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Offline Pop Bumper Pete

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Where did you buy your games from?
« on: January 14, 2015, 07:46:19 AM »
Where did you buy all your games from?

My breakdown;
Operator 4
Friend of a friend 2
EBay 11
Distributor 3
Container pin 11
Forum classifieds 3
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Offline Freiherr

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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2015, 08:20:30 AM »
Distributor 3
Operator 1
Forum 2
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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2015, 10:05:58 AM »
Whoa, nice collection Pete.

Mine are

Distributor 2
eBay 2
Forum 1
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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2015, 10:36:33 AM »
Yeah, but i have been collecting for 30 years
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Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2015, 10:41:40 AM »
Are we talking current collection or over the years? I can't remember them all I've had games for 36 years shit I'm old haha I don't have them all they've come and gone

Distributor 5
Friend. 2
eBay 1
Pinball shop 4
Trading post 6 or more
Auction over 20 or more

The rest I can't remember lol
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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2015, 01:43:19 PM »
Had to sit down and work this out!!
Including a few that i no longer own  :D

Ebay; 1 (technically it was FOUND on ebay but bought outside of ebay)
Auction/Tender Centre; 3
Friend(s); 6
Amusement Center; 1
Caravan Park; 3
Word of mouth contacts; 8
Antique shop; 1
Pinfest 2013; 1
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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2015, 02:00:45 PM »
Shop - 7

Trading post - 2

Sole Trader - 3

Ebay - 6

Private - 2

Auction - 1
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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2015, 02:59:02 PM »
Well, with over 60 DMD machines and 1 SS machine I would be here all day but

Seventy percent private sale from other collectors
Ten percent from Ebay
Ten percent from Dealers
Ten percent BNIB AMD Stern Dealer
And a half a dozen from containers I bought into

up until a certain stage, I kept 95 percent of machines and only sold apx 4 out of 60 cause of no room in house or garage anymore.

Will buy replacement machines but will be BNIB Stern only.

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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2015, 03:52:39 PM »
Imported my own containers with hand picked machines = 75%
Imported NIB and other individual machines for the specific purpose of circumventing local monopolistic price gouging = 10%
Local operators = 10%
Gumtree/Ebay = 2%
Domestic collectors = 1%
Dealers = 1%
NIB from local Stern distro = 1%

Total = 59 functioning machines plus 10 assorted non working project status machines.

This is current collection breakdown. The percentages would have been far different when I first started collecting.


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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2015, 06:43:02 PM »
Found on eBay, brought outside eBay = 3     
Friend = 2       
Forum = 3   
Free, saved from the tip = 1   
Restorer = 1       
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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2015, 07:12:12 PM »
Ebay @ 1
Dealer @ 2
Pinball Friends (Forums) @ 7
A Friend that looks for me (not into pinballs) @ 2 ( pick up a Xenon & Trident)
« Last Edit: January 14, 2015, 07:13:58 PM by pinoffski »
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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2015, 07:22:30 PM »
Quote from: pinoffski on January 14, 2015, 07:12:12 PM
A Friend that looks for me (not into pinballs) @ 2 ( pick up a Xenon & Trident)


that is a good friend
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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2015, 07:41:53 PM »
that is a good friend
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of topic
I sold my Chev Dually to him ...
and we keep in contact ..

If he see's a pinball that is just sitting around that looks like it has no love for it he gets it for me..

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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2015, 08:08:47 PM »
Quote from: pinsanity on January 14, 2015, 03:52:39 PM
Imported NIB and other individual machines for the specific purpose of circumventing local monopolistic price gouging = 10%

Love the extra info.  *%*

Quote from: pinsanity on January 14, 2015, 03:52:39 PM
Total = 59 functioning machines plus 10 assorted non working project status machines.

Can I be your friend?  :lol  $!&
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Offline pinoffski

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Re: Where did you buy your games from?
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2015, 08:29:39 PM »
I am sure everyone will want to be his friend ... :lol
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