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Are people really paying the crazy high prices seen on pinside?

By Deez

10 years ago


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    #66 10 years ago

    I'll pay what I feel appropriate for a game. If someone wants to pay these prices, it's more of a loss for them than it is for me. They can be suckered into these things, but I'm smarter than that and more patient. Markets always have their highs and lows and this is definitely the high period. I'll wait for when prices start to make more sense, thank you.

    #83 10 years ago
    Quoted from Blackbeard:

    The way to figure out a good price:
    Take the average of this:
    Price an owner thinks his PIN X is worth and the price a prospective buyer thinks PIN X is worth.

    That could work! I'm off to test this new theory and bring forth a new age of pinball-buying science.

    #159 10 years ago

    I paid $3000 for my last TZ and handing the money over almost made me sick. I can't imagine how some people here can pay for some of these games and not have anxiety.

    #167 10 years ago
    Quoted from Rarehero:

    Your "I won't pay more than..." just keeps inching up and you get less anxious. I started with arcade games, and never paid more than $300...most of them were $50, $100, etc. My first pin, BTTF, was $300 - that's how I got in! It was within my self imposed limit. My first "big" purchase was a BSD for $1000. I couldn't believe it - I thought I was insane. Then my ceiling kept inching up...$2300 for RFM. Most of my purchases were $1-2k, sometimes less...and I could always sell them for more than I had into them. That finally got rid of the anxiety. I finally hit $4k when I bought CV. I felt really weird doing it, but it was done. Then I finally got into NIB territory and it's all over. LOL

    I think I'm actually doing what you did, but backwards. I'm entering arcade video game territory now. Will I still be welcome here?

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