by JHSS-1944 » Tue May 03, 2016 3:12 am
o.k. , but most of the time it's the sellers with no clue & the auction houses with no clue either or don't care.
these auction houses should have forced rules; 6 photos or more, at least an honest statement to.... it actually works or not.
forced "do a little research " on your item for sale.... has to be "X " amount of lines of information.
OR better, here's a questionnaire you must fill out, OR you can't sell that here.
year ?:
make ?:
working ?:
any replaced parts (if known) ?:
Parts missing ?:
restored ?:
known issues ?:
this could be for all types of items they try to sell.
Hate seeing ..... "1930's 5 cent slot machine with key ".
And clearly it's all beat up, actually from the 1950's, repainted neon pink with black flames, looks like all the glass in missing, reel strips look like they are up side down, 5 cent sign looks painted on, ect.,ect.
And the starting bid is only $1,000.00
And it doesn't sell !?!? Wounder why ?
some honesty would be nice.......
I actually bought 3 unmolested mills slot, 2 Jewels & 1 black cherry from an honest guy. "I know this picker back in Boston, he picked these up, I felt obligated to buy them. drove them back to Az. have no clue about them at all. the dime works ,25 cent does not & no key , the 50 cent ,no clue as I have no coins.
so far only dealers have shown any interest and they want to pay nothing for them. if you want all 3 ,you can take them for $2,100.00 right now".
I did , And have bought 2 more from him (mills f.o.k. & mills token bell) ,he picked up locally. he bought them only because he knew I would buy them.
he charged me only $200.00 above his cost on those 2.
if your honest , you get my hard earned money... simple.
jeff H.