Put it on eBay. You're more likely to sell this at a premium there.

I may buy this for my kids.

Because Stern gets on here, sees this shit, and realizes "We're leaving money on the table. Guess what we're doing the next release?"

Manufacturers have the pulse on the activity here, and when they or any other pinball manufacturer sees people paying over and above the prices the manufacturers are setting, WTF does this community think is going to happen? You honestly think they are going to "hold prices steady" and "not flex their capitalism muscle"? NO. They're going to keep marking up prices. Circumstantial evidence, yes, but FFS, the pattern is not hard to figure out.

Inflation alone is not responsible for the MSRP markup we see on a nearly yearly level.

Some of us work jobs (active duty) where we can't be glued to our phones to answer every single message the exact moment it is posted, and the government keeps a very strong firewall on nearly anything not DoD related. That being said, this guy below already said what my thoughts were:

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Haha. I'd sell my TNA butter cabinet for 9k with lots of extras.

No qualifier is needed. If the market is willing to bear it, then that is what it is...it’s called the power of the market. Disney keeps raising their prices every year...sometimes twice a year...yet, their attendance numbers go up every year.

Still telling that no one is willing to sell me their Tron LE, Metallica LE or AC/DC BIB LE for what their distributor charged them.

Secondly, thank you for your service. If I ever meet you at a show or something, I owe you a beer.

If Knocker or anybody else can get $11k, congrats! Good for you guys, like you said, its usually a loss on resale.

That said, where is the IDIOT that is going to pay $11k for this LE?

Stern is not going to raise prices on pros and premiums because of flipping on LEs. They may raise the price of the LE, however. An LE should be just that, limited. Unlike other manufacturers who call their games LEs and then produce 2500 of them, this one is truly limited.

There are people who are willing to pay $11,000 for this on the second hand market, they might not be on Pinside, but the market has already had sales in this range. To say that Stern will raise the price of the next LE when they see this is a falasious argument because it’s one thing for a few people to buy a game they really want and missed out on after the fact, but it’s another thing to think every buyer of all 500 LE’s would’ve jumped at this price point.

Yeah... they would have to make something like a SUPER LE.... oh wait...

Totally agree. If the OP can get this price, good for him. If you want an LE and don't want to pay this price, move on. It's very simple.

I’ll be shocked if this doesn’t sell today at this price. This will go down as Stern’s best game in many years and it will be hard to acquire one.... Especially now that they bumped quality up

Exactly.

Just like every newest game before it that goes down as the best game in many years before most people ever play it.

Good luck with your sale, just wait till maiden fans find out they can't get one in a few days. Ignore the haters on this one you were smart enough to put money down and it's nice to live in a free country sometimes.

I bet you open it

Just to clarify, JJP raised the prices of the Stern LEs.

Weren't you just complaining about the "insane pricing" in the California for Sale thread yesterday?

People said the same thing about Rob zombie lol.

Yes but people are crapping all over this guy acting like he is bad. Certainly not the first person to flip a game and I am not pumping the price. I just think legitimately the price will go up on this one. I mean most of the LE machines I sold off Tron, Metallica, Star Trek all climbed in value (my mistake). I see this one being better then all of those and so I think my statement is valid. Sure anything can be a Ghostbusters or Avengers but not this game.

Yes, I agree. He can post any price he wants. but why did you complain about the bay area CL prices in the other thread?

Those guys are just doing the same thing, except maybe they originally played the games they're selling.

I agree, this guy can ask any price he can wants. The buyers determine what it's worth.

Nope, all of us crazy buyers did.