I'm guessing that belongs to @Garry Sp8.
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I only get the 80% ones nowadays, still a good deal though and seem to get them every other week. I've sold about £1500 of 'clutter' the last few months with still more to sell.
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A lot!!!!
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Ebay Creech has already gone so someone thought it was worth the £7k.
Not sure id pay £7 for a creech no matter how many mods it had! But everyone's idea of value is different long as your happy 
Watching how long some games are sitting for sale / prices we are seeing looks like the market is cooling off a bit. But will always see silliness on eBay
Watching how long some games are sitting for sale / prices we are seeing looks like the market is cooling off a bit. But will always see silliness on eBay
TBF it had a best offer accepted but I would imagine it wasn't far off the mark if it went as quickly as it did.
Yes and eBay hide the actual sold prices on best offer listings.
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I dont think they used to - obviously another "enhancement" to the detriment of others...
Never.. ever assume the eBay sold item prices are correct when you do a sold item search. eBay want you to believe that so they can make more money and get people to list and sell more items.
I have sold and bought many different items discussing with the buyer/seller via eBay messages. As a seller you can reply to messages with a direct offer.
As I buy retro games and hardware back and forth I often watch some of those retro gaming channels on Youtube, constantly some of them are also referring to eBay for prices, " I picked this up for £100 and it's worth £150 on eBay" thats NOT always the case, half those collectors just want to think they got a deal and feel good about their purchases.
I will show you this as an example,
Here is Rolling Thunder 2, a Mega Drive Game I had my eye on for a while. So here is the sold eBay listings, look at the sold item for £60. Clicking on this brings you to the original listing which also shows you it sold for £60.
I was willing to pay £50 for it. I sent the seller a message asking if he take £50 for it, which he accepted and replied with the offer direct via messages.
You can see above the accepted offer for £50, but actually I only paid £45 for it as I had also used a 10% promotion discount code.
So just for info NEVER believe what eBay lists the sold items for, it is never 100% true and very rarely is. Always try haggle or discount your buyer via messages even if you think something is overpriced. Many many times I have bought and sold items direct with the buyer/seller.
If you regularly search for some items and keep your eye on the sold items be very aware, its Ebay's way to get you thinking your Toys are worth lots of money so they can make more.
Lets say someone lists say an Adams Family Pin at 15k (fixed price with no offers), but in reality they would take a lot less for it, the seller is just chancing their luck with making a good hefty amount initially. The issue here is that if an interested buyer speaks directly with the seller via ebay messages and offers 8k for it and seller accepts, eBay will show the Adams Family in a sold items search for the initial 15k listing price, and many people assume their Adams family pins are worth a fortune. Thus leading to the next nut jobs listing future Adams Family pins at insane prices, as they have seen what the last one sold for.
If a listing for a Pin say has the best offer option, and a deal is done this way, eBay do not want you knowing what it sold for and this will not show up in the sold items search. Their used to be 3rd party sites where you could actually see what the best price offer accepted was, but this was a few years ago and does not work now, well in the UK anyway.
I have sold and bought many different items discussing with the buyer/seller via eBay messages. As a seller you can reply to messages with a direct offer.
As I buy retro games and hardware back and forth I often watch some of those retro gaming channels on Youtube, constantly some of them are also referring to eBay for prices, " I picked this up for £100 and it's worth £150 on eBay" thats NOT always the case, half those collectors just want to think they got a deal and feel good about their purchases.
I will show you this as an example,
Here is Rolling Thunder 2, a Mega Drive Game I had my eye on for a while. So here is the sold eBay listings, look at the sold item for £60. Clicking on this brings you to the original listing which also shows you it sold for £60.
I was willing to pay £50 for it. I sent the seller a message asking if he take £50 for it, which he accepted and replied with the offer direct via messages.
You can see above the accepted offer for £50, but actually I only paid £45 for it as I had also used a 10% promotion discount code.
So just for info NEVER believe what eBay lists the sold items for, it is never 100% true and very rarely is. Always try haggle or discount your buyer via messages even if you think something is overpriced. Many many times I have bought and sold items direct with the buyer/seller.
If you regularly search for some items and keep your eye on the sold items be very aware, its Ebay's way to get you thinking your Toys are worth lots of money so they can make more.
