Nashville, TN
Quoted from JakeFAttie:I just bought my first and only NIB (GZ pro, of course). With used prices what they are it just made sense. I doubt I will every buy NIB again. It took a lot for me to let myself buy a $7000 toy. No way I could ever justify another. And also don't see why I would need two. If I ever get bored, I'll trade it. Maybe trade up to a premium something. But I plan to be a one machine at a time guy. Maybe find a cheaper classic for a second machine if I ever feel the urge. If I was rich like some of the collectors here, I'm not sure a few hundred or even a few thousand price hike would mean much though. Like everything, the pinball market is reflecting the deepening economic inequalities of our society. Now that routing is more or less dead and commercial pinball is just a barcade thing, most of the new market is for wealthy collectors. Stern is Mercedes now, not Ford.
I've said the same thing for the last year since I got my first pin..a nib GNR... I'm a 1 pin guy.
Now ironically I read your post today as I'm sitting here watching out the window eating those words for lunch and waiting on FedEx to pull in the driveway and drop my new $6699 Rush pro.
Edit: oh wait . Here they are now!
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