Johnson Creek, WI
Saw this on reddit and thought some of you might like it. Reddit post said 1997 but considering CV is on there maybe early '98? Ironically that's the exact price I paid for my WCS94 last year.
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Anyone want to trade a AFM for a Barb Wire? They are worth the same obviously.
Quoted from jfh:On that price list Medieval Madness is at least $800 over what you could have bought the game for NIB in 1997, so I suspect all the other prices were considered over market value at the time.
Somebody on reddit said the same thing. Hard to imagine WW going for much less though. 
JD was still a $1,400 game
Quoted from Monarca1091:I wish