I am in the market for a GOTLE but unfortunately you are about $1000 over what they're selling for on Pinside right now. The "trolls" are just trying to let you know that it just isn't going to happen right now. I agree with you that the game is "worth" $7000 but that's not what people are paying on Pinside, even for nice HUO machines. There is a great one on here right now that is sitting for $6200. Another one last month started at $7000 and dropped all the way to $6000 before it was purchased (by me). Luckily for that guy, the dude that was buying his LotR offered him $7000 in person when he saw how nice his GOTLE was, but that seems like a rare situation. You also have to know that a topper and mods are never going to recoup their cost. You buy those things for you, not for resale. I assume you also have an ad on Ebay and Craigslist. If not, you should.

If you're not willing to "take a bath" on this sale and don't really need to sell, I suggest you take the ad down for now and you won't have to deal with the "trolls" and "usual pinside instigation". This just isn't the right time and place for a $7000 GOTLE. Also, you can't drop the price and then raise it back up. I've seen car/ATV/boat/camper/gun/etc dealers do this. If someone has seen the lower price, they know you'll take that (as does everyone who sees this thread). So really, you aren't even getting any interest at $6800 right now.

Good luck.

The seller and I made a "deal" on Pinside for $6000. There were a couple days before I could make the 6 hour trip to get it and pay him cash. He was also selling a LotR. The buyer for his LotR showed up the day before I was headed to the seller and offered him $7000 for the GOTLE. He took that and called me to apologize. There were no hard feelings. He did the right thing.

I brought it up as evidence that while he may be right that in the correct situation these are fetching $7000, recently on Pinside they just aren't selling for anywhere close to that.