missed a bargain on trading post today aztec + slot machine 4 $500

[yourdreamin]

pic's are still there http://www.tradingpost.com.au/Collectibles/Collectibles-Memorabilia/Other-Collectibles-Memorabilia/AdNumber=TP003028201?BackToResult=true
they just pick it up as i called

[ddstoys]

CHEAP must be spewing.

[pinnies4me]

Ouch! Hope at least it was another member here, and not just end up flipped on ebay.

[yourdreamin]

yeah my thoughts as well that it goes to another member apparently they tried to bargain even more

[ddstoys]

Bargain even more than that they robbed him at $500 i hate people like that.

[yourdreamin]

yeah works out 250 for each item

[illawarra_steelers]

Out of interest what time did you call them?

[yourdreamin]

6.30pm

[pinball-collector]

yeah,,bargain,,,, has anyone tryed to use the trading post online?  last timel had a go,,it was a pain in the ass..

[Barren]

Rang at 4.30pm just as the ad was placed apparently. Said I'd come down after work and got there at 6pm. Didn't try to haggle, seems to be a fairly honest machine, so didn't bother.
It was disassembled and sitting on the front porch, so I couldn't test it, but the seller seemed to be genuine, so I took a punt. Will assemble it on the weekend and see if has paid off.
The poker machine looks like it needs a service but it's in not to bad a condition.

 Cheers.

[yourdreamin]

good 4 you barren you got a great bargain

[yourdreamin]

as for my beloved trading post the day telstra bought it and tried to improve it  they lost the plot (you dont mess with the bible) and ebay now reins supreme bad for buyers (hagglers like myself) but great for sellers

[Rod71]

as for my beloved trading post the day telstra bought it and tried to improve it  they lost the plot (you dont mess with the bible) and ebay now reins supreme bad for buyers (hagglers like myself) but great for sellers

Not surprising, as everything Tel$tra get their hands on turns to shit.

As for good prices.  eBay put an end to that a few years before the trading post was bought out.

I've always said it's a double edged sword.  eBay attracted a million newbies to pinball (OMG, i didn't know you could buy these things!) therefor pushing prices up massively.

But on the other hand.  If there wasn't the amount of interest in the hobby that there is now.  Would we be on forums like this?.  Would we be socialising at meets?.  Would there be the same amount of DIY tech info out there?.

Would be nice to turn back the clock 10 or 15 years and pay what were "Normal" prices back then.  But i think we're better off the way it is today.