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Ohhhhhhhhh them EM prices... *banjo strum* what does it mean?

By NicoVolta

3 years ago


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    #3 3 years ago

    Thanks Nic. What its done is make hard projects nobody wants desirable for those willing to go deep. No or ruined backglass, rat-eaten wires, scratched all to hell or re-painted.
    I found a half dozen such projects recently the guy wants 65-100 each, going back to get them. A Spanish EM with great backglass and playfield but an oatmeal cabinet. Freedom with 10% left on the backglass and rat gnawed wiring. Several others in like condition.
    Love to work on them during the Winter and in no hurry.

    #66 3 years ago
    Quoted from CrazyLevi:

    I'm really not seeing it. Still seems pretty easy to get EMs cheap around here. Maybe not $100 cheap but cheap. EMs sit and sit on craigslist here as as well.
    Most people just don't want to deal with them, and the demand from the general public seems lower than ever. Every email I get looking for a "cheap game" the "buyer" is always very disappointed when I steer them to an EM. They want "newer faster" games with "ramps."

    Geography has a lot to do with it. I'm sorry but New York scares me, noway I'm driving up there unless its the North West part of the state.
    Location and convinience picking up a Pin is paramount and adds to the price.

    #98 3 years ago
    Quoted from NicoVolta:

    I know, the “buy urgency” thing is half due to the 2020 EM price inflation and the other half the sneaking suspicion that we are reaching a tipping point of some sort.
    Hard to qualify, but I know it when I feel it. The single-source nature of PBR, the EM marketplace, the pandemic, the plight of arcades and transformation of homes into places of increasing leisure. A familiar feeling I get when something is about to pivot... it just seems like the ideal time to firm up the collection, get the parts needed, and sail into the sunset while options are still on the table.
    Nobody knows the future but... I’m in buy mode. I also want to help others get the games they want while I can.

    Seems I always deal with Steves Son (Jim?), sure he would keep it going.
    I mean, how many parts does PBR sell that can't be sourced elsewhere? Plastics like bumper caps and drop targets?

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