Yes and no. Yes I am not buying any games right now. No I am not buying any games right now.

I'm not wealthy, but that is where my money is. I had to retire early due to health issues, so yes, the market has, and continues to affect me. Unfortunately, I can't do anything with it until I'm 59 1/2. Otherwise I'd move it elsewhere for at least the short term. I've lost a big chunk of what little I had. Sucks!

As far as pins go, no more until this gets turned around. Other than repair and restore parts for current machines, I'm done for now.

I try to be Mr. Positivity around here, but I think this is going to have a very negative effect on the pinball industry as a whole. I'm going through with my first NIB pinball purchase (Rick and Morty) but have no plans for any new pins... I never did. However, I believe the pinball secondary market will be alive and well through all of this, and people will just trade pins instead of buying NIB for a while. I don't see people in a rush to cash out their collection based off of the market right now. I could see this sharp economic downturn killing off 1 or more manufacturers. Timing SUCKS for Deeproot. Do I think it will completely kill the industry? No. But how many of these companies could survive a 50% cut in orders for 6 months. How many of these companies can get 100% of the parts they need for new machines right now? Pinball is alive and well and will survive this... but will American Pinball, Jersey Jack, Spooky, and Stern? I think not.

Yeah sure thing champ, neither did any of us.

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I'm going to be a lot more careful what I pay for a game, not mostly a NIB buyer anyway.

Actually, no but the manufactures price fixing with the dealers, taxes and shipping has me on the sidelines, oh and toss in NIB immediate depreciation and questionable QC as well.

Nope, not a chance. I buy all my games with disposable income. Not income I have vested for retirement, college funds, rainy day savings, etc. To me, using anything other than "fun" money for pinball machines feel irresponsible. My fun money generally comes from my EOY bonus (when I get one) and money put aside every month for the purpose of entertainment.

If I want something for fun that I can't afford that way, I sell something to help pay for it. Thus the main reason why I sold two games recently.

Well somebody told us Wall Street fell, But we were so poor that we couldn't tell...

Nope, all my cash is tied up in the speculation market of pinball machines.

I wanted to buy a Super Chexx Pro - new. That is officially on hold for now. I hope to be able to seriously consider getting it again in a few months. I literally have had my finger hovering over the "buy" button for weeks now. I'm glad I waited.

I'm in a new job- and was already told there are going to be layoffs. Sigh.

I bought a DP Prem and JP Prem. Got my DP Prem about a month ago and loving it. My JP Prem wont come till April though

Of course this is going to effect pinball companies.

Most people are going to feel poorer and then it suddenly doesn't seem a great idea to buy a shiny toy at $8000.

Yes / no / kind of. I have a new game on the way which I haven't paid for yet. Since I pay for this game in USD instead of the local currency, the price of the game has gone up about 10% in just the last week since the Norwegian kroner (NOK) has tanked. Ouch.

I thought about selling my collection to put more money in the market. I've been waiting for the market to tank so I could put my savings in some ETFs. If the SP500 hits 3200 by the end of the year, my 40k collection in the market could be worth 53k.

The playfield issues are still the biggest deterrent for me. If I could get a guarantee that there would be no issues, I would have bought a Deadpool and JP Pro yesterday. These are two of the best games to have come out in years!

The crash? No. But crappy themes, piss poor QC and absurdly high prices have.

Im out. Laid off for 7 weeks. No more pins in 2020 for me.

I'm sorry my friend.

LTG : )

No, but Stern and JJP”s quality issues are keeping me away.
However, I’ve invested more in the market over the last 14 days than I had in the past year. The buying opportunities have been incredible, but that window won’t be open forever.

Im in entertainment and same union as Disneyland Techs. I also do many Disney Events. All shut down. I keep hearing April 1, ...ha ha. It's actually May 1 tor many of us.

It already has and, hopefully, will continue to do so.
Since I’ve closed my offices in NJ and Manhattan and my children are off from school, we’ll be fishing the Atlantic tomorrow. Taking a break from the panic and enjoying some family time.

The whole country minus essential employees is about to get laid off.

Cotton was short and the weeds were tall, but Mister Roosevelt was gonna save us all...