First off I will open with I don't have a clue because MM or MMr is a game well beyond the price range I can justify for "toys" that rarely get played in our house but I think you "missed the boat" unless you bought that machine fairly cheap.

I would look at the math like this: MMr cost around $9000 and you have a "brand new machine" has driven the prices down to around the same point for nice originals. Assuming yours is decent overall and someone just has to install a playfield, plastics, and a few other odds & ends to make it nice I would think somewhere in the $5000 to $6000 range would be a "fair" starting point.

The someone willing to do the work could invest a couple grand and have a fairly nice machine for $7000 to $8000. As it sits anything over $6000 is likely a stretch and less than $5000 just seems way to cheap. I am sure others will chime in shortly!

The issue I see with the pinball hobby is logic flies right out the window when working up prices on games waiting to be restored (or refurbished). If a nice original (not a HEP or something like that) is worth around $9000 why would anyone pay anything north of $7000 for one needing $2500 worth of work?

Basic math: $9000 value - less $1000 for a playfield, $200 for plastics, another $300 for ramps or other issues, likely also needs some board work, flippers rebuilt, and other work (another $300 to $500 in parts) without considering money for stuff like LED's etc or labor the machines value should be right around $7000. I doubt if you would find anyone to replace playfield, clean up all parts, and reassemble the machine for under $500. Now you are looking at a $6500 pin MAX.

But for some reason in the pinball hobby someone will pay $7500 (or more)? Guess I am looking at things wrong but I really think anything north of about $6000 is a stretch. I am not saying seller shouldn't try for more but I don't see the logic in a buyer paying over about $6000 for it?

With how crazy prices have been the past couple years I don't blame you for asking for the input of others in the community. Lots of machines are hard to pin down a logical starting price on but MM has to be one of the tougher ones. Demand is still fairly high on the originals - not many "project" MM come up for sale - and the current pinball market seems to be all over the place when it comes to project machines so if I owned one and wanted to sell it I would ask also.

Starting a little high isn't a bad idea but set your expectations in a realistic range if you do decide to let it go.

Not to keep beating a dead horse the machine is likely worth $6000 to $6500 to the right guy. If I owned it I would do as others have suggested and list it for $6995 (or something in that range) and see what happens. But to me the "right number is actually closer to $5500 to $6000 based on what it will likely cost to make it fairly nice not based on what someone might be willing to pay for it.

The nice thing about asking a little too much is you can always come down but once it is sold you can't go up on price. So I would blame a seller for trying $7000 and seeing what happens.

Bottom line is the machine the guy originally asked about is worth a good bit of money and likely plays a good bit different than either a restored machine or an MMr. What is the "exact" value can only be determined by a seller & a buyer. It is "worth" what someone is willing to pay for it. Now the seller just needs to decide if he is looking for a "quick sale" or "top dollar" then list it for sale if that is what he wants to do.

I think there are plenty of post here already for him to get a good idea where he should start. So I think any additional post are just adding to "information overload" at this point.