I noticed some distributors are price gouging toppers and hard to find new release games.I get it, the venders see a buyer flipping and turning a fast buck on games and toppers. They probably feel they deserve the extra cash over random people buying and selling.The only thing I can do is not buy anything from those venders and buy from the honest ones who sell for the suggested retail who are not sticking it to us. I found an Elvira topper from Nitro Pinball and paid $999.00 about a week ago. Game Exchange is pre-selling Turtles for the $999.00, as well as Led Zeplin and Advengers toppers for the normal retail. On Ebay a vender is selling Elvira toppers for $1500.00!!! I have seen other venders doing the same thing over the years.
I have never seen these guys gouging us and have bought games and parts from them. Kingpin, Marco, Game exchange, Nitro pinball,Trent (tiltamusements), Automated Services/Pinballs.com, and Game room guys.There are probably some I'm missing but any time I see a vender sticking it to us, I put them on my Do Not Buy from list.

Yes, or im saying I have bought from them and as far as I know they have never boned us by over chargeing us for hard to find items.

So because I can,or choose to spend 1000.00 on a topper I should go to ebay and spend 1500.00 and not think anything of it?
All I am saying is why I would buy a product from a dealer that adds to the problem of price gouging? Personaly I feel the venders should be accountable for being a part of the problem. Like hocuslocus said, their is a ton of ways for the venders to sell at higher prices by useing a personal account,but if the vender is going to advertise they have no problem sticking it to us then I am noticing, and will never buy anything from them. I'm sticking with the venders that are not focused on greed.

It's the same idea with the LE games.A dealer in Califorina is selling a NIB Led Zepplin LE for 16k. My point is even if a rare topper was $200 and the vender was selling them at $400. Its not the topper cost that I am bitching about.Its the venders that raise the prices to take advange of it and make a cash grab.If people want to spend 1500 for a topper or 20 k for a game ,thats what the market value is and their business. I like the excuse of Ebay fees but claming $500 more for a product is cause by Ebay fees isn't even in the laughable excuse.I would expect if Ebay recived $50 for a thousand dollar item that would be high.
And my other point is if venders choose to play the market and take the cash grabs when they can ,I wont buy anything from them and find dealers who sell at retail prices.
As a example, a Ford dealer in Chicago had one of its new battery Mustangs at a 10k premium. Ford steped in and made the dealer sell the car at sticker because they want buyers not to feel cheated when they buy their product. If I was ever in the market for a Ford from a dealer, that dealer would not be on my list of a honest dealer (If their is such a thing).
I think we as a pinheads should notice the venders who take cash grabs and buy from the ones who dont.

Zach, your a dealer and you know what games and toppers are worth, What’s a dealers perspective on you selling a topper or le knowing you could get more if you order a bunch and hold out or wait for the right time to get more money.Is that business as normal, or is that a cash grab squeezing the most out of customers. My outside looking in viewpoint is that’s a bad long term business strategy because you would probably loose repeat customers. Or because your buying and putting out a lot of cash for games and toppers you should get the extra cash and not random people flipping.