Is it me or is it the norm? DMDs SS machines 6-8-12 grand! WTF! EMs are commanding a good price. Maybe this isn’t a hobby any more? Maybe these aren’t old collectibles! I remember when you could buy old cars for cheap! Pinballs for cheap! Houses and girlfriends for cheap! This shit has hit the fan! Every wannabe has a pinball room or arcade but not really! I won’t stand for this shit anymore I will merely sit! LMFAO.......just thought I would vent!
Inflation is a rise in prices, which can be translated as the decline of purchasing power over time. The rate at which purchasing power drops can be reflected in the average price increase of a basket of selected goods and services over some period of time. The rise in prices, which is often expressed as a percentage, means that a unit of currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.
The deals are still out there, but you have to be ready to get in the car and go. Most collectables seemed to have doubled in the past 2 or 3 years. Hopefully you are happy with what you have (which is a beautful collection of pins and cars..)
Quoted from zr11990:Shits only gonna get worse. Eggs are 6-9 dollars a dozen.
Maybe those neighborhood kids will think twice before egging my house now 
download (resized).jpgQuoted from zydeco-bluesmobi:Is it me or is it the norm? DMDs SS machines 6-8-12 grand! WTF! EMs are commanding a good price. Maybe this isn’t a hobby any more? Maybe these aren’t old collectibles! I remember when you could buy old cars for cheap! Pinballs for cheap! Houses and girlfriends for cheap! This shit has hit the fan! Every wannabe has a pinball room or arcade but not really! I won’t stand for this shit anymore I will merely sit! LMFAO.......just thought I would vent!
Yes.
-Collin
Quoted from zydeco-bluesmobi:Is it me or is it the norm? DMDs SS machines 6-8-12 grand! WTF! EMs are commanding a good price. Maybe this isn’t a hobby any more? Maybe these aren’t old collectibles! I remember when you could buy old cars for cheap! Pinballs for cheap! Houses and girlfriends for cheap! This shit has hit the fan! Every wannabe has a pinball room or arcade but not really! I won’t stand for this shit anymore I will merely sit! LMFAO.......just thought I would vent!
Quoted from Xenon75:Inflation is a rise in prices, which can be translated as the decline of purchasing power over time. The rate at which purchasing power drops can be reflected in the average price increase of a basket of selected goods and services over some period of time. The rise in prices, which is often expressed as a percentage, means that a unit of currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.
To expand on this: inflation since 1994 is 100%, which means that you can straight double any dollar cost for comparison. Ignoring every other factor, the $2k you spent on a DMD pin from 1994 would be $4k cash today.
Then you add collectability, limited remaining stock, prices of everything rising outside of inflation, etc. and it's a used machine for 6-8-12 grand 
Quoted from Xenon75:Inflation is a rise in prices, which can be translated as the decline of purchasing power over time. The rate at which purchasing power drops can be reflected in the average price increase of a basket of selected goods and services over some period of time. The rise in prices, which is often expressed as a percentage, means that a unit of currency effectively buys less than it did in prior period
Did you make the crazy/hot matrix as well?
At the boat show they have 20K Jet Skis now. I just accept that it's a different world now and move on.
PS: Admittedly I do shake my head a bit though.
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Rhymes with yoke. It shan’t be spoken for each time it is, God kills a puppy.
Quoted from Bublehead:I’m paying $1200 for wedgeheads
I gotta Fun Land for you for $550.
Quoted from gandamack:.... got asked if I wanted to tip at the local 7-11 the other day.... ya times are changing
I got a tip for the dude working at 7-11........
Get a better job.
Quoted from starfighter:At the boat show they have 20K Jet Skis now. I just accept that it's a different world now and move on.
PS: Admittedly I do shake my head a bit though.
At some point people are going to have to stop buying stuff like this. As everything gets so high something has to go.
Pinball prices are just noise. It's all a conspiracy. They aren't really as high as they seem. MSRP (Manufactured Suggested Resale Pricing).
I just bought a pin advertised for 16k for $5. You just have to stand your ground and be firm.
Quoted from zr11990:Shits only gonna get worse. Eggs are 6-9 dollars a dozen.
Where are eggs 9 dollars a dozen . $3 here
Quoted from Nickson:Where are eggs 9 dollars a dozen . $3 here
Isn't that like $6 american?
but..he's not wrong. Eggs are a conspiracy in the US right now.
Quoted from fireball2:I gotta Fun Land for you for $550.
Check my collection… already got one, it’s for sale too.
Quoted from Zablon:You just have to stand your ground and be firm.
Did you use a bat?
Quoted from starfighter:To put things in a little perspective, $680 in 1973 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $4,545.54 today. Think about how much TV you could get today for $4500. Hell even $680 buys a great TV these days.
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TV's really aren't a good comparison. TV's are about the only thing these days that continues to drop in price for better quality.
Quoted from Nickson:Where are eggs 9 dollars a dozen . $3 here
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eggs-prices-2022-chicken-bird-flu-inflation-cpi/
Quoted from Nickson:Where are eggs 9 dollars a dozen . $3 here
New York, or at least I have seen pics of that price on eggs there. They are 4-5 here where o live.
Quoted from zr11990:Shits only gonna get worse. Eggs are 6-9 dollars a dozen.
So I can eat breakfast for a week for $6?
Don't see what everybody is complaining about. Seems pretty cheap to me!
Quoted from starfighter:To put things in a little perspective, $680 in 1973 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $4,545.54 today. Think about how much TV you could get today for $4500. Hell even $680 buys a great TV these days.
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Yeah but those fuckers lasted decades. Not like the shit made today.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:So I can eat breakfast for a week for $6?
If you call plain eggs “breakfast”, then sure? Might throw in some toast and coffee but that might break the bank.
Quoted from schudel5:Welcome to 2023. Do you like omelets
Thats why we have 40 chickens ....Haven't bought eggs in three years but we have raised our prices to eggs we sell from 3 to 4 bucks but thats only because feed went up
Quoted from gandamack:Worked for Rocky
I gag at that every time…
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Don't see what everybody is complaining about. Seems pretty cheap to me!
You see, people on the edge of poverty that use eggs as a cheap way to feed their family may not be able to anymore because they doubled and almost tripled in price.
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