The people who bought this shitty game when it came out deserve to reap the rewards, if any are to be had.

If you want to do the same, buy expensive games that break all the time when they are in production, not 3 years later.

He's not ripping off pinheads he's fishing for suckers.

It's not a rip off if it's consensual and the buyer gets what he's paid for.

Yes, I would feel fucking fantastic if I could make a $25,000 profit on any pinball machine, especially a ridiculous contraption like pirates that I’d be thrilled to be rid of while it was still working properly. I would take the cash and sleep like a baby. The fact that the buyer is probably happier than I am after scoring their dream machine would just make me feel better.

You realize nobody needs a pirates pinball machine right? In fact, most would call it a total luxury item.

It’s a luxury item among luxury items.

What’s the problem?

It is. And we can all point and laugh at the buyers like we did for the unfortunate souls who paid $6500 for their Iron Man games a week before it was vaulted.

It’s the circle of pinball life.

Don't forget SUPREME!

semi-credible reports of that game changing hands in several cases well north of $35K

Those Supreme collectors are batshit insane. But the thread here about that game's release was one of Pinside's finest moments of bewilderment, confusion, anger, denial, and of course acceptance.

I'll admit it's not much of a looker but that game is way more fun than POTC to play.

So what if it's big as a Subaru and costs just as much?

FUCKIN' FINANCE IT!!!

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I just don’t like it man. Never have. It’s ugly, the rules are way too convoluted and pointlessly complex, the constant rocking of the ship makes me seasick, the theme doesn’t appeal to me, the “action button” nonsense is way over the top, I don’t care for the layout..the whole package just isn’t my cup of tea. And whenever I’ve played it in tournaments I’ve had games ruined by stuck balls, extra balls on the playfield, and things generally not working like they are supposed to (as usually seems to happen on ridiculously complex games with way too much crap shoehorned into them).

The good news for POTC owners is my opinion doesn’t seem to be affecting the game’s value much. The bad news is Supreme is still worth more and is more fun to play.

But I want it NOOOOWWWW!!

Correct.

When it was freely available at face value, nobody wanted one, and it was the shortest production run for any JJP game ever because it wasn't worth the trouble to produce.

It's unhealthy to be this defensive of an inanimate object.

My opinion of POTC should have zero effect on your enjoyment of it.

If you cannot handle my critique of your mechanical girlfriend, please do not read my posts.

You've posted more in this thread attacking people who think POTC blows than I have posted saying it blows.

It's unhealthy to be this obsessed with making sure everyone knows how much you hate people who hate this game.

That's a really lovely story!

Do I sense an airport meeting invite in the near future?

The funny thing, I'm attacking the game, but defending the $35K price! (well at least his right to ask for it without being tarred and feathered).

And yeah that Buffalo tournament left a bad POTC taste in my mouth. That p3 was a nightmare too.

Thank you for your undying efforts to get everybody through the tournament.

I know Buffalo was on sabbatical anyway but hopefully we can all be in the same room doing BSPO and other related events sometime soon!

So was it still available Dan?

I don’t really give a shit.

What is going on around here lately?

Does everybody have cramps or something?

You’ve been moaning for 4 pages about this guy’s ad and don’t seem too concerned about how you are “coming off.”

Not as crazy as it sounds. Bands, promoters, sports teams have all been doing that for years, scalping their own tickets through whatever channels they can find. It's funny when a bunch of tickets in the same section pop up on stubhub for exactly the same price.

I think it's just that POTC is such a bad game the ridiculous asking prices are really rubbing people the wrong way.

I mean, if it were Dialed in we were talking about nobody would bat an eye!

It was pretty funny to see the avalanche of "NO FN WAY DID HE GET 30K FOR THAT GAME I CALL BULLSHIT!" posts when the seller never claimed he actually sold it for $30k.

If this bullshit continues they'd be nuts not to. I'm sure this conversation happens at least once a week over there.

The main impediment is they'll be printing money with GNR for a long, long time and not sure they could OCTO-MANUFACTURE. Also, why risk taking money out of GNR's pockets by filling POTC orders at the same time?

Ice claims to have 40 people on his ignore list!

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You'd have to be insane to not cash in at this point if these games are really going for 25K +

I don't think I own a single thing that I wouldn't sell for a $10,000 + profit. Guitars, pins, my cool Good the Bad and Ugly movie poster in espanol (never seen another one like it, anywhere!)...well maybe not the poster. But you get the point.

I think an eventual remake is inevitable. As much of a pain in the ass as this game was for JJP they are just leaving a heap of cash on the table.

Licensing issues could be another story but there's always ways around that if it just means changing the artwork and reupping the license.

And a flying monkey

Dream machine!