Satomi Arrangeball

[emmadog]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...obalID=EBAY-US

[Moparformances]

not working..

damn cheap shipping

[mxfaiman]

damn cheap shipping

I'd like to see them ship it for that price.

I think this machine is way over priced for what it appears to be (parts). Plus the seller isn't selling it well because he needs a pic of the guts.

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[Chumsize]

eh... lowball offered on it - primarily to say in comment "i'd be willing to offer more if you post lots of pictures of the insides of the machine"

[MrGneiss]

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[Lt Teddy]

I have this machine. It has a center feature that lights the seven and dispenses a token if you get the ball in it. It is missing the placard for the front which is easy to make and if a member gets it I can make a copy of mine to send to you. As far as arrangeballs go it has only the one bonus feature. I call mine the balloon machine and they are another of the arrangeballs that when it dispenses tokens their is no doubt that it has. CHUNK If I remember right mine had a max pay of 10.

[emmadog]

Has the max pay of 5 sticker on it. Has water damage which could mean some electrical components got wet. Could also be a blown fuse, a crusty old solenoid that just needs cleaning, coins jammed in the coin mech, etc. The seller may be trying to recoup the cheap shipping by having a high start price. Seller needs to post some clear pics of inside if front and rear as well as any info about game. Does it power up? Start a game? Payout?
I'd pay a 100 or so if it ends up being a parts machine. Maybe more since parts for these are rare and you never know what future project will need something.

[Chumsize]

Interior pics on the way...

[tommy4132]

That is the same people I bought my arrangeball from. I gave them directions on how to pack it and they did a excellent job. I was nervous when I saw there shipping fee but I took the chance hoping they would follow the directions.

[emmadog]

That is the same people I bought my arrangeball from. I gave them directions on how to pack it and they did a excellent job. I was nervous when I saw there shipping fee but I took the chance hoping they would follow the directions.

Cool. Maybe they have some more.

[jodini]

Kinda cool if it works like this one!
Satomi Miracle Arrange Ball Pachinko Pt. 1 - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxxZb21G1Xc

[emmadog]

Yep it does and that's my old machine in the vid.

[jodini]

emmadog...are those your videos??? If so, how many arrange balls machines do you have?! That's one amazing the collection!

[emmadog]

Yes, the machines in the vids are mine. I have 13 plus 2 others that use coins to start a game and payout but there's no group of numbers or number pockets. Instead, there are various pockets that yield different amounts of payouts. One's a baseball theme and the other is a boxing theme. Not really sure how to categorize those two.
In four years of collecting I've owned around 18 but I've sold or given away 5 of them. One I sold is the one in the vid you saw/the same model on eBay. Most have come from the States and I bought 7 from YJA.

[Chumsize]

SO... the seller hasn't posted pictures like he said he would along with his counteroffer to my very low initial offer. And I've messaged back again since saying - "Make with the pictures. I'll accept as soon as I see that there isn't 1. water damage, 2. large missing parts, 3. its a cartridge type and they are missing". No pictures in the 24 hours since.

Which leads me to two possible conclusions...
1) He decided his counteroffer was wayyy too low (it was... he made it at 6am his time).. it would be well worth it including shipping. Not "parts machine" cheap, but pretty good.
2) He looked inside and saw that one/any of those 3 conditions I put on it were true and he's hoping I get impatient and bite anyway.

What are your thoughts people? Reparing solenoids and electronics are no big whoop for me... and I have excellent access to all types of both. But - the cartridge thing is a dealbreaker. So is massive interior water damage or missing circuit boards/mechanical parts.

14 hours left on counteroffer...

[emmadog]

Also, IIRC this machine has no cartridges. The only machine I've seen with those is the Satomi "Lion".

[Chumsize]

D'oh! Counter-counter-offered the guy a few bucks more from my original lowball offer when I found out that it would most likely be cartridgeless. He took it. SO... wish me luck. I can always resort to a "not as described dispute" if its missing anything major (he says "n

eeds some repairs to get working but everything is there.") to extract it down to parts price if its not fixable.

But it really hope its in soooper shape and just needs some tlc and about 20 bucks worth of Brasso... or Wenol... or whatever. Kinda feel like I'm gonna be hitting the Silicon Valley surplus parts store heavy in a week or so, though.

[tommy4132]

Congratulations. Hopefully you are able to get it working.

[Card Shark]

Congratulations!!!

[Moparformances]

congrats to ya

welcome to the club

PachiTalk

Im not sure why a bunch of Pictures are not showing???