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Title: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: U.S.AutoService on August 10, 2009, 12:01:49 AM A man wants to sell me this BIG BERTHA slot machine , he owes me some money. but I don't know what it is worth, he says it works. I figure I would ask here.
Dan Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: jay on August 10, 2009, 12:24:05 AM Most people consider those a liability and pay people to take them away...... :72-
The fact that it works and is logo ed with Ceasars might make it less so. Before you consider it I would: a. Make sure he is prepared to deliver it..... b. Make sure you have the space to accomodate it.... personally I would rather use the space for 3 slots that I want vs the one I took to settle a debt. c. If its going down into the basement or the such make sure you work out the logistics of getting it down the stairs, will it fit through the door etc. Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: OhioGaming on August 10, 2009, 12:27:21 AM There was working one on ebay a couple of months ago that sold for about $400.
Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: a69mopar on August 10, 2009, 01:23:01 AM Big bertha machines are extremely heavy, be prepared to have a forklift or a bunch of football players to move it. I prefer the spinning reel Berthas.
W Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: StatFreak on August 10, 2009, 10:41:44 AM Big bertha machines are extremely heavy, be prepared to have a forklift or a bunch of football players to move it. I prefer the spinning reel Berthas. W What he said ^^. I'm not sure that a video Bertha would be as desireable as one with real reels. After all, the giant spinning reels are the appeal of the machines, aren't they? Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: jay on August 10, 2009, 10:48:21 AM I agree about the attraction with the Reels......
I guess with a video version you might have the option of changing games. With a Bertha "reel" you are not easily able to find alternate games. Do you know what the guts are ? Fortune 1 ? PE+ etc ? is there a bill validator..... Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: dpalmi on August 10, 2009, 02:33:58 PM Did you know he posted it on Craigslist? At least I asssume it's the same one - it's got the same pictures....
http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/clt/1310948807.html (http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/clt/1310948807.html) Dan #2 Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: Karaoke Mike on August 10, 2009, 03:47:40 PM I would take the guts out and put them in a small custom cabinet and then use the original cabinet for a bar in the garage or something.
Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: tjkeller on August 10, 2009, 04:50:50 PM I would take the guts out and put them in a small custom cabinet and then use the original cabinet for a bar in the garage or something. I think I would make a concession stand out of it. Gut the inside, put some wheels under it, and hall it to Carnivals and Fairs etc. Just get inside and sell funnel cakes made to look like poker chips!...every so often holler out " JACKPOT, WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER!" And let that customer have a comp (freebie)! :72- :97- Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: Karaoke Mike on August 10, 2009, 04:58:43 PM That's what I'm talking about. Just add some wheels to it and a hitch, make it into that funnel cake stand or a weinner stand and call out weinners here and become a carnnie, moving from town to town.
Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: CaptainHappy on August 10, 2009, 07:25:06 PM I agree about the attraction with the Reels...... I guess with a video version you might have the option of changing games. With a Bertha "reel" you are not easily able to find alternate games. Do you know what the guts are ? Fortune 1 ? PE+ etc ? is there a bill validator..... Jay, On the craigs list ad it has a picture of the s/n tag that states it is a "BALLY" BIG BERTHA...... I always thought that the ones that said BIG BERTHA specifically were IGT machines? :103- I know that people refer to all big machines as Big Berthas, but I thought that "LEGAL" Big Berthas were all IGT. Just thought that I would point out that picture in case you had not seen it. It sure made me curious. CaptainHappy :95- Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: Brianzz on August 10, 2009, 07:43:43 PM I think IGT called theirs Bertha and Mini-Bertha.. so naturally Bally would skirt around and call it Big Bertha
Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: jay on August 10, 2009, 09:02:41 PM I guess Bertha is off the list of names for size 0 super models......
Title: Re: What is Big Bertha worth ? Post by: uniman on August 10, 2009, 09:47:09 PM Universal called their giant machines "Jumbo's", thereby avoiding any comparison to a large german woman. :30- :30- :30-
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