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