Pretty good business for sale on ebay
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...3982 610&rd=1

I would buy it if I lived closer

Arcades are dying.. probably why they are selling. I don't know of one arcade in my city anymore.. I remember when every mall had one, now I don't know of one mall with one..

Good biz to get into

video stores are always pretty damn good

must be your area then .... we have 3 arcades on our main road .. but this is a tourist town on the beach ... so :P

An arcade!? Damn.. I thought that the arcade business was over.. Well, for most of them.

They are still strong in Japan. I think that's the only place on earth where it's still largely profitable.

you really do not know what your talking about, I am in that business and as long as you keep up with new games money just rolls in.

Also check out the financials of Dave and Buster http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=DAB&d=t

Nothing is dying

Yes, this is true b/c most cities have ordinances against arcades.

But, if you add food & alchohol like D&B or Jillians,,,you can skirt around the ordinance.

I still have 3 full size coin op games from the early 90's:Graucho

Yep, it's amazing in Japan but you can't really compare them to the ones in other countries. I'm usually not into that stuff but when I'm in Japan I always go there.

Escortbiz, do you know where I can find a legit small business I can buy that brings in $500-$1,000 a month?
I have $12k to invest and want to find a small business to invest in that can grow into something bigger someday.
any advice?

Are you looking for an online or offline biz?

I'd look at either.

Well, I know there are no arcades in this town.. maybe one shitty little thing that no one ever goes to.. city is 300,000..

Have things like Chucky Cheese.. but who the hell wants to go hang around a bunch of screaming kids.

We do however have 2 gamming places.. where you can go and pay an hourly fee to play network games such as, Ultimate Tournament, etc..

So maybe we are just ahead of your city in terms of what is dead, and what is in.. :thumbsup

6k to 12k I know of a solid offline investment. Got some contact info?

That probably means that income has been much lower over the past year or so.

Sure, if this was 1984.

sure, icq - 336-912-597
thanks

get into a franchase or something. some have great systems setup

if you set it up in the right town you'll easily make money. People hand you lots of quarters and you hand them shitty stuff that costs you $20 per 1000 pieces

Arcades used to be popular because they had the good games. Now there is very little difference between games at the arcades and games you can play on your Xbox.

Not to mention Arcades trying to charge up to like a buck a play for the good games, and it's no wonder they are dying.

It says it makes figure 10 grand a month.
With $3300 for rent , I cant imagine the electric bill and its open 7 days a week .You need people to work it or you have to be there. Its not that great of a deal, also the lease only has 4.5 yrs left on it . What happens to the rent at that point?
you also cant compare this to a D&B. D&B is a whole experience with a casino type atmosphere.

console games have killed arcades as we knew them! :2 cents:

which ones?