LAZY SELLERS!
With all the talk about price policing, FS threads, etc. it occured to me that pinflation isn't the problem. It's the complete laziness of any given seller to even BOTHER to wipe down a pin, let alone perform a decent shop job on it prior to advertising it for a premium price. "I want TOP dollar for doing almost nothing!" And newer pinheads are biting time and time again... It seems to me in the "old" days, a pin actually had to be clean to at least command top dolllar. Not these days. You just buy some junk, preferably in bulk, play it for awhile and then list it on pinside for what other pins have sold for. Other pins that someone actually cared about out.
Pinflation is fine, even great! You buy something nice, play it for awhile and somewhere down the line it's worth more than what you paid. Terrific! There's almost no other hobby that happens. Whether it's boats, cars, RV's, anything. You play, you lost money. You paid to play. (Note to self: buy more guns) You gotta LOVE pinball! But, damn. These guys that keep listing these pins for premium almost Ebay money and you're staring at dirty mylar and ball trails, well they piss me off. Because they're lazy. Put the work in, shop your pin correctly, then come onto pinside with your ridiculous asking prices. At the very least, you'll feel a sense of accomplishment in the shop job.
Just FYI, anything you buy from me will be as clean and functional as it can be. Or at least as advertised. Car, lawn mower, vacuum, pin, anything. I sell a lot of goofy crap on the local classifieds and it's on point. Guaranteed.
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