I've only been in the hobby around 4-5 years and prices always been high. I wanted a Funhouse as my first game. Thought it would be cheap being an older game and produced in high numbers. Nope. Old timers have always complained that prices are too high. Guess what? It's not 2005 anymore. JD is not a $1700 game. Games are getting older, not coming off locations, and more people in the hobby. It's the same as anything else that's collectable. I agree that prices are too high on most pins but obviously that matters little when there are plenty of others willing to pay.

I would say you gave someone a pretty good deal. I rarely, ever, see a decent dmd game go for that cheap. Love to get a deal like that. Anyone I know selling a game wants market value for obvious reasons. They got decent money in it, can get it, and need the money.