A $267 pre-damaged pachislo?

[Tony Junior]

I dunno if this is the actual machine for sale or not, but the picture speaks loudly.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...180249292&rd=1

[azlew]

Obviously it has some problems with the reels

Since I live in Phoenix, I have contacted the seller to see if local pickup is possible and where they are located here. Looks like a quite large operation.....

[monaghj]

Look at the Negative Feedback this ebayer has.... Wow!

[azlew]

Yep lots of feedback for these characters. Note also that all their auctions are as is only. So it is buyer beware for sure with them !

[at-slots]

looks like a parts machine to me....i like parts machines

[at-slots]

plus only 30.00 delivered to me already broken so i wont be surprized when it arrives

[TeeDubya]

Hey at-slots. Some fool will probably run the bidding on that machine up to $60-70. Maybe not, but I've watched some of their auctions before. You're right, the shipping is cheap enough.

Bargainland Liquidators starts all their auctions at 99 cents, no reserve. All of it is distressed, salvage, overstocks, customer returns, fell-off-the-back-of-the- truck-and-got-run-over-by-a-forklift stuff. They're pretty liberal with their "reference" prices, meaning that they're always on the high retail side.

In reading their feedback, it looks to me like some bidders are expecting their bargain buys to be in something near to perfect working condition. That seems unreasonable to me, seeing as how they will tell you right up front that they don't know if it works or not. As usual, some bidders can't be bothered to read the terms of auction and wind up overbidding for stuff that should've gone into the dumpster. Boneheads...

I wouldn't bid on anything they're selling.

[at-slots]

hey...... but it dosent say smoke or water damage though...... thats a plus

[at-slots]

u might be right......maybe someone would rack it up to about 50-60 bucks thinking its an easy fix.....but i myself have fixed worse machines then this........aslew let us know if you go check it out.......might be a cheap machine for u being in the area and if its worth it

[Davis]

That machine is a horrible one anyway, even when its in perfect shape. NO fun at all!

[at-slots]

i have never seen one.....well theres alot of them i havent seen......is it a baltec ?

[luckydog]

i have never seen that many negatives before almost 12,000.

if they gave 500 tokens and under 28.00 for shipping i might bid 2.00

[azlew]

I got a automatic response back from them. I am still checking into them but the only way I would consider buying as is from them is if I could pick up for free. They are about a 30 minute freeway drive away from me so it will have to be a heck of a as is deal....

[gwarzin]

Well at least they left the reels crooked for the photo. They could have easily bent them back into shape so the machine would look OK for the photo.

[at-slots]

ok.....we got off the .99 machine here......we all here can read but some times cant spell....EVERTHING IN THE AUCTIONS THAT THEY SELL SAY AS IS AND STARTS AT .99 SO IF IT WAS ANY GOOD I DONT THINK IT WOULD STATR OUT AT .99......THOUGH I HAVE SEEN OUR MACHINES START OUT AT .99 AND GO FOR UP TO A COUPLE OF HUNDRED BUCKS BUT WE KNOW WHAT AND WHO WE ARE BUYING FROM.........now on the feed back of the seller of this .99 machine total of 399,322 possitive feedbacks form members........93,955 one time buyers that liked their product........14,119 members that didnt like their product (this number of false fedbacks could be duplicates).......just in the last year alone 186,646 possitive feedbacks alone.....to the 11,776 negatives......hey if i sold that much product like our little machines that we all have here and they were my numbers i wouldnt complain......i bet most of those negatives were from people that didnt read it all the way through the auction and expected something else......and this seller has only been a member since 1999.....and with 93,955 possitive feed backs........not bad to me......if i wanted this machine for parts because i needed something out of it i would bid to win only because i know what iam getting because i read the whole auction all the way through and i would leave a possitive for them......just my token worth

[at-slots]

And If They Were That Bad I Think They Could Have Straightened Out Those Reels A Little Like U Said Gwarzin

[Tulsa]

They're running a 9% neutral or negative rating over the last month alone. To me that's way to high to consider buying from.

[misscrazylady]

thats the odds on ebay,, the odds on this forum so far are: azlew,, he has distance in his favor,, and then there is at-slots and he has parts in his favor

[slotter]

That is a VERY high negative ratio. I won't buy if the seller is below 97% or 98% in most cases -- and even those figures are shaky.

[at-slots]

the point i was trying to get accross was if i/we know its broke/broken and not just this auction alone and i/we need a part for a lap-top or any other computerized thing they are selling like the ANGER MANAGEMENT DVD.....well then i think its worth it.....now if that was say a SPIN LUCK,ADDAMS FAMILY,LAS-VEGAS OR EVEN A TWIST ETC ETC PACHI MACHINE (i would have bid already on the twist LOL) then i guess the feedback wouldnt be a big issue as much....and even if it was one of those ball machines LIKE THE POPEYE,STAR-WARS ETC ETC i dont think it would matter on the feedback either.....but since its just a ill say a reg. machine nothing fancy then it is what it is......just my tokens again