Let's talk about how the currency exchange has changed the pinball scene in Canada.
Newly released pins are much more expensive now. I'd say this will limit their infiltration to Canada, signifcantly. If they become popular (i.e, get a good reputation and rating), demand should become high and supply low. I'd hypothesize that their value will hold well, even if expensive to purchase now. Not many people have the capability or desire to import a significant number of pins from the US, in enough numbers to offset demand significantly. So imo buying a new pin is not necessarily a bad thing even if expensive right now. The thing is to pick the winners or good ones.
There are a few relatively recent pins drawn into the inflated price scheme with limited supply in Canada too. It seems TWD is there. TWD was released before the exchange went really bad, but there was a lot of negativity on the forum here and it appears that the pin infiltration into Canada was quite limited. Now the pin is rating high, and Canada demand is high with supply very low. To the extent that I've recently seen multiple posts with canadian members here ordering twd prems even at current exchange rates. Some are doing it, many are probably not though. Those current prem orders will be paying more for their prem than I did for the LE. So imo I see TWD holding it's value very well in Canada through the currency exchange fluctuations. By the time the currency exchange moderates back I'd expect the TWD license to have expired and that TWD will no longer be available. And supply will continue to be low in the country.
Then we have a grey area imo, where older pinball machines were bought before the exchange rate changes, and I wonder what is a fair price for them. Star trek, Met, ACDC, Xmen, IM, etc, etc all were purchased for much less money before the currency exchange changes. And there seems to be plenty of supply to meet demand. I wonder and am interested where resale goes for them. Some people are adjusting them to the currency exchange, meaning much higher prices. Are they selling? Some may be yes, some may be no. I'd like to see over more time than we've had thus far. I have a hard time paying a high price on an old game that sold for much less and has a relatively good or high supply in Canada just because of a currency exchange difference. I'd rather wait for the currency exchange to get better like it was earlier and then buy it in Canada, since supply is good. I'm in no rush. It's not like the currency exchange rate changes has affected the supply of these older games in Canada like the previous two examples I've given. One has the luxury of waiting on those older games if you want, supply should be reasonable, not so much on the newer games imported in much lower volumes.
Anybody want to discuss? The currency exchange right now is definitely changing the pinball scene in Canada. Where are you sitting on it?
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