What do the pinside price police think? NBA priced fairly? Thanks!

I just took a bunch of closeup shots and posted them. It's mostly clean and rubbers are OK but the game would really would SHINE with a topside tear down, new rubbers (which are included) and the few remaining incandescents changed to LEDs.

how much less and when?

Pinside says the estimated value is $4160 - $4840 but when I ask it to suggest a selling price, it suggests $3900?! Huh?

Correct me if I am wrong... NIB games are generally $5999 for a PRO (stranger things pro is $6099) then add $450 - $500 sales tax and $400+/- shipping. You're at $7000 or slightly more. That's not "a little bit more" than $4000.

Even if there was no tax or shipping and your OTD price was really just $5800 on a NIB game... $1800 isn't a "little bit more" than $4000.

I put it on ebay tonight. It'll probably sell there.

My mind isn't set on the price. I just asked you if $4000 was truly "a little bit" less than a new in box pro game after taxes and shipping. I didn't mean to upset you.

And I was trying to explain to you that you were wrong when you said ..."for a little bit more" than the $4000 you thought it was worth, someone could buy a new in box stern. I guess it depends on your definition of "a little bit". A NIB stern out the door price is well over $6k. In my mind, $2k is not "a little bit".

I know this won't sell for close $5k. I recently got an offer of $4k on ebay but declined. I think $4500 is the right price but with "pinflation", it'll be worth $4700 by spring. LOL

There's 10's of thousands of star treks and walking dead pros. Sort of an apples and oranges comparison really. There are only about 350 NBA's. I wonder if galloping ghost or the PHOF has one? ....NOPE.

From where. I'm in! $150 shipping & no tax?! Heck yea. Please link me to this place.

Thanks for the help.

yes im curious too ...do tell ...if this is true.

<Rolleyes> Not everyone is ranked in the top 1000 and wants to buy a NIB at a certain specific time once a year. Not everyone wants to go to a show to buy a slightly used game after the show is over and the game has been beat on all weekend.

Show me 1 distributor that will sell any NIB game with shipping & tax included for a price of $5300. Just one. Seriously. You said it's possible. Show me.

Keep in mind you just said... "sterns pro's are not 6k NIB. I just bought Iron Maiden pro NIB for $4900. $5050 shipped to my door."... as if anyone can buy an iron maiden for $5050 shipped to their home.

The fact is that stern pros ARE over $6000 out the door. with tax and shipping. Can you get a deal if you're a great player or want a used (nib) expo used game... sure. But most folks aren't buying a NIB stern with tax and shipping for $5050.

"better" is subjective. If you love basketball or are a museum collecting rare games... star trek and WD are not "better" at all.

Which game would a museum want... one of 10K or more star trek or WD pro's OR 1 of 350 NBA's?

I'll sell it for at least $4500. Thanks. I don't need anymore advice on pricing the game or its current value.

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I'm good guys. I don't need anymore help valuing the game thank you. I have taken all your advice into consideration.

Thanks again and no need to bestow upon me any more wisdom about stern NBA. Happy new year!

This. Thanks.

Game still for sale. No rush selling it as it will create a hole in my arcade that I'll just have to fill.

Back in 2009 I purchased a bunch of background artwork for the displays at the rock and roll hall of fame annex in NYC. These were photos (taken by legendary rock and roll photographers like Neal Preston) enlarged onto silk screens of different musicians. One of these was 22 feet long by 9.5 feet tall. It was 2 black and white photos blown up of Janis Joplin on the left half and Prince on the right half. I paid $146 total for it. Nobody at the auction wanted it because it was so big. I folded it and stored it in a closet after listing it on ebay for $10k. I had no idea what it was really worth so I shot for the moon at what I figured was a stupid high, crazy price.

Not long after I listed it, Prince died. The next day I got an offer of $7500 for it. I could have negotiated and maybe put another $1k in my pocket but I left well enough alone and accept the $7500.

So yes, when a celebrity dies, SOME things associated with them do go up in value. We all know this. Especially, rare and unique things.

NBA is the ONLY pinball with Kobe's likeness on it that I am aware of. They even say his name in the callouts.

I suggest someone here snag this game for the low, low price of $4850 before I put it on ebay and sell it for $9000 to a Kobe fanatic.

I'm ready for another 3 pages of people telling me how horrible I am.

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Agreed, which I why I put it up for sale in the first place, a couple months ago. I do not particularly enjoy playing it and I am not a sports fan.

EDIT: ended the listing... put it on ebay.