A Pinsider too - get the pitchforks.....

He was offering it on here for a lot less plus it's not gauging , no one Needs this pin, if someone is willing to pay that so be it.

I guess he liked what he saw in the shakey videos? Also I thought he sold it already.

Agreed, but they are still coming for him.....LOL

Run for the hills fattrain. They're coming for you!

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The ad on here was removed. I thought maybe he had already sold it. Guess not.

Wow.

who cares

Sorry, "price gouging" is only "price gouging" when it's for things like food, fuel, etc. Pinball machines are not life essentials. If a seller lists a game for $15k and can sell it for that, good for him.

"Reasonable or fair"

I don't see many others available, isn't this more like "Supply and Demand?"

Surely that is a record for pre-release. Hope he gets it

Man who cares? He can ask whatever he wants. No one has to buy it.

I hope the distributor cancels his order and refunds his cash. this kind of stuff is bad for pinball.

The distributors don't care where it goes after they sell it. A distributor is probably more pissed they don't still have it in their inventory to mark up themselves.

You act like this is the time you looked on ebay at pins. Ebay is the worst place to buy pins. Everyone acts like eBay is the price guide to the world and if they can't find it on there it must be ultra rare. And you can ask what ever you want doesn't mean he will ever sell it. But it makes me laugh.

Most expensive stickers and backglass ever!

I'm with rommy on this one... I hope he gets it!!

If someone buys it for that - I will be surprised. If someone buys it for that I would expect to see an even higher listing soon.

If this was a pinsider not as well known he'd get crucified

I would normally come in and say something like "we care because we want people in the hobby to be happy and if they get conned or scammed by over paying they won't like the hobby and will leave it" . . . that said, if someone is going to pay 15k for an item without learning anything about the hobby then they deserve to overpay.

This one is so over the top I agree with the anti-price police crowd. Who cares, if he can find someone to pay it let him.

Did the ones listed for 10K sell ?

exactly !

it's twice the regular price, it's just crazy.

honestly i don't really care what he's asking, it's the fact that peoples/collectors got cut off from the list/order and now this person got one, nib and it's for sell... at a crazy price.
also if he sells it, every other opportunists/sharks are gonna do the same thing sayin' '' well, we saw one on e-bay for that price and it sold ''

but hey, it's the demand....

Also just my opinion, with the other art available I don't see the appeal of the Mop art, and master of puppets is my favorite album but it doesn't look 8 thousand dollars better. You could buy a pin collection for that. I just know if that was my machine I would get lambasted.

Yea! (saracasm)
I was waiting for this, so ill make it short.

The other one I was selling for a friend. I did end up selling to another Pinsider and for way cheaper than it was originally posted. So that's that. Now on to this one...

This is my machine that I ordered for ME and have every intention of opening it and playing the shit out of it...

I then saw the ones from Betson go up for 10k and thought, what the f#%ck, ill go fishing with dynamite. Throw mine up for 15k and see if some rich person simply has the money and doesn't care. I don't think it will sell, nor does it really matter. If it sold I would simply buy a premium and put money down on Star Trek.

Simple as that folks. I didn't post it anywhere else (Not here / not CL / not classifieds) and I don't intend to barrade with you for sale ads. Just one eBay random fishing pole. Sorry if that upsets some of you.

Love u all folks. Can't wait for the game!! Have a great Cinco de Mayo folks

I say good for you. again, if someone is willing to pay that then take the money and run. see you at pagg.

Now we are policing eBay prices. Leave the guy alone and let him sell his game. Some folks may want to consider finding a second or third hobby to occupy all that free time. I bought one to play and enjoy, but if the market decides they are worth that much money, mine will be the next one listed on eBay! Good luck with the sale.

What happens on eBay stays in eBay is my take. I won't pretend to like it, but the whole LE thing is just stupid to me, let people pay whatever for it, it's meaningless.

maybe Wise_Guy will buy it

four things you should do any time you want to price police.
1 play pinball.
2 hug someone you love.
3 give the wife,girlfriend a pickle tickle.
4,make an awesome samwich
you may do more than one.

Supply and demand of a LUXURY ITEM. If he gets it from a noob who doesn't know any better than good luck with the sale!

Doesn't make a fishing ebay listing bad, does it?

Of course any noob who actually doesn't know any better will appreciate the warnings from the price police here; oh wait, they wouldn't be here cuz they don't know any better.

I am mixed up on this one.

This is a forum and this thread was made specifically to discuss this extremely overpriced game. It's not like we are giving opinions on a for sale thread of his. And if yours goes up for that kind of money then you will have set a new standard just like fattrain for Stern to raise prices even more. Obviously you guys can ask whatever you want for your pins but realize its a double edged sword that will come back to haunt you and everyone else that wants more affordable pins. If you don't think Stern or any other manufacturer is paying attention to what people will pay you are being naive.

I hope it sells ! GLWTS

I just read this. Thank you. I'd like to think I normally offer up great machines here for pretty good prices after i've had my fun with them. They generally sell quickly and the buyers are always happy. I've never had anything but great experiences with any pinsider I've ever dealt with.

I'm not sure you understand what "price gouging" means. From a post just a few before yours:

Fattrain gets his salsa from New York City

Get a rope

This wasn't an insult, this is just the way I believe pinside is from my time spent here. I have no idea how you are in person, I'm sure you're a good guy but I'm also not blind to the fact that if that was my ebay listing I would get annihilated here.

I have no problem with that. Good luck!

Honestly, if that's your attitude about it, I don't see how someone could be mad at you. Good luck!

Also, it's not like this is something where someone couldn't purchase nearly the exact same game for much less. Price gouging / flipping drives me crazy on some of the older games. On a higher trim level of a game that hasn't been released yet.... whatever. Doesn't bother me one bit.

You can't control Stern, the market, or prices that others may be willing to pay. You can only control your own actions. Pros and Premiums are affordable options as well. Not everybody got a BIB or LTBR, but still plenty of "affordable" premiums and pros. My guess is that we will see a super limited le with about 50-100 made and they will be at that 10k range. Not for me, but I am sure they will test to see if that is a viable market for them.

y'know, i'm not fan of the price cheerleaders, but i have zero issues with listing an item at a "higher than market value price"...

it's not like he made the ebay listing, then came back and price pimped it here (as has happened with other people before)... or has others jumping into this thread pimping it...

if he gets the $15k, more power to him... i see nothing wrong with listing an item for whatever price a person wants to, as long as it is the way he did it... if of their own volition (i.e. without others egging them on with "great price!", etc.) some fool wants to drop $15k on it, it's their money...

as noted by others, it's not "gouging"...

Sure I can control Stern and the Market by not paying outrageous prices (this is my own personal control) . Money talks plain and simple. If people didn't go ape shit crazy about every new "LE" the release prices of NIB would be at a more reasonable price but since Stern has figured out a way to create a false limitation to machines people are eating it up. It's smart business but terrible for the hobby. As I said, you can ask whatever you want for your pin and I can disagree on a forum about it.

One rich person buying a Pinball for 15k will not make it the new price "standard".

If Stern started selling pins tomorrow for 15k no one would buy them.

Maybe MOPLE is the next Medieval madness

Wtf is a MOPLE??

Isn't that something Jim Henson created?

Master Of Puppets, LE.

Randy

$20,000.00 by CHRI$TMA$!