Topic: What kind of table is this?

[kgstewar]

I ran across this table on Craigslist and couldn't identify it:

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/for/4346420061.html

It looks a lot like this one, and if that's it, their price is about $1,000 too high :-)

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Indoor-MDF-France-Babyfoot_722112300.html

Anyone know what kind of table this is?

[come back trail]

Looks like a bonzini or a bonzini clone. I'm sure one of the bonzini experts will chime in.

[kgstewar]

Yeah, definitely not a Bonzini. Sort of reminds me of the Harvard Bonzini clone, but this one has telescoping rods.

[alaskan thunder]

Yeah its a cheap clone. Way better than most entry level tables but still not worth paying for. I used to own the exact table.

[kgstewar]

Yeah its a cheap clone. Way better than most entry level tables but still not worth paying for. I used to own the exact table.

Interesting. Did you pay $2795 for your table? That's what the seller claims he paid. Seems way way too high.

[Alan Cribbs]

Rip off.
Escalade Sports made a model similiar called the NXG.
Seems the Asian clone masters have incorporate the telescopic rod.
If the buyer did pay that much, then they were seriously robbed.

AC

[alaskan thunder]

Yeah its a cheap clone. Way better than most entry level tables but still not worth paying for. I used to own the exact table.

Interesting. Did you pay $2795 for your table? That's what the seller claims he paid. Seems way way too high.

Mine was given to me for free, but I know for a fact it did not cost nearly that much new...

[kgstewar]

Mine was given to me for free, but I know for a fact it did not cost nearly that much new...

Yeah, hard for me to believe anyone would have paid $2800 for that table and I doubt he'll get $1100.

I like to check Craigslist for tables, mostly just for the fun of it. It's amazing how many overpriced cheap tables there are. I doubt if any of these sell. 

[jonzini]

The table must have been a gift they've decided to sell.  I'm thinking they did a quick search for "Foosball" and a picture of a Bonzini eventually comes up.  Looks similar to the untrained eye.  Find out how much a new Bonzini sells for....

I can't imagine anyone even responding to that.

[kgstewar]

The table must have been a gift they've decided to sell.  I'm thinking they did a quick search for "Foosball" and a picture of a Bonzini eventually comes up.  Looks similar to the untrained eye.  Find out how much a new Bonzini sells for....

I can't imagine anyone even responding to that.

I think that is a very likely scenario. People willing to drop $1,000 on a foosball table usually know what they are doing.

[Alan Cribbs]

That table was first introduced with a solid rod protruding out the side and was sold at Costco for $199.00.


AC