Quoted from CrazyLevi:

This has nothing to do with your obsession for Stern, wasn't even thinking about fanboyisms. You just can't help yourself can you!
I'll grant you I'm not hip to the LE market, so instead of doing the Pinside thing where I just argue pointlessly for 5 posts I'll say you are right.
I'm thinking Pros. Show me a Stern pro from the last 10 years that isn't WWE for under $4000 and I'll buy it. The guy made a point that "you lose thousands on NIB games!!!!" If he's only talking about LEs who gives a shit? Those are few and far between and it's a TINY segment of the market. If you buy an LE expect to lose money.
Honestly at this point I don't even know what I'm arguing about. I'm sure It'll come to me!

Quoted from fosaisu:

Got to love the Captain's consistent "the rent is too damn high" approach to pricing. He held the line on "Judge Dredd is a $1400 game, folks" long after lesser men had retreated.