Pinball Machine Pickup, Buying & Repair in Monticello & Sullivan County, NY
Monticello is the county seat and the working heart of Sullivan County, and it anchors a stretch of the Catskills we are proud to cover.
Broadway Still Runs the Show.
I'm Christian from Tri-State Pinball in Newburgh, and yes, we really do make this drive. Owners up here are used to hearing "sorry, too far" from downstate companies, so let me say it plainly. If there is a pinball machine in your house, your camp or your late uncle's basement anywhere around Monticello, we will come get it. Our crew handles pinball machine pickup across Sullivan County, stairs and all, and if the game has value you should sell it to us for cash instead of letting it ride out another winter. Give us a little lead time to schedule the trip and we take care of everything else, including the stairs, the truck and the heavy lifting.
The village itself is compact and easy for us to work. Broadway carries the courthouse traffic, the storefronts and the slow rebound of a downtown that once served the busiest resort county in America. De Hoyos Memorial Park sits right off the main drag, Holiday Mountain is a few minutes out, and the Monticello Motor Club and the raceway keep a steady stream of visitors rolling through. The homes on the side streets off Broadway are older village houses, which means full basements, narrow cellar doors and the occasional surprise under a tarp. Those are the jobs we like, and we can usually pair a village stop with lake pickups the same day, which keeps the scheduling simple for everyone.
Kiamesha, White Lake and the Camps That Close in October.
Ring the village and you hit water in every direction. Kiamesha Lake, White Lake and Kauneonga Lake are lined with a mix of year-round homes, family camps and seasonal colonies that fill up in June and go quiet after Columbus Day. Some of those communities literally shut down for the winter, water off, roads quiet. Every fall, owners closing up a place discover the same question. What do we do with the game room? A pinball machine that sits in an unheated lake house all winter is not resting, it is deteriorating. If you are selling the camp, downsizing it or just tired of walking around the machine, closing weekend is exactly the right time to call us. One trip up the mountain and the machine is handled before the pipes are drained.
What We Handle Across Sullivan County.
Everything we do at home in Newburgh, we do up here:
- Pickup of unwanted machines from houses, camps, barns and storage units, in any condition.
- Cash offers on games worth money. Working or not, send photos and get a fast, no-obligation number.
- In-home pinball repair on Bally, Williams, Stern, Data East and Jersey Jack titles, so the machine never has to leave your game room.
- Roughly 16 used machines for sale at any time, inspected and tested, with delivery available to Monticello and the lakes.
- Rentals for parties and events, delivered and set up, which fits a county that knows how to throw a summer party.
What a Catskills Winter Does to a Machine.
Cold does not kill pinball machines. Damp does, and unheated buildings swing between the two all winter. We regularly see cabinets up here with swollen particle board, corroded connectors, rusty legs and boards damaged by old leaking batteries. Mice love a quiet cabinet too. None of that automatically means the game is done. It means you should have someone look at it before you decide anything, because owners often assume a machine is worthless when it needs a few honest hours of work, and just as often assume it is fine when the boards are quietly rotting. A ten minute phone call with photos usually settles which camp you are in.
Fix It or Let It Go, Decided Honestly.
Because we repair machines and buy them, you get one visit and a real answer instead of a sales pitch. If your game is worth fixing, we will tell you what is involved and do the work right there. If repair money would be wasted on it, we will say that too, and make you an offer on the spot so it leaves with us instead of haunting the closing checklist. Sellers handling an estate or emptying a second home appreciate having one call solve the whole problem. Our neighbors down the road get the same treatment, from Port Jervis on the Delaware to Middletown and Goshen along Route 17. The full town list lives on our service areas page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, and you should. We keep around 16 machines in stock at any time, all inspected and tested, and you can actually play them before you buy. We deliver to Monticello and the surrounding lakes, and you are welcome to ask about our warranty before you spend a dime.
We will. We handle the truck, the stairs and the setup, and we level the machine so it plays correctly. Tell us about the property when you call so we bring the right equipment for the driveway and the doorway.
Often, yes. Damp storage causes predictable problems and many of them are very fixable. Send us photos and a description of what it is doing, and Christian will give you an honest read before you commit to anything.
Weigh what the repaired machine is worth against what the work involves, and be honest about whether anyone still plays it. Since we both repair and purchase machines, we will lay out both paths with real numbers and zero pressure. Either answer is fine with us.
The mountains are not too far for us, so do not let another season pass with that machine sitting cold. Call or text Christian at (845) 597-3982 and get a fast, no-obligation answer for any pinball machine in Monticello or Sullivan County.