Lets say someone lists say an Adams Family Pin at 15k (fixed price with no offers), but in reality they would take a lot less for it, the seller is just chancing their luck with making a good hefty amount initially. The issue here is that if an interested buyer speaks directly with the seller via ebay messages and offers 8k for it and seller accepts, eBay will show the Adams Family in a sold items search for the initial 15k listing price, and many people assume their Adams family pins are worth a fortune. Thus leading to the next nut jobs listing future Adams Family pins at insane prices, as they have seen what the last one sold for.
If a listing for a Pin say has the best offer option, and a deal is done this way, eBay do not want you knowing what it sold for and this will not show up in the sold items search. Their used to be 3rd party sites where you could actually see what the best price offer accepted was, but this was a few years ago and does not work now, well in the UK anyway.
All correct - I didn't pay £7k. I paid a price that I and the seller are happy with. It is coming from a known pinball person, is in great condition - and it was on my must buy list. Maybe I could have got cheaper if I had waited for another to come along - but they are not common. Happy buyer and a happy seller is what matters.
Excellent thats all that matters as you say, looks an amazing machine
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Gary’s stuff is top notch it will be a beauty congrats
Data East Time Machine & Playboy ending tonight
Time Machine is awesome, its my only Pin and one I paid a fortune for, but I love it. This one looks in great condition and a trusted seller I believe. Well worth checking this game out if its within your budget and you can collect.
If I had still been down in Norwich (was down there last week) when this was due to end I would have been tempted to get another, hire a van and drive up the road, I did consider going to see it and had those thoughts that last week actually
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Time Machine is awesome, its my only Pin and one I paid a fortune for, but I love it. This one looks in great condition and a trusted seller I believe. Well worth checking this game out if its within your budget and you can collect.
If I had still been down in Norwich (was down there last week) when this was due to end I would have been tempted to get another, hire a van and drive up the road, I did consider going to see it and had those thoughts that last week actually
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Yeah, it is a nice one.Data East Time Machine & Playboy ending tonight
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Time Machine is awesome, its my only Pin and one I paid a fortune for, but I love it. This one looks in great condition and a trusted seller I believe. Well worth checking this game out if its within your budget and you can collect.
If I had still been down in Norwich (was down there last week) when this was due to end I would have been tempted to get another, hire a van and drive up the road, I did consider going to see it and had those thoughts that last week actually
I had wanted a Time Machine for many years and eventually got a real nice one from Kenny Taylor. Unfortunately it did absolutely nothing for to play. I felt as if it had very little going on even taking in to account the era. I actually much preferred Laser War by Data East. Each to their own.........after all i love X-Files which makes about three of us in the UK !
It was the audio and chimes that made me want to source a Time Machine, the fact that its simple to play, fast and easy to understand the kids also love it also. Laser War also looks the same layout and has great audio. Being a Data East video games fan those DE games kinda appeal to me. As you say each to their own on what they want from a machine, this is what makes it great hearing each others opinion on machines.
It`s weird but i agree the are similar yet one really hooked me and one left me thinking it`s not for me. Strange given that the layouts felts very much the same but for whatever reason the Laser War appealed and Time didn`t. I always thought it be the other way around. I guess until you own one and have an unlimited amount of game time on a machine you can`t be sure. If you like a machine that is by far and away the most important thing as well as it actually playing properly of course !
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come on man I wouldn't buy that turd!Probably Neil
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Do you know who has it now? Was a really nice example. Plenty of nostalgia and a reliable machine it was. If I had the room I would have kept it. Do miss my Funhouse too :-(
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Looks a good deal actually.
Yes, very. It's only a couple of miles up the road from me but I'm not buying anything for the time being. That's a very tempting price though!
There must be a Facebook marketplace setting that I am missing or have set incorrectly. If I search for "pinball machines" for instance it hardly brings up anything, as I can't get it to search nationwide. The furthest it will allow me to search is a 200km radius from my home ( which ain't much use as I'm near Glasgow!). Drives me nuts when looking for cars etc as well.
Yes, there seems to be a 200km limit for some reason
Mine goes to 500km which I need over here too.
That's nuts! Looks like you can go to 500km on desktop but only 200km on mobile
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Nah I had one the other week for £200. Different pin mind.
I’m on an IPad Pro, not sure what that comes under.
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