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Two Tornado Coin-Ops---Need to choose
« on: January 25, 2011, 10:21:00 PM »
Hello again everyone.  Well, I'm starting to look again and found a couple of Tornado coin-ops on Craigslist.
Any help you can give me regarding these tables would be much appreciated...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/for/2179260609.html

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/tag/2177883434.html

Thanks in advance.   :)

Re: Two Tornado Coin-Ops---Need to choose
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2011, 12:31:45 AM »

I'm only going on what info I see in front of me and it's just personal opinion but even tho it's $150 more (which may be negotiable) I'd be leaning toward the second one and here's why...

The seller in the second ad knows what he has, knows it's in great shape and has gone to the effort to take usable pics in good lighting to prove it. No guarantee, but it will probably come with spare parts and tools as well, where as the other ad sounds like it's just going to be the table and while you can't see anything wrong with it in the pics, the pics are crap.

The first ad may be a perfectly acceptable table, but with good items going fast on craigslist, I'd home in on the better sounding one first and save the other for backup.

I'm sure others here would do it the other way around to potentially save $150, but when it comes to something I'm really into, I want the best quality I can get and if it costs a little more I'm still happier than getting a good deal on quality I'm not happy with.

Just my 2 cents and mileage may vary depending on circumstances at hand.

Re: Two Tornado Coin-Ops---Need to choose
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2011, 11:44:45 AM »
Thanks for the advice, Gwasshoppa.  I was thinking the exact same thing, but just wanted to see a more informed opinion first.
I'm contacting the seller of the mahogany table now.  Hopefully I can talk him down in price.   ;D

Re: Two Tornado Coin-Ops---Need to choose
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2011, 04:13:37 PM »
Between the 2, I would most definitely take the Mahagony...but I am a little biased, as I have 2 in mint condition right now.

It sounds like you are in the Chicagoland area, and the Mahogony table is in the greater Milwaukee area, which may be quite a bit further for you...just consider travel time/gas/etc...

BTW, if you are in the Chicagoland area who do you play with...or where do you play at?

Re: Two Tornado Coin-Ops---Need to choose
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2011, 10:19:05 PM »
You may want to consider this lightly used T-5000 that is located outside of Atlanta, GA:

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/tag/2160154351.html

I love how the sellers says "scammers stay away".