I'm a member of the low end price club. I've had well over 100 pins go through my hands
and rarely paid more than $225 for one. Kept the best 51. Some of the best deals were in swaps.
I'd trade my time fixing others machines for another broken one or swap one I had
that had been restored for 2 or 3 non-working pins.
Part of the fun is finding good deals. Much harder the last 10 years or so.
Steve