why $210 for this machine?

[mudfud]

Vintage Japanese Nihijin Pachinko Machine - eBay (item 190285398313 end time Feb-14-09 19:30:15 PST)

it does look clean, like jacksea's machines, but there were over 30 bids on this one.

[Moparformances]

i dont get it either??

the case is really nice looking stained like it is?? but not that nice??

and the only close up of the play field showes water staining around the nail???

im thinking a little over priced

[jwegger]

the right people bidding at the right time. Sometimes it just happens right for the seller

[takethecastle57]

I can just see it . The winner comes here and starts crying about this and that and asking us for help

[hanabi]

It could just be the location, I know I would bid more for something that I could collect

and I think maybe you guys are just getting spoilt a bit lately with super cheap finds on craigs list etc etc

[mudfud]

I can just see it . The winner comes here and starts crying about this and that and asking us for help

hey ttc, as long as they're open to learning about our favorite machines, and they take good care of them (and they would, if they just paid $200 for it), then they'll be welcome here.

too bad I can't send an email to everyone that buys one off ebay to invite them to pachitalk... wait a minute , can I do that by clicking their login? or, is it just the sellers that I can email?

[luckydog]

when i buy anything pachi related on ebay i always mention pachitalk.com in my feedback.

[jwegger]

Maybe it's going to europe with the relativly strong euro vs the dollar, I've been selling a lot more across the atlantic than I have in the past few years

[Moparformances]

i think twoor three people just go carried away bidding

look at the machine mudfud got that was near mint and under a hundred if i rember right?? worth more then doc fud paid.. amazing buy

and if it was going over seas there lots of others to buy ???

i still dont get it??

[mudfud]

yeah, most of the time if people advertise that the machine is fully working, including the lights (which we all know are trivial to fix), the prices are higher.

if any of us go to sell on ebay, we can write an informed description AND link to youtube videos that show the machines in action... but then, I don't see any of us SELLING on ebay, do you?

[MrGneiss]

Yes, the more an ad says its working, the better they usually do..if its said in a confident way that is...instead of 'I have no idea how it works, only 3 balls come with it and it has no back' even if they are the same game/condition!!'

Most people want to buy stuff to use, not to fix..


Just think of a car ad that said how good the car works instead of saying 'I don't know if it starts, it only has 3 wheels and it has no roof'..even if it is a 3 wheeled convertible that just needs a new key!!