Milwaukie, OR
It's just all about condition. Since JD is such an insanely dark game if someone has put in a lot of work and hours to light it up well then I say it is worth a good amount more and so on
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Quoted from jalpert:Took me about 1.5 years.
My game wasn't shopped, or fully working. I paid $1,350.
The thing is, your post has all these conditions attached to it, shopped, fully working etc. Wait a while, be willing to fix some switches, be willing to take some ramps off and switch out some rubber, and it's a $1,400 game. Otherwise, I don't think anyone disagreed that it's a $2K game.
Also, make some friends, and you don't have to worry about being that first guy to respond. The game I got was never listed. I was nice to a friend of his, and I got the game offered to me.
So you got a broken, non-working one for $1350. That basically proves it is not a $1400 game, but that's ok I know you won't be convinced so no worries. So, for a fully working game in great shape and some lights added (needs that with being so dark in the back) there is no reason it can't climb the 2k range.
Basically, it is all condition, which has been mentioned already.
Quoted from jalpert:What's your problem?
I suggested at $1,400 it might not be shiny, but cleaning a game up and maybe fixing some switches is not a broken non working game. Switches, cleaning and rubbers are just normal wear and tear. But yes, if you want it perfect, and you don't want to lift a finger, it's usually comes at a premium. It's not a JD thing, it's a pinball thing.
No offense, but you're opinion is a bit biased when it comes to a games value and LEDs. LEDs don't add any value. Find the right buyer and you might get the cost of the bulbs which is cheap.
I have no problem? I'm not taking stabs at you or anything, not upset. Just stating, you are convinced on your prices, and that is fine.
I'm not saying throw in some LEDs and they will raise the value. Do some lighting work though and it will. Add spotlights, lightstrips. You know, make super dark games playable type thing. Not just plug in some LEDs under inserts 
I'm talking the stuff that takes 6-8 hours to do. If you ever make it over to this state hit me up and come check out the games. Couple other cool local guys have some great lighting as well. Always fun to see other's games and what they do in that area.
Quoted from jalpert:It's all good, I did read it one way, but can see how it came off another.
IMO, really good LED lighting looks really good. Everything else, not so much. I am certainly a just put some LEDs under the inserts kind of guy when I do buy them.
I do the same on a game or two I know I don't want to keep or the buyer doesn't want it lit up really well and I wouldn't charge extra or anything more than maybe 50-100$ for the LEDs I did put in and that would be because I probably shopped it pretty well at the same time
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