It's unfortunate that the Canadian dollar has tanked in the last year or two resulting in the Canadian dollar needing about 30% more to buy 1 U.S. dollar. As a result, there has been an increasing trend to price pins in U.S. dollars in the Canadian pin economy. I'm curious if the U.S. economy would support such an increase and what the pinball landscape would look like if pin prices were suddenly 30% more.

yes all games are 30% more not just NIB.

The main problem is that our disposable income has not increased 30% more. I'm seeing more and more pins in Canada pricing in U.S. Dollars.

Maybe I didn't explain myself properly, I mean 30% on top of the already trend of 5-10% usual increase across all pins NIB, HUO, SS, EM's etc.

The only benefit I see will be in the immediate short term if you have a lot of pins in your possession. So you and all your fellow Canadians decide to "cash out" and get a 30% return on your "stock" then what? There will be no pins in the Canadian market, pins that cost 30% more if you can find any left and essentially a collapse of the pinball hobby in Canada.
Reading what others have posted, this does not appear to be a problem confined to Canada only. It seems that Australia and Europe are feeling it too. In the 90's, one of Williams' biggest customers was Europe. I would guess that a large chunk of sales from Stern and JJP are also to countries other than the US. If the pinball market outside the US dies, as the poll suggests almost 90% will either reduce or drop out, that will ultimately hurt Stern and JJP. At this point Frolic, I don't see too many benefits from this.

lol

Sadly I suppose I should change the topic to "If Pins Were Suddenly 45% More Would You buy?"