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Yes, it's just another TOTAL REPRODUCTION War Eagle, but this is one from the WORST batch. (Item # 171013364997)
This seller has dealt in several coinop machines in the past, and knows full-well what the machine is, but no honesty in the description, and purposely not showing pix of the missing features.
Namely - NO coin escalator. Coins are glued behind the glass. NO jackpot or reserve. The typical incorrect handle, and strangely enough, this one does not have the silver reel strips, and new
decals, like 98% always have. Take a look at the closeups of the castings. These are the worst-of-the-worst, and that gold finish makes it look more like trash. But, it is capturing bids from the
unsuspected. About the only thing half-way good on this example, might be the mechanism, if you have a nice original, that is void of one, and need something to light your fire. I did drop the
seller a note, but do not expect a response. Check the negatives. They don't even respond to their buyers. Ho-Hum!

Noticed this one today:



Crazy!
21 bids and up to $1,126.50 for this "vintage" beauty.
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I reported it to eBay which I am sure they will ignore.

Dave wrote:I reported it to eBay which I am sure they will ignore.

I reported it as well, but we all know that it will fall on 'Deaf-Ears'.
I used to report quite a number of repro slots, being passed off as original, especially "Warped Eagles", but I soon gave up, as it was useless.
FleaBay did shut down a large number of phoney Eagles & Nuggets, 3 or 4 years ago, because they had so many complaints from irate buyers,
that were getting snookered, but that all lasted about as long as it took me to write this note. Within a heartbeat, they were being listed again,
and continue to do so.
Dave.........How about sending eBay an 'Official' invite to monitor this Forum? Yeah, I know, 'Lost Cause'!

Up to $1151 and 22 bids - my goodness hard to believe. Maybe we don't understand real collectibles! Andy - running out of time to jump on this treasure. Does have the same denomination tag as your other older example. Would look good side by side!

My god, up over 1200. SOLD $1551.00 I can't believe it.

I am not surprised EBAY is out of control, junk is selling for top dollar and people think their stuff is worth double and it will sell on EBAY, the sky scraper item #290890481790 that just ended that was listed for $1850.0 as been on craigs list for months fro $1700.00 or best offer I spoke to the lady and the best she would do was $1500.00, the watling blue seal mint vendor EBAY item #300887095889 starting at $1350.00 in on craigs list for $1200.00 or best offer,
It's not just the sellers but the buyers just bidding wild not doing any research first, paying double for a real machine is almost as foolish as paying going rate for a repro.

I sent him (littleshanno) the following message

I see you found a sucker to buy the totally fake War Eagle for $1,500.

Your mother must be so proud.

coinopcollectorforum.com site has been following this auction.

Your ID has been flagged as one that sells fakes.

Have a nice day.

Many of the bidders on that "Warped Eagle" had very low feedback numbers, which I can understand the possibility of 'non-research' before bidding.
But the winner had a feedback of (878), whom you would think should know better. I checked the userID code with my listings, and I had one. It was
someone I know, but after checking his real userID, it wasn't him. He had a different feedback number, thank God.

At least 2 of us contacted the seller early in the auction, in plenty of time for him to revise the description,
so there is no doubt he knew he was selling a fake machine with a misleading listing.