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: