Quoted from RobT:

You do know this isn't true, right?
"Flippers" are no more to blame for high prices than the actual buyers. If the price that Teekee or anyone else listed for a pin was too high, it wouldn't sell.
As far as not creating anything of value, people like Teekee offer a service in terms of finding very nice (often HUO or fully restored) pins that can be difficult to find. There are obviously people willing to pay for this service. That's the "value".
Just because you don't like it and you wouldn't pay for that service doesn't mean that many other people haven't, and will continue to do so.
So get over it already.

Quoted from erak:

Look at it this way....
20 +year old $12000 classic car. Owned by collectors who over the years because of supply and demand have set the price. Fun to drive, will still get me where i want to go. Might need a little work now and then. Could not drive it every day to work.
But its the classic I always wanted.
New remake $8000 car. Fun to dive. Get me where I want to go. Can drive it every day. Has a warranty. And its new. Still might need some work in the future, but its covered by the manufacturer for the first year. Looks and drives like the classic I always wanted. Has a new modern engine, brakes, paint, electronics.
Now which would you buy?
Thats why they will continue to remake any/all of the most desired higher priced games.
Availibility, price and common sense.
An example online right now.
1968 ford gt40 $169000. 45 year old technology. Requiring constant maintaince to drive everyday.
2010 ford gt 40 $ 100000. Modern components, steering, brakes etc. Faster too.