[WA] Firepower on eBay

[shansta]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150511314251#ht_1556wt_276

$2500 - sounds pretty flogged out to me?

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[Strangeways]

I've seen this seller's listings before !! !!

It is usually a long listing that repeats itself many times over !! !!

Sometimes, the picture is of another machine !! !!

Machines have pictures of other machines in the same picture so you don't know what is actually being auctioned !! !! !!

The are video games for sale there too if you loo you can see them !! !!

Have you seen this listing before !! !!

When this machine (rare) is sold, I hope to buy a new keyboard without a sticking exclamation mark !! !!

What was this thread about again !! !!

[wonder]

Down the road from me and it all a wast of time and effort.Not sure if the seller has or needs some glasses but is that wood in the middle.

If you are lucky enough you can use his pinball built trolley to move it.

[shansta]

LOL Nino - no hadn't come across it before - did you notice the "funhouse" typo halfway down the page?

I only searched for FP after the KISS thread - and no, there is no FP2's around either...  

[wonder]

Found the lovely trolley that he was trying to sell as well. Might be able to get a package deal for both.

[chris288]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150511314251#ht_1556wt_276

$2500 - sounds pretty flogged out to me?

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Yeah it is fairly flogged out unfortunately .

 I went out last Saturday to have a look at this and the Stern Freefall which genuinely is a "rare" pinball and I agree they are a bit pricey.

I have dealt with this guy a few times over the years and he is actually a nice bloke but he doesn't have  great technical knowledge on how to fix pinballs and as such has to farm out the repair of boards and other things to someone who can.

I dont think he's trying to rip anyone off , but instead recoup his costs such as initial outlay cost for the pinball as well as all the board repairs, reglobe and re rubber and replace things that were missing such as lockdown bars etc. which as we all know can end up being pretty expensive.

I have told him that to pay these prices people will expect a pinball that is just about "collector"quality but he's fairly confident he'll move them.

I would love the Freefall as its a real "wish list" game for me having played it a lot when i was younger, but its way too expensive for me at the moment.

[RatBag]

Argh the chicken man..........where does he find this rubbish

[shansta]

Yep - maybe $1000 too much?

Needs more than a clean-up - that's for sure! 

What a shame. 

[goodolddays]

Sure makes mine look great 

[wonder]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150511314251#ht_1556wt_276

$2500 - sounds pretty flogged out to me?

Read the Q&A... 

Yeah it is fairly flogged out unfortunately .

 I went out last Saturday to have a look at this and the Stern Freefall which genuinely is a "rare" pinball and I agree they are a bit pricey.

I have dealt with this guy a few times over the years and he is actually a nice bloke but he doesn't have  great technical knowledge on how to fix pinballs and as such has to farm out the repair of boards and other things to someone who can.

I dont think he's trying to rip anyone off , but instead recoup his costs such as initial outlay cost for the pinball as well as all the board repairs, reglobe and re rubber and replace things that were missing such as lockdown bars etc. which as we all know can end up being pretty expensive.

I have told him that to pay these prices people will expect a pinball that is just about "collector"quality but he's fairly confident he'll move them.

I would love the Freefall as its a real "wish list" game for me having played it a lot when i was younger, but its way too expensive for me at the moment.

Got some stuff of him as well,nice bloke but got no idea about prices.

[pinnies4me]

Sure makes mine look great 

+1 

[FirePower]

That would make anybodies look great.  He's dreaming it's a rough project at best.

Bare wood on pf, crazed bg - look at the black below the Firepower and above the planet, front of cab trashed.  I'm sure I've seen him offering this machine before at a similarly overpriced asking price.  He confuses rare with popular; 17 odd thousand of these made it's not going to be that hard to find an ok one.

I'd feel sorry for anyone who falls for this - including the seller if as others have said he's just trying to recoup costs.