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Fair Pinball Buying/Selling. What is considered good pinball etiquette?

By ASOA

5 years ago

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Quoted from Trekkie1978:
How does one get screwed over when they voluntarily enter into the transaction?
No one is being forced to purchase a luxury item, that at the end of the day, is a toy.
Unless force is involved, there is no way screwing can occur.

Bingo. Impatient buyers create the situation in the first place.

I'd love to pickup a Honda Civic Type-R, but folks routinely pay 10-20k over sticker for a 30k car! Rather than pay the "gotta have it now" tax, I'll wait until the madness dies down and I can pay MSRP. Car market is competitive and there is always a great alternative.

Sure, I'd love to have IMLE asap, however getting a Premium a couple months from now (if that) will work just fine.

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Quoted from Astropin:
I can honestly say I do not understand the LE pinball market. I've never bought an LE an likely never will. In most cases there is a premium version that plays exactly the same. In other cases (like Tron) people have come up with add-on's that essentially make it the same thing (minus the little plack).
I'm not a big fan of "fake rarity". I can appreciate when something becomes rare like really old baseball cards or comics or old cars... or "one of a kind" works of art. But when a manufacturer says "we are making 500 of these and that's it... and oh btw here is the exact same thing in a slightly different art (often better) package"....fuck them.

There is no such thing as "fake rarity". Companies limit production with many products/markets. Limiting production almost always creates a "buzz".

If Stern decided to build LE's "last", you'd see a change in the market for them. Many collectors consider early access something they are willing to pay for.

Nevertheless, I agree that Premium's offer a sweet spot that works for most folks.

snaroff

Quoted from Astropin:
You say there is no fake rarity and then go on to describe exactly what fake rarity is. Creating "buzz" with limited production.

So silly. Do you think Audi should make as many RS7's as A7's? The production numbers are a function of actual demand *and* company created buzz factor of owning a limited production car. Stern does the same thing with the LE's. Not a precise science, but expecting a company to make the same number of every product they produce isn't practical in today's world. For good or bad, products aren't "made to order" any more. This is true for mass consumer products as well.

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Quoted from Astropin:
I don't get your analogy here. An RS7 is a very different car than an A7. Sure the body style is the same but the performance is light years apart (and I owned an A7). Audi will never make as many RS7's because they can not sell as many RS7's.
A Stern LE and Premium are the same damn game with a different splash of art.

Exactly..."fake rarity" isn't what irks you. What irks you is the LE/Premium are "the same damn game". Violent agreement!

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