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    Fever Hunter MrAl's Avatar
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    Default I love when people claim they have the rarest greatest most sought after item

    Normally I wouldn't soap box. Also maybe this is not the proper place. So I guess I'll let you make your own assessment as I got a good laugh at this description of this machine on CL

    Quoted directly from the ad

    "sitting for 7 years I use it that often ... needs a new home... you will find many bowling ones are more rare...

    don't lowball me I can start bids at 350 and people will bid like crazy...

    restored the market bares 1500 in this market..."

    Maybe I should offer 2000 before it's to late

    http://newjersey.craigslist.org/for/4934877335.html

    P.S. Love the rust on the chrome

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    Default Re: I love when people claim they have the rarest greatest most sought after ite

    Haha. I hear ya. I laugh at every Craigslist or eBay ad that states "rare" vintage pachinko and has a common brand and year that matches 6 other machines that are posted. Or the guys that ask 1500. I recently politely asked a guy if he accidentally posted the wrong price and he got offended and a bit rude. I responded and told him if he found a buyer at that price to send them my way and I would be happy to sell them every machine I own. Probably a bit of an a-hole move on my part, but I couldn't resist.

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    Default Re: I love when people claim they have the rarest greatest most sought after ite

    This is CL in a nutshell.. most either don't know what they have... or have some over inflated value on something.
    I frequent CL looking for parts for restoration projects... not pachi related.. and frequently I find people just completely unaware of what they have... or use ebay as their sole source to value something.. and over inflate the item.

    You can do what you did. most of the time they get offended but its CL so whatever.

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