UK : Jamma Cabinets Market Dead?

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* HP wrote in alt.games.mame:
> Lots on Sale on Ebay....... and no bids........ including Jamma/Monitor/Game
> offers on 99pence.

> Maybe everyone who wants a Jamma Cabinet for Mame has got one by now.

Or everyone that wants one dosent want to use Scam Bay to obtain one.

--
David
Better hope you get what you want before you stop wanting it.

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On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:27:29 +0000 (UTC), "HP"
<NoEmailPlease@Email.Com> wrote:

>Lots on Sale on Ebay....... and no bids........ including Jamma/Monitor/Game
>offers on 99pence.
>
>Maybe everyone who wants a Jamma Cabinet for Mame has got one by now.
>

Three years ago when I was building MAME cabs quite frequently a
decent JAMMA cab with a good monitor was fetching £100+ and I was
happy to pay, knowing the resultant MAME cab would fetch £500+

In contrast, I've just sold a perfectly good Midway Pac-Man upright,
with original game board and new artwork to put on for £350. And it's
an excellent nick cab! OK, I needed the space and it had to go - but
£350? Did I mention there was a brand new Hantarex Popo in there as
well?

Cab prices and board prices are lower than a snakes belly at the
moment.

A fully converted MAME cab went for £250 (reserve not met) on
eBay.co.uk just last week.

Sad days......

Cheers,
Terra Cresta

PC Arcade
http://www.pcarcade.tv

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On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:06:20 +0100, "James Hart"
<news1@jameshart.co.uk> wrote:

>Dr Zoidberg wrote:
>> SINNER wrote:
>>> * HP wrote in alt.games.mame:
>>>> Lots on Sale on Ebay....... and no bids........ including
>>>> Jamma/Monitor/Game offers on 99pence.
>>>
>>>> Maybe everyone who wants a Jamma Cabinet for Mame has got one by
>>>> now.
>>>
>>> Or everyone that wants one dosent want to use Scam Bay to obtain one.
>>
>> Given that you are almost certainly going to collect the cab in
>> person , arcade machines are pretty safe things to buy on ebay.
>>
>> It's just as much because the number of commercial sites with
>> cabinets has shrunk to almost zero now.
>> Ten years ago every take-away and pub had one or two machines.
>>
>> Now the only places that do are arcades with rows of pound-a-go
>> monsters with the difficulty set to maximum , and they have no
>> interest in old machines
>
>I had no takers at all for the few cabs I advertised a couple of years ago
>and ended up skipping most of them as we needed the space but I've had 2
>people ring in the last few weeks, both wanting cabs to MAME. It seems that
>I'm totally out of sync with the swings of the cab market.
>

You and me both my friend - I bought when gear was expensive, and when
I came to sell, it's all going for peanuts ;-)

Cheers,
Terra Cresta

PC Arcade
http://www.pcarcade.tv