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Title: Fair price for a working DK JR? Post by: Tarantulas on May 10, 2014, 07:48:49 pm Long time lurker, first time poster...
What would you all consider to be a fair price for a working DK JR cabinet? I understand the entire "what the market will bear" concept, but people seem to think eBay pricing is fine... while those eBay auctions get relisted month after month. :\ Any advice would be most appreciated! Title: Re: Fair price for a working DK JR? Post by: VertexGuy on May 10, 2014, 07:56:44 pm Not really , ebay pricing usually consist of picking the machine up local or tacking on a few hundred to ship.
plus you don't see the machine before you buy it. It also depends on the condition . mint restored, restore project, altered, and better yet all original or all original mint. Title: Re: Fair price for a working DK JR? Post by: Tarantulas on May 10, 2014, 08:01:22 pm I'm with you... I completely understand... lots of factors to consider.
So let me create a hypothetical machine to maybe help zero things in: Local pickup, working, mostly original, in "good" cosmetic condition. You go there, you look at it and think "I'd like to own this." What would you think a completely hypothetical price range would be? $30,000 or $3? I'm sure a price is somewhere in the middle. Title: Re: Fair price for a working DK JR? Post by: iankellogg on May 10, 2014, 08:09:56 pm $350-500 would be a fair price. Absolute maximum on that would be $650. Dead games should be around $150-250. I've bought two dkjr's this year, one in great shape but dead for $50 and $300 for a partially working in good shape.
Title: Re: Fair price for a working DK JR? Post by: Tarantulas on May 10, 2014, 08:17:02 pm I have a local seller who wants $450... which I felt was high... maybe I don't want JR enough is the trouble. Heh.
Title: Re: Fair price for a working DK JR? Post by: John's Arcade on May 10, 2014, 10:14:44 pm I think a DK Jr. is worth around $350ish.
Title: Re: Fair price for a working DK JR? Post by: VertexGuy on May 11, 2014, 12:14:29 am I'm with you... I completely understand... lots of factors to consider. So let me create a hypothetical machine to maybe help zero things in: Local pickup, working, mostly original, in "good" cosmetic condition. You go there, you look at it and think "I'd like to own this." What would you think a completely hypothetical price range would be? $30,000 or $3? I'm sure a price is somewhere in the middle. 450 to 600 in my area of Connecticut. It also matters on the person selling it. You never know what they are gonna come out with. Title: Re: Fair price for a working DK JR? Post by: computerfixerguy on May 11, 2014, 07:11:40 pm I would love to have a dkjr. If anyone around IL has one I'll give 350 and pick it up tomorrow :)
Title: Re: Fair price for a working DK JR? Post by: Tarantulas on May 15, 2014, 07:45:14 pm Finally got to go see it in person this evening.
Particleboard, smells of urine, no art on the sides of the cabinet. sound doesn't work, control panel is discolored and buttons aren't original, no keys to look inside (and I don't own a Nintendo key), T-molding is broken and missing in areas, and the marquee light fixture has been replaced with two appliance bulbs... Seller claimed it was "all original" $450. Heh. Title: Re: Fair price for a working DK JR? Post by: EndlessArcade on May 18, 2014, 02:17:50 pm 5 bills for a nice one around here !!
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