Here’s what’s gonna happen.
Here in NZ at least - and I guess everywhere else.
- lots of rich people in Pinball. They’ll keep doing their thing. Unicorn titles and “rare CEs” will still stay at high prices.
- the guys who got into the hobby during COVID - after their new toys sit there gathering dust for 6 months, 3/4 of them will sell up and move onto the next “thing”. They’ll try and get their (high) purchase price back - after a month or two of no takers they’ll drop the price down to sell, and move on.
- higher food, gas and mortgage payments will force a lot of people to reassess buying every new NIB purchase. People will still buy them - but not every single title. The aftermarket markups for NIB flips will drop back as the market cools, and supply catches up to demand.
- the lower end of the market (most EMs, average SS, projects, less desirable titles) will drop back in price as the competition to buy them cools off.
Whattya reckon Levi? Pretty good?
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