treefrog wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 11:58 am
It has been posted on this thread twice before, but I wonder if the latest interest may relate to the ludicrous offer someone has made for one £1250 on the new Elephant site
If it were genuine and I owned one, I would be throwing it in the back of my car for a trip to Cambridge
We all know that ludicrous offers for machines don't seem to reliably shake them out of the woodwork
Re: Electro-mechanical Wall Machines
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:06 pm
by rippyspennyarcade
I own the Twinkletoes machine in the latest video, It is the actual machine that I played on aged 12 in our local arcade many moons ago, and as Moonriver said , it is for those sentimental reasons that No amount of Cash would tempt me to sell, I am a collector and why would I want to sell something I may never possibly see again however much is offered
Re: Electro-mechanical Wall Machines
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:24 pm
by treefrog
I hope it gives you more pleasure ....
I never believe in such a thing as no money can buy anything as no slot machine has a limit, but I agree we probably all have a few machines we would have to be pushed seriously hard to sell......
I am trying to workout which one I want to turn into my coffin
Mind you I have sold a few machines where people have chucked a high number at me, but I would never put out an advert stating what I would pay. One ploy that could be used by crafty sellers at the Elephant is to get a mate to stick a wanted advert at a crazy price on the site and then list one for sale, would set the tone for value they would hope higher offers..
Re: Electro-mechanical Wall Machines
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:32 pm
by moonriver
treefrog wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:24 pm
One ploy that could be used by crafty sellers at the Elephant is to get a mate to stick a wanted advert at a crazy price on the site and then list one for sale, would set the tone for value they would hope higher offers..
Damn
Re: Electro-mechanical Wall Machines
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:48 pm
by badpenny
.... wot he said!
Re: Electro-mechanical Wall Machines
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 10:39 pm
by pennymachines
Yup, it's gonna happen, if it hasn't already...
Unless you can be held to your offer.
Re: Electro-mechanical Wall Machines
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:34 am
by arrgee
rippyspenneyarcade wrote:It is the actual machine that I played on aged 12 in our local arcade many moons ago, and as Moonriver said , it is for those sentimental reasons that No amount of Cash would tempt me to sell
I completely understand that - you can not put a price on items that have sentimental value.
Re: Electro-mechanical Wall Machines
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:39 pm
by 13rebel
I echo arrgee's comment. I suspect very few of us can claim to own the actual machine they played as a youth.
Re: Electro-mechanical Wall Machines
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:11 pm
by pennymachines
Star Express German Electro Mechanical Vintage Arcade Game