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Title: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: rbertolini on June 20, 2015, 11:13:08 am I'm thinking about buying my first machine, it is a classic Millipede and the asking price is $750. The screen is slightly blurry, the seller told me it happened after the cabinet got 'bumped' during a move. Is this price ok considering the chance i might have to replace the monitor if i cant get the blurriness to go away on my own?
Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: Joecommando on June 20, 2015, 12:47:06 pm If the screen went blurry after it got bumped maybe there is a focus Pot you can adjust? that being said I have no idea what these things normally go for.
Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: iankellogg on June 20, 2015, 02:28:30 pm $750 is quite a bit for a millipede. I would expect it to be mint condition and likely with the 2-n-1 kit for that much money.
That being said the blurry screen is likely just the focus pot adjustment. 2 second fix. Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: rbertolini on June 20, 2015, 02:40:59 pm http://imgur.com/a/6ckJc
Here are the pics of it that were sent to me, I forgot to mention it doesn't have the side art also. Folks over on reddit are telling me that without the side art, it might not even be worth half what he's asking... Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: iankellogg on June 20, 2015, 02:42:09 pm yeah thats like max $200.
Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: computerfixerguy on June 20, 2015, 02:45:47 pm I find that odd how they repainted the sides, made a lot of changes, then didn't repaint the metal trim piece front and center or replace the marquee light.
Anyway depending your area, yeah, 200-250 max. That's more than fair. If he doesn't sell it for that, then he doesn't want to really sell it. You can spruce up that monitor along with some detail work and make that cab look very presentable. It won't be mint, but it could be real nice. Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: rbertolini on June 20, 2015, 02:51:57 pm Thanks for the info! So far I've really only explored into sites like ebay and craigslist for some good games, any other sites you could recommend where i could do some shopping around?
Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: iankellogg on June 20, 2015, 03:03:29 pm criagslist is where you get a lot of deals if you are patient. KLOV is where you go to SOMETIMES get a decent deal for a game. Lots of auctions websites that you just have to kind of find on your own since i don't know where you live.
Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: rbertolini on June 20, 2015, 03:08:36 pm I live in Metro Detroit area.
Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: iankellogg on June 20, 2015, 03:10:54 pm you actually just missed a great auction a few weeks ago there.
http://www.superauctions.com/ that does auctions all across the US. Otherwise there isnt too much that i know of in your area. Keep looking on craigslist. make sure you are using the craigslist filter that john posted here and look in the many cities that surround you. Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: rbertolini on June 20, 2015, 03:15:20 pm Thanks for info.
Title: Re: Buying first arcade, looking for general help. Post by: grantopia on July 17, 2015, 08:50:22 am Agree 100% on the price. In that condition 750 is pretty crazy. I picked up my Centipede for 325 with only a few minor scrapes. I'd be patient and watch klov and Craigslist. Klov has a wanted section that's good for networking down games too!
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