I preferred the Pinball Trader (Dennis Dodel, then Tim Ferrante) and Pinball Collector’s Quarterly (Steve Young) simply because they published on time. We bought, sold, and traded games and parts using the classified ads and (very expensive) long distance phone calls.
Most of us quit advertising in the PGJ’s “Good Shtuff” because by the time an issue was published, the game/parts we had were already sold.
That hasn’t stopped me from supporting Jim. I’m one of the few remaining original subscribers.