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I just ran across this ended eBay auction, 6131128850, for a Mills 10 cent Castle Front that brought $2,326.99. I couldn't believe it! I track every eBay sale of slot machines and the average price for a 10 cent Castle Front in 2004 is $1325. Just thought it was interesting how machines like this go crazy on eBay sometimes.

Don

Nations Attic

Don this buyer has no history of coinop purchases at eBay. The machine works but doesn't payout. So the machine does not work. I follow trade stimulators as well as slots on eBay. Repainted Imps were selling for close to $600.00 a year or so ago.

There are many buyers that have no idea what things cost.

Nations Attic wrote:I just ran across this ended eBay auction, 6131128850, for a Mills 10 cent Castle Front that brought $2,326.99. I couldn't believe it! I track every eBay sale of slot machines and the average price for a 10 cent Castle Front in 2004 is $1325. Just thought it was interesting how machines like this go crazy on eBay sometimes.

Don

Nations Attic

WOW!!! It was even unrestored!



Go to http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14282&item=6131128850&rd=1 if you want to see the actual listing.

I have a feeling there will be a few more Castle Fronts showing up on E-Bay over the next couple of days

I just noticed that the seller just re-listed this machine. Funny, the buyer for some reason backed out.

Everyone must realize by now that there are a lot of games that get played on eBay in the coin op section on a regular basis. IF you choose to believe the seller's explanation, the previous high bidder "made a mistake" and did not complete the transaction. I guess not. $2,326.99 is pretty strong for an unrestored Castle Front the "works great", but "does not pay on a winner". If you study the bidding history, WWatcher had put in an earlier bid of $1,000.00. He got outbid with what was probably the last legitimate bid of $1,259.99. APPARENTLY, WWatcher rebid and MAY have made the not so hard to make mistake of hitting the comma key instead of the period key and eBay picked up the new bid as $130,000.00 or whatever it does. eBay has been asked to correct this, but they could care less. So it is possible that WWatcher could have tried to bid $1,300.00 or something like that, but typed in $1,300,00 and eBay picked it up as a much higher number. It has happened to me when I was in a hurry and wasn't paying attention, but as soon as I realized what I did, I retracted my bid and rebid the correct amount. That is all well and good. But how do you explain Sudsshaker's (5) three bids of $2,200.00, #2,251.99, and $2,301.99? Maybe Sudsshaker had been shaking a few too many suds when he made that bid. Maybe the seller did not want to violate any of eBay's asinine rules by offering this machine to Sudsshaker for the amount of his last bid. Who knows? Who cares? The simple fact of the matter is that the machine has been relisted. It will be interesting to see if either WWatcher or Sudsshaker show up this time around.

In case you missed it, this machine sold on eBay the second time the seller listed it for $1,135.00 which is about right considering shipping and the fact that it is not working properly. It is interesting to note that "sudshaker" was the high bidder with a snipe bid at the end. I have attached the bidding history for anyone interested in that sort of thing. The previous high bidder the first time around, "WWatcher" did not bid the second time around.



sudsshakers ( 7 ) US $1,135.00 Dec-05-04 19:49:23 PST



badudemotorcycles ( 14) US $1,110.00 Dec-05-04 16:57:00 PST


hotslot32 ( 0 ) US $1,100.99 Dec-05-04 16:54:28 PST


badudemotorcycles ( 14) US $1,051.00 Dec-05-04 16:56:39 PST


biglake454 ( 23) US $1,000.00 Dec-05-04 03:39:56 PST


hotslot32 ( 0 ) US $1,000.00 Dec-05-04 16:41:27 PST


badudemotorcycles ( 14) US $950.00 Dec-02-04 17:49:59 PST


hotslot32 ( 0 ) US $900.00 Nov-26-04 17:13:43 PST


badudemotorcycles ( 14) US $850.00 Dec-02-04 17:49:41 PST


footcoach ( 23) US $757.92 Nov-28-04 07:37:38 PST


aneonbear ( 75) US $650.00 Nov-26-04 08:20:22 PST


igtmachines ( 743) US $623.00 Nov-25-04 22:10:05 PST


ozymandias52 ( 527) US $611.00 Nov-26-04 05:51:49 PST