Question - Some lonely older dude buys a BBB from Illinois Pinball back in whatever it was, 2004/2005, because he knows someone that knows Gene and hears about this new game coming out and thinks it would be fun for whenever the grandkids came over. He dies a few months ago. His brother, knowing nothing about pinball, finds the receipt and sees it was $4500 new ten years ago. His brother is older and knows nothing about Ebay or the internet. No other family is close enough to come check out the game. The brother posts the BBB (which is mint/low play) for $3000 on Craigslist. You are the first to see it and you jump all over it. Cash in hand and this beauty is now yours. This was your grail. You baby this thing for a few months and eventually you realize that while it is beautiful, it just doesn't get played much and you would rather have another game in your lineup like a NIB Tron LE. Space is tight! Are you going to sell this for $3000? Remember, whether you make one single dollar or $15000 you made a profit. If you think Pinside is changing then play out this scenario in you head and ask yourself if you are being a hypocrite!

agree with Gecko.

no need to explain anything whoknows.

it is your game.

so many hypocrites here. if they find a deal they would flip in a second if they needed or wanted the cash. reason or no reason.

what is getting old on Pinside is this whole "holier than thou" BS. some people are so fake.

agree mike. i can tell you are a good guy and would educate the brother in the scenario. but not everyone has a good heart. even on here. they make it sound like we all know each other and should look out for each other but their natural instincts generally take over. the buy low and sell high mentality. no one comes running when a nice example of a game has a premium price tag is though it is probably worth it. they just complain about the price. then when they go to sell their games, they want the same premium. no consistency.

well if you look at the thread they insulted me first. bunch of tough guys behind a keyboard. i should have ignored it but didn't feel like taking it that day i guess. so i went off. so be it. in the past now.