I say offer the guy a hundred bucks for it, get it home play on it, if you like it...you got yourself a great deal. If not, I bet you could unload it without a problem for what you payed. If you are not going to be happy with anything other than a Tornado coin-op, well then, keep looking. I was determine to find a Tornado Coin until I found an older brown marble cyclone in mint condition for $100 and went the route I mentioned above, got it home, played on it, love it. Good luck, Steve.