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Who are those 42 votes saying that everything is in a downward trend???
Speak up!!! 
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Should we go ahead and close this thread, basically the "you momma so fat" and the "downward trend" people are outvoting the pinball lives people. So.. either our moms are fat, or pinball is on a downward trend.
Thanks
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Quoted from Rondogg:Pinball prices usually follow the price fluctuations of the car hobby. Keep an eye on those and you will see where we're going.
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(sorry Levi, couldn't help myself)
The only car sales that have peaked are ones that won't fit pinballs 
Quoted from Axaios:Who are those 42 votes saying that everything is in a downward trend???
Speak up!!!
Economy is good, several companies are making product and more people are being exposed to pins making them potential buyers.
Quoted from Oneangrymo:Should we go ahead and close this thread, basically the "you momma so fat" and the "downward trend" people are outvoting the pinball lives people. So.. either our moms are fat, or pinball is on a downward trend.
Thanks
I feel like this is a malicious attempt to cut off crazylevi's upvotes on the first page (current count: 73)
Maybe a better discussion would be about how the clearcoat chipping and pooling/bubbling is going to affect resale prices longterm.
Quoted from pcprogrammer:how the clearcoat chipping and pooling/bubbling is going to affect resale prices longterm.
images (resized).jpgQuoted from gdonovan:Economy is good, several companies are making product and more people are being exposed to pins making them potential buyers.
Well I agree. I didn't have the money to do it few years ago. Now I am buying my third pin in less than a year.
Quoted from pcprogrammer:Maybe a better discussion would be about how the clearcoat chipping and pooling/bubbling is going to affect resale prices longterm.
It will have an effect. I,m in the camp of not wanting a pin with a bad PF period. Not even at a deep discount. If there are enough people who feel like I do it’s going to hurt a lot of owners of these pins with bad PF’s.
Quoted from greenhornet:more telling would be how many of those 58K that joined during the last 8 years are still around.
My firend if your glass is always half empty, you should just add more Vodka.
Pins are not an investment, just in case you have not figured that out. They are fun, beautiful and a real piece of American art.
There are plenty of places to play if you wanna play without buying one too btw.
Quoted from bladerunner:My firend if your glass is always half empty, you should just add more Vodka.
Pins are not an investment, just in case you have not figured that out. They are fun, beautiful and a real piece of American art.
There are plenty of places to play if you wanna play without buying one too btw.
Wait, they make pinballs for public and commercial use now 
Quoted from bladerunner:Pins are not an investment
Oh yeah how so? I have never lost money on a pin... never. I even made money on a NIB pin. I guess I am just lucky...
Quoted from bladerunner:Pins are not an investment
There are plenty of places to play if you wanna play without buying one too btw.
Weird.
On almost every pinball flyer I have looked at they say something along the lines of "Great return on your investment" Or "Watch the money come rolling on in"
Are they lying to us? Should we try candy machines instead?
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Quoted from o-din:Weird.
On almost every pinball flyer I have looked at they say something along the lines of "Great return on your investment" Or "Watch the money come rolling on in"
Are they lying to us? Should we try candy machines instead?
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Take it off free play and charge your friends when they come over, duh
Quoted from whthrs166:Oh yeah how so? I have never lost money on a pin... never. I even made money on a NIB pin. I guess I am just lucky...
Wow! I have never met a man lie you before! OMG! I so wish I were you!
Quoted from o-din:Weird.
On almost every pinball flyer I have looked at they say something along the lines of "Great return on your investment" Or "Watch the money come rolling on in"
Are they lying to us? Should we try candy machines instead?
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You should stop hanging out with the tambourine man!
Quoted from pacmanretro:Wait, they make pinballs for public and commercial use now
Now Sir, that was so brilliant, witty and funny!
Quoted from soapblox:I played the NIB I just bought, and now it looks like it's been played! Do I get a new play field shipped for free?
Only if it’s populated
Quoted from Daditude:That narrows it down, lol
Numbers 44 and 45 WILL be here this afternoon, chuckle.
And not the other two I was looking at! When opportunity knocks..
Quoted from gdonovan:Numbers 44 and 45 should be here this afternoon, chuckle.
And not the other two I was looking at! When opportunity knocks..
Edit: Damn, #46 looks not to far behind.
Quoted from woody76:if you are always worried about the value of a game or losing money then there is no way to enjoy them. I would rather own none than worry about value in my games all the time.
Yeah ive doing equal trades only nowadays so i dont have to worry about cash 
Quoted from woody76:the hipsters will save pinball
Studio apartments can only hold so many games....
Quoted from o-din:In our area the hipsters are saving pinball. One quarter at a time.
Can you do a gofundme for a game of pinball??
Definitely not peaked! Pinburgh sold 1000 spots in minutes or less. Hopefully prices will cool off a bit but interest is still going up, imo.
Quoted from pacmanretro:Can you do a gofundme for a game of pinball??
I think a lot of you have the wrong idea what hipster means. The term goes way back to the 1940s I believe.
Quoted from o-din:I think a lot of you have the wrong idea what hipster means. The term goes way back to the 1940s I believe.
Don’t look now, o-din, but if you’ve ever snuck a flask into a show, you may be an OG hipster.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-original-hipsters
Quoted from o-din:I think a lot of you have the wrong idea what hipster means. The term goes way back to the 1940s I believe.
Just hard to think of original "hipster" like pre-beatnik even these days.
Now all I hear is snowflake that doesn't know they are snowflake yet...
Hipsters around her are younger people out and about and hang out in breweries. And like to drop money in pinball machines.
Quoted from fosaisu:Don’t look now, o-din, but if you’ve ever snuck a flask into a show, you may be an OG hipster.
Looks like I've always been one and still am.
I wasn't ever called a hipster 
I'm happy to use a different word than snowflake....open to suggestions to try out 
Quoted from pacmanretro:I wasn't ever called a hipster
Me neither. But I have heard "cut your hair, you damn hippy!"
Quoted from o-din:Me neither. But I have heard "cut your hair, you damn hippy!"
Me kind of recently. Lol.
Plus, hair (well some that can still be long...) apparently means drugs still from some recent innuendos to me locally...
Quoted from Multiballmaniac1:With all the playfield issues on new games the peak might be very soon.
It all depends on how you want to qualify peaking. Some guy put up a Taxi on Facebook. It was a little underpriced but it was gone in 4 minutes. For the right pin, at the "right" price, people are wanting them.
It may have peaked for me personally. I am wanting to just get 7 high quality games and lock them down. Maybe take a break from constantly changing it up and just dig deep into fewer games. Some Stern, some JJP and some classic B/W. Balance and depth, variations in gameplay and the classic themes that speak to me...
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