at least 500 pieces (earrings, bracelets)
Me thinks someone broke up with their girlfriend, and has decided to build himself a man-cave to hide in for a while.

gotlieb frankenstein??

Only thing that kills me more than typos, is not knowing what the hell you have for sale.  Either:
A. Your an amateur flipper, and could care less about what your selling, or
B. You have mental problems and can't remember what the hell you have for sale

Ok, first off, your selling a frankenstein pinball by Sega.  Secondly, if you DID have a GOTTLIEB, there are two tees in it.  Thirdly, I have a friend that just sold a very well shopped one about 4 months ago, and he had trouble selling it for $1400, so I doubt your going to get $2500 for yours.

bttf - perfect condition?

Ok, let's assume a pinball can actually be classified as perfect (even though anything 20+ years is going to have issues, unless it's been completely disassembled, checked completely (every circuit, every piece of hardware polished).  Usually teardowns like this cost $3-4k just in labor alone.  It looks like this guy is selling what perhaps might have been HUO.  Fine, probably in "Good" condition, but not perfect.  In fact,  let's look at the photos.  The left one shows some obvious paint missing, and perhaps a chip on the lower left corner of the backbox (hardly perfect).  And then look by where the flipper buttons are, obvious wear from hands slapping the buttons (not perfect).  "This is one of the 3,000 that was made I was told"? really? that's like saying "this 1989 mustang is one of 100,000 that were made I was told".  Yea, it's called a production run, and anyone that's buying a pinball can look that up on the database.

I'm not saying this isn't a good example of a BTTF pin, I'm sure it is.  But PERFECT? hardly.  And his ridiculous $3k asking price is never gonna happen.  It's a non DMD data east game, this would never sell for even half the price.  Also as much as I love the BTTF trilogy, this pin is a pretty big turd as far as gameplay (and repetitive soundbites).

$8500 - WH20

yes, some people do smoke crack.. and then post a CL ad.  This is a nice game, I want one, I would NEVER pay this much for one.  Hell, this is #15 on the top 100 list right now.  Oh, and I'm sure people will pounding down your door seeing how you haven't posted a single photo.

*update* I guess this is a guy (won't mention his website) in southern illinois that actually does do full teardowns.  I can't speak for his work, other than what I see in the photos, but this explains why he's charging so much.  I'm all about restoring pinball, but not if it means someone has to pay half the cost of a brand new car for it.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/vgm/3148200237.html

space shuttle - $1800... are you high?

Ok, so I have a space shuttle myself.  I bought mine for $400 about a year ago.  I've replaced power supply, the sound board, I have a brand new playfield/plastics, brand new ramp and shuttle, new backglass, flipper rebuild kit, new rubbers, probably spent nearly $1500 in parts alone (I plan on repainting the outside cabinet with a stencil kit, add another $150), and yet.. I... that's right, ME.. I DON'T EXPECT to ever concieve to ask $1800 for mine when I'm done.  This guy is trying to sell a working space shuttle, worn playfield, replaced shuttle (ooh, $42 big spender), and you want $1800?? seriously?

Niles - buy my whole route as a giant package?!

I am so sick of seeing this ad. This guy currently has like 12 pinballs, currently on route in the public scattered around chicago.  Fine, ok.. Nothing wrong with that.  The problem?
1. He wants unrealistic prices for his heavily abused pins.  I'm talking about $2400 for a 94 world cup soccer? Seems I can buy that pin all day long for $1800 (in good condition), why would I buy your abused POS?
2. Who the hell could possibly buy 12 pins at once, much less 500 bins of parts they may or may not be able to use (oh, and don't forget about that test fixture).

craigslist war

This guy posted his indiana jones for $7,200.  I admit, pretty high (though this is highly sought after).

Looks like someone else doesn't like his pricing, he posted this parody ad:

ted nugent - $1000??

Looks like this guy is starting to come to his senses.  He had this listed for $2k less than a week ago, his price is cut in half.  Drop it down a few more hundred, and you MIGHT get someone interested.

bally mati hari - $800

I think this guy has had this ad up for the past 2 years now.  The time he's spent on posting new ads every week, he could have probably made more than the $800 he's asking for this.  Not saying he's not close with the price, but clearly nobody is interested in his machine if this ad keeps popping up EVERY single week at the same price.

ted nugent - $2000

This one keeps popping up.  Okay:
1. This pin would never be worth $2k, best offer would be more like.. $600 at best.
2. Especially not when the cabinet has been repainted white without re-doing the artwork on the front and sides:


3. If the only thing that was honestly wrong with this is needing replacement rubber bands, you would have done it already.  Any idiot that can replace a vacuum belt can replace rubbers.  I'm glad the lights work fine, that doesn't mean it boots, that doesn't mean it functions properly.

Vacation $1995

I believe this is the same guy trying to sell this thing on ebay.  This pin looked interesting when I first saw it, then I read the reviews.  Apparently this thing is a stinker, and this guy seems to think he can get $2k for it?




GREAT FAMILY FUN!
Fun, for whom?

YOU WILL BE THE ENVY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD; KEEP YOUR KIDS AT HOME.........
Umm.. doubt anyone will envy it. I have good pinballs and my neighbors can care less.

Probably less than 50 of these are in existence today.
And there's a reason for that, nobody wants it

This pinball machine is in mint condition with no games played; collector quality.
No games played?  Really? I'm pretty sure they at least test one game from the factory.  Why the hell did you buy it if it has no plays?  Did you buy it from someone else that didn't play it?

Game is new without original box.
Then it's not new, it's new-like condition.

Game would be ideal for serious collector looking to complete a collection.
No collector would want this in his collection, believe me... seriously.     

Great for game room, basement or family gift.
And great as a table to store things on, since you won't be playing it
 
If this ad is still up then the pinball machine is still available.
I would hope so, that's how ads work

I will help load into your SUV or truck.
Your far too kind.  You'll probably be happy to help the sucker.. I mean buyer
 

Decided to start a blog about craigslist pinball

Everyone either hates them, or laughs at them.  You know, those ridiculous craigslist ads.  Either the ad is written horribly, or the person is clueless about the value of their pin.

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