No boo birds. Just realist. Pinball isn't an investment. It's a hobby and should be fun. Buy a game to keep an enjoy and you don't have to sweat this stuff.

Some of you always talk about losses. Do you ever put any value in the actual playing of a game. You buy a game at $8K, you and your family enjoys it for a year and then you sell if for $6K and you tell everyone you just lost $2K on the game. Sounds like priorities are in the wrong place as that $2K is not a loss if you equate in the enjoyment the item provided. If you don't get value out of a game in enjoyment then that's on you for buying it.

I couldn't actually care less about "proving my point". The only point that you seem to be missing, and I feel the need to rebuttal against, is the one of gain based off use. At min you should add up the number of games played and multiply that by $0.50 and subtract that from your so called loss. Those that can't even do that lose all credibility when they speak of "losses".

I do find the fact you feel that those without your same opinion are "boo birds" but can't comprehend the fact that you may actually be the one being the "boo bird". I do find that amusing. Thanks for that as I needed a good laugh this morning...

And you say I'm the one being preachy but you aren't equally guilty by trying to preach to others that investment can be made in pinball? I'm also sorry you can't understand that most of us don't consider this a function of financial gain (investment) and look for the enjoyment out of the product.

One last thing then I'm done as I feel no need to get into a pissing match around something so stupid. I should have said, "pinball is not a GOOD investment" vs just saying "pinball is not an investment" as technically, anything can be an investment. If you aren't making gains then that investment is not a GOOD one.

I'm off my rant now. You can have the last word if you feel necessary.