F U Flippers
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Quoted from Ecw0930:Until we collectively stop buying from flippers (and the distributors who overprice) this will just continue to go nuts and price the honest hobbyists out of the markets and leave pinball for elitists. And that sucks.
Here’s the problem. The normal dealers that don’t mark up will be out of stock.
I’ll want a BM66 for example, call several dealers who have no stock and also out of spots for pre order. So I’ll call a few more dealers they want a mark up price if they have a slot.
It’s just that there is not enough supply. Then the used machines will ask for more than NIB price and they’ll get it because there is no supply.
Have you been following the housing market? People will offer $40k+ over list price. I know people who want a house and they say sometimes there are people lined up to buy and pay over list price. If you don’t pay over you likely won’t get the house.
Quoted from estrader:Does the shaker come with a premium?Foiled side art on cabinet, how much is that worth? Someone’s time to acquire and install the items, let’s call it a convenience fee. I’d hate to mess up the cabinet or side art putting on new powder coated rails over a couple of hundred bucks too. When you add all this up there isn’t much difference.
Now that is assuming you want those upgrades. Some people do and some don’t.
You can’t buy anything from the LE like the back glass, cabinet decal, even the inside side art is specific to the LE and not for sale. A shaker is around $100-150 and easy to install.
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