Don't think the prices for Pachinko is going to go down much

[arbycoffee]

I don't think the prices for Pachinko is going to go down much, when you got people using Ebays auction formate to buy them. And their in the United Kingdom too! check these auctions out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6143240835 Dead Linc
or
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6143234484 Dead Linc

From his auction:
"Do you have a pachinko machine in your garage or attic*you no longer want?
I collect most Mechanical Pachinko Machines and am very interested in buying more to add to my collection.
I am interested in any wall mount style mechanical pinball machines.
I am also looking to find people who are interested in sending more of these to me that they find at yard sales.*
Condition is not too important as each machine is taken on its merrits. It doesn't even need to be in working order!
I live in the United Kingdom and have had*several machines shipped from the USA.
Please contact me by 'ask seller a question' to register an interest.
Thanks for reading this and happy New Year to you all.
Nik"

[Lazarus]

How does he get to post a wanted add on ebay? He is not selling anything. They can't make money on something he isn't selling?

[d mowery]

Strange they wont let us do that 8-) look like something funny going on

[Bilko44]

Arby,

There are deprived pachinko players in England that need our help!

Quick, let's pack up our games and send them a care package via this panhandler.

We must help the world!!!

[arbycoffee]

In the antiques, you see it all the time. sometime ebay pulls them sometimes they don't. The prices will stay high on the older ones now easy, I bet he sells them where he at.
I can't ***** about it I to have used ebay this way on stuff I collect.

[d mowery]

Do we get away with just the listing fees?

[arbycoffee]

Plus the dollar is way down in value, so if any of you gentlemen sell to him bost the price up

[arbycoffee]

Yes just listing fees, you will get if ebay pulls a warning, the only way they even know is someone tattle tails on them. Me I don't see anything bad about them. It just part of the market place.

[d mowery]

That dollar down hurting RC racing car bus as our prices are staying the same and waiting on shippments the price goes up , about 10% or more last year -That S---- big time :-x

[logicprobe]

I saw these ads yesterday, and it twisted my head a little too.
eBay recently added a "Want it Now" section, to match it's "Buy it Now"... but I haven't seen it fly very well yet.
That's where something like this belongs, IMHO.

I guess I wouldn't even know where to go (I looked for a few minutes) to ask eBay to take a look at these. I don't think it's right to have these ads in there. Let him buy them just like we do... otherwise we ALL could start posting want-ads, instead of for-sale-ads.

[arbycoffee]

I email him and offered a couple very oldes (not all there) at $300 a piece plus across the water shipping.

He was looking for some cheaper, I bet

[arbycoffee]

Never heard back :cry:

[arbycoffee]

Looks like I be wrong, GOOD, the prices are fall now after Christmas. That means, Maybe some good deals.

[ARussell]

Vintage machines are all getting scrapped here in Japan now. Under new laws, only machines less than three years old can be used. So I expect prices for classic machines shouldn't drop.

I've got an interview with an old pachinko parlor owner on my site: http://www.pachinkoagogo.com

[arbycoffee]

Wow, This would account for seeing the prices of classic Pachinko machines on Yahoo Japan Auctions being higher than some of the newer ones.

[slotter]

Vintage machines are all getting scrapped here in Japan now. Under new laws, only machines less than three years old can be used. So I expect prices for classic machines shouldn't drop.

I've got an interview with an old pachinko parlor owner on my site: http://www.pachinkoagogo.com

Head on over to ARussell's site and check out the article metioned above. Very interesting read.

[ARussell]

Thank you. I am going to write some more articles. I might even translate some of the stuff I've got from Japanese pachinko magazines. If anyone want to know something I'll try to find out for you.

[Firewire]

The language barrier has been one of our biggest obstacles! Thank you for your offer!

I took Japanese back in the college days, but I all I remember is 3 words.

Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji



And oh yeah, my professor saying "Ee tenki desu ne" and "Koko no toki wa".

[Tulsa]

I know what Saki means.

[luckydog]

i remember president nixon saying that on the tv show laugh in!!

"SAKI TO MEE"

or was it "sock it to me"