Pinball Machine Pickup, Buying & Repair in Stony Point, NY
Stony Point is the kind of town where things get fixed before they get replaced, and I respect that, because I run my shop the same way.
No Runaround, Just a Straight Deal
I'm Christian, owner of Tri-State Pinball up in Newburgh, and I offer pinball machine pickup, buying, and repair in Stony Point, NY, from the hamlet center out to the river edges. My rule here is simple: never pay to lose a game that could have paid you. So before anything else, know two things. Machine pickup, even out of a brutal basement, is my specialty. And I buy games for cash in any condition, working, dead, or somewhere in between, with a fast, no-obligation offer and a straight answer either way.
Repair guys who get cagey about money drive me nuts, so I do the opposite. When you call about a sick game, I ask what it is doing, tell you what the visit involves, and quote the work up front, so there is no mystery bill at the end. Then I give you the advice I would give my own family. Some machines deserve the fix: good title, good bones, a fault I can chase down in an afternoon. Some machines are money pits, and the honest move is to say so and offer fair terms to take it off your hands instead. Fix it or let it go, you decide with real information in front of you. That is the whole philosophy, and it travels well in a town that can smell a hustle a mile off.
A Short Run Down 9W from Newburgh
Look at a map and the trip explains itself. My shop sits in Newburgh and 9W runs south along the river practically door to door, about half an hour behind the wheel. Compare that with outfits working out of Long Island or central Jersey that treat Rockland like a once-a-month route stop. Being this close changes what I can say yes to: a second visit when a part needs ordering, a quick look on my way through, an appointment that fits your shift instead of mine. It also puts your neighbors within easy reach. I cover Haverstraw next door, cross the Bear Mountain Bridge for Peekskill, and run down the county to New City, with the full map on my service areas page.
From the Old Lighthouse to Jones Point
I get a kick out of working this town because the history is not stuck in a museum case, it is on the ground. The battlefield on the point is where Anthony Wayne's men took the British works in a midnight bayonet assault in 1779, and the little stone lighthouse above it has watched the river since 1826, longer than any other light on the Hudson. The hamlets each have their own flavor. Grassy Point pushes out into the river and still carries its waterfront DNA from the days it was called North Haverstraw. Tomkins Cove grew up around the limestone quarry. Jones Point sits quiet under Dunderberg Mountain at the far north corner. Houses in places like these get handed down instead of flipped, and handed-down houses are where pinball machines sleep for thirty years until somebody finally opens the basement door and calls me.
Full Service in Stony Point, Every Hamlet Included
Whatever the game needs, there is a plan for it. I do in-home repair on Bally, Williams, Stern, Data East, and Jersey Jack machines, from a dead flipper to a full going-over, right where the game lives. I carry machines out of the exact spaces this town is famous for: mid-century basements, narrow bulkhead exits, garages stacked to the rafters. I put money in your hand for games you are done with, whatever shape they are in. And when the itch runs the other direction, I sell inspected and tested used machines with delivery available, and I rent games for parties and firehouse fundraisers with setup included. One shop, one guy answering the phone, every job done like the machine is going into my own house.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, that is the bread and butter of this work. Machines break down into cabinet, backbox, legs, and glass, and the pieces travel where a whole machine cannot. I measure, plan the route, and protect the walls on the way.
No. Landings just change the sequence. Sometimes the cabinet stands on end for the turn, sometimes it comes up at an angle with two sets of hands. I have yet to meet a Rockland staircase that could not be solved with patience.
Almost always. A finished basement narrows the path but rarely closes it, since machines come apart into slimmer pieces than the day they rolled in. In the rare case a wall or rail genuinely blocks the route, I tell you before anything gets touched.
I work on Bally, Williams, Stern, Data East, and Jersey Jack machines. That covers most of what is sitting in basements and game rooms around Rockland County.
Yes. Modern machines with their node boards and big displays need care just like the classics, and plenty of newer games around here have never had a proper tech visit.
Reach out anyway and tell me what it is. If fixing it is not the right call for either of us, I may still make you an offer and take it as-is, so the machine ends up with someone who wants it.
The game in your basement already survived two centuries of Stony Point history happening around it. Give it the next chapter. Call or text Christian at (845) 597-3982 with photos and get a straight answer today.