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Re:Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinbal... by Boogie_Man on Friday February 02, 2024 @05:25PM (#39235284)
If I may ask, are you making a worthwhile profit on the machines you sell, or are you doing it for the love of pinball? I used to know a guy who claimed to have done this with claw machines and made a lot of money. (Yes he had a ponytail)
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Re:Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinbal... by bdash on Friday February 02, 2024 @05:51PM (#39235542)
I'm not really making any money doing it. I learn a lot and enjoy the process.

As an example, I picked up a 1978 Bally Strikes and Spares machine from Marketplace. It'd sat in the owners garage unplayed for 10 years and no longer worked. I bought it for $400, put somewhere between 20-30 hours of work into it and around $600 in new parts. If I'm lucky, I'll be able to sell it for around $1800.

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