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Zzzzzzzz... 
Pinball manufacturing is a BUSINESS. The companies EMPLOY people. If the product doesn't SELL. Prices will ADJUST.
RELAX...if you aren't comfortable buying new games at current prices wait until they are in your pricerange and be happy with the games you deem affordable.
Ughhh, I sound like a dick but the price complaining is getting tiresome. 
Quoted from Bugsy:I hear what you're saying, but at the same time, if we don't all voice our concern, then we may not get the message through to the manufacturers. You think JJP and Stern people aren't lurking on Pinside, checking out the community's reaction and opinions? With this much backlash in just these past few hours, surely someone is taking notice.
Of course, it's also all dependent on what people are actually doing with their wallets. If a new crowd of purchasers comes in who are able to afford these "limited edition" games, and aren't pure enthusiasts or hobbyists, the manu's aren't going to care. As long as someone is buying them, they won't worry about pricing out the once normal crowd.
The manufactures could care less about what folks cry about as long as the profit continues to rise...they are BUSINESSMEN! They have a product that is selling at new highs to a "new crowd" of wealthy people. Sounds great for profit margins because they aren't enthusiasts buying and trading a few games a year. They have employees and overhead. Stop complaining about the pricepoint and start complaining that there are too many buyers with deep pockets.
Heck, lobster used to be cheap garbage food, then it gained in popularity. Do you think lobstermen listened to the "everyman" complaining about price hikes on the once cheap product they provided...NOPE! Strange analogy I know but its the same thing.
Bottom line is that there are still many great games at decent prices out there, have fun and ENJOY the HOBBY!
Quoted from mrgone:having time to really consider the current pricing I am really thinking, how long until pins are being made in mexico?
Think about it from a business standpoint. materials are more or less a set cost. copper wire, wood, metal, etc.
labor costs are the only realistic area of the manufacturing process that can be cut. that or profit. everyone always says china. why not mexico. you pick a border town, set up manufacturing there and boom. make them for pennies on the dollar what labor costs in the u.s. ship over the border and wham, 4k premium.
This^^^^^
Higher pricepoints can actually grow pinball! Other manufacturers can fill in a lower pricepoint gap the same as car sales.
Quit hiding behind "high prices will kill pinball." All these threads on high prices boil down to individual concerns. "I" cant afford the new shiney thing.
Quoted from wisefwumyogwave:Id say i dunno the 10 or so threads about refusing to buy at these prices, i say money talks, stick together dont buy from stern or jjp - starve them out and watch them clamor like cockroaches.
Sure, great idea 
lets put the few manufacturers out of business or at the least keep thier profit margins so low they can only keep the line operating for one game a year. Lets watch them layoff their workforce, and starve the part suppliers out too.
What a great community.... 
How about they are doing fine with sales at high prices because the production numbers are so low. Lets see where this goes with pinball being successful. They might be able to expand production to fill in more pricepoints and increase profits further. More manufacturers can get in the game etc....
Bitching about the prices is purely selfish....period.
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