Batman 66 (LE)
Stern, 2016
Batman 66 (Premium)
Stern, 2016
Batman 66 (Super LE)
Stern, 2016
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Quoted from NPO:This community keeps Stern and JJP's heads above water, and they literally put a wang in our eye and say "thanks now take that and enjoy it".
If someone literally put a wang in my eye I would be seriously pissed off. Not a violent man, but they would probably get a nut punch at least. High prices just make me not buy new machines.
Quoted from Banker:The collector market is being challenged with the recent substantial increase in price. It's all about bang for the buck, fun,
reliability, and exclusivity to some degree. Most people with substantial net worth, revert back to common sense regarding
value and cost, the reason they have what they have. I had planned to buy every NIB, for the next several years. Money
was not an issue, but now unrealistic price gouging is an issue. BM66SLE $$15,000, with a build quality less than my WOZECLE, plays on the intelligence of every buyer. My current collection consist of all HUO , or me buying NIB, and if
I never purchased another , life is good. About 20-30 of my collector friends with 20+ pins agree completely .
Stern and JJP should rethink their market speculation.
Agreed. I am not in the same league as Banker, but I have bought 7 NIB in the last 4.5 years. I just cannot justify the current prices though, especially with how hard hit I get with the exchange rate, and then GST. Every $100.00 US extra costs me $140.00 CDN. If BM66 Premium is $7800 shipped, that is $10,750 CDN (probably more like 11k once foreign exchange fees), and I doubt it would be even as low as that given the monopoly the one Canadian distributor has and how they like to jack up their prices.
I generally don't like to bitch about prices. Everyone has their own threshold, some of my friends think the amount I pay for any pin, new or used is completely insane. But unfortunately price increases just keep shrinking the pool of potential buyers, and now I am out.
For all of you who are still in, enjoy, and post lots of videos...
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