Pinball Auction at Bike City

[Chad]

Bike City are having a pinball auction this Sunday

here's the link http://www.amusementauction.com.au/

Is anyone going to this ?

Has anyone been to his other auctions & if so was there any bargains to be had ?

[Pop Bumper Pete]

I would not buy from BCW if he was the last guy around

I would be expecting him to auction garbage he cannot sell on e-bay

[pinnies4me]

Not my first choice dealer.

There rarely are bargains at these auctions, but the only advice is the standard advice - check the game carefully, get an idea on value of any you might bid on, and remember to add in the various fees (usually eg 15% for GST and "buyers fee" or whatever) as this often clouds the bidding.

[Strangeways]

If you are a local repairer, expect a lot of repair calls after the auction.

Bring your own power plug to test machines that are not powered on.

No, I don't like auctions, they tend to trap the unwary.

[Prince]

Awesome, another meet coming up. See you guys there.
Not many pinnies though (that’s going by the link), although there’s some old ones.
Bargains….everyone’s probably got a WW in their collection, so expect it to sell quite cheap.
SS will command a higher price this time around – don’t think it’s going to sell for $4k at the last Auction held back in Dec08.

Hoping there’s a TOM on offer…

SC.

[Marty Machine]

I went to the last? one 2 years ago, what a sham, not that we could HEAR anything.....no P.A lotsa kids screaming, and shill bidding paradise......

NOTHING went for a bargain at all.....

MM.

[ajlaird]

Went to the last one and saw a few guys from the forums; machines were mostly a bit over the money for what was on offer in my opinion. (Must have pinball for Christmas buyers...)

I might drop in (a bit late as I am busy up until around 12:15) to grab a free sausage (oh, wait, they will not be free!!) and see who else turns up.

[bossninja17]

If it is anything like the prices he puts on his ebay stuff, don't waste your time.
I tried to contact this block twice - no response. Either he is arrogant or has no idea about customer service.
See my thread about this setup.

[Prince]

We'll i'm going to go on Sunday and play a few pinnies. With regards to the Auction, i don't think me feet will stand the test of time, in lieu of the good pinnies being Auctioned off at the end.

SC.

[Marty Machine]

I'd try out some pinnies that i might have interest in for their gameplay/features, then go buy them ELSEWHERE....

MM.

[Prince]

I'd try out some pinnies that i might have interest in for their gameplay/features, then go buy them ELSEWHERE....

MM.

haha. I think that's the norm for us guys.
I personally think it's going to be NEW buyers on the day, so expect NEW members to come aboard on this forum, say January 2011 - first post will be a Technical issue....
Speaking from experience, because that's what happened to me.

SC.

[Dirty daz]

If it is anything like the prices he puts on his ebay stuff, don't waste your time.
I tried to contact this block twice - no response. Either he is arrogant or has no idea about customer service.
See my thread about this setup.

Arrogant!

[Prince]

If it is anything like the prices he puts on his ebay stuff, don't waste your time.
I tried to contact this block twice - no response. Either he is arrogant or has no idea about customer service.
See my thread about this setup.

Arrogant!

Well Rob gave me a courtesy call the other night re: upcoming Auction and this was out of the blue - i though it was a nice gesture from the bloke.
If his got the product and falls within price, then i can't see the problem.
I'm still going this Sunday.

SC.

[ajlaird]

One of the admin assistants rang me today to let me know it was on.

Must have given my mobile phone number to them last time!

[Caveoftreasures]

if anyone goes, it would be good to see a list of results next week after the auction has finished etc.

maybe someone can post the results here for all of us to see.  shame i am in qld and not victoria otherwise i would have liked to have gone.