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Is the pinball market about to collapse?

By 27dnast

4 years ago


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    #113 4 years ago

    1. Pinball collectors are above median age, and going to get hit harder by this virus, relatively. There will be extra machines on the market from estate sales and a few less people to buy them.

    2. Investments of all types are going to tank, even more than they already have, and it will take a decade to recover. Some people will need to sell machines, so extra machines will be going to market.

    3. Isolation requirements are going to cause a lot of bars / pool halls / arcades to go into bankruptcy. There will be extra machines on the market.

    These three facts will combine to place huge downward pressure on the market. So yeah, the market is going to be affected. But they're not investments, they're toys. You'll still be able to play them, or sell them at lower prices and use the cash to buy into other hobbies that will also have deflated costs to entry, eg: sailboats or something.

    #206 4 years ago
    Quoted from Darth_Chris:

    On a positive note china, where it all started, have a significant drop in cases reported and death....... so lets be optimistic.

    For their swift reaction and strict quarantining measures. Containment measures are unfolding very slowly here. I saw pictures today of crowds of thousands on the beaches in Florida for spring break.

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