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I'm curious on the group's opinions on distributors marking up prices on newly released Limited Edition NIB titles when a new title is highly sought after. Do you think Stern/JJP, etc. should have policies preventing this? Have you experienced this before with a distributor? Would this turn you off from buying from a distributor that did this?
I think there is some of this going on with IMDN LE. Thanks for the discussion.
Quoted from HOOKED:Suggested retail is just that so it does not surprise me or offend me.
Dealers are force feed good and bad titles so for instance wwele was a dud and they still had to buy the allotment.
Iron Maiden Le is a sought after pin and they can charge full boat or better.
Now that being said, if you buy normally form a dealer and the jack you up...go to another dealer.
Seems all are towing the line on retail from Stern/AP these days.
Once the market cools wheeling and dealing will return.
I believe its just a sign of a strong Pinball economy.
I'm a capitalist to the extreme and a business owner so I'm torn on it. Many of us also take same risk on buying NIB before playing (or even seeing) a game so you could argue we are also taking these same risks on duds. I heard (from what I consider a good source) a distributor charged $11k for their last two IMDN LE games. Guess they sold so both sides are happy but i just rubs me wrong. I was impressed and pleased my distributor charged the same as they would for any other title (based on suggested retail of course). Will keep my business for years to come.
While I didn’t articulate it well, I was mainly referring to this happening with a distributor you have bought from multiple times. My bet is that the distros are honoring the typical pricing with repeat customers then marking up remaining inventory for newcomers that just have to have one. Guess I can’t blame them.
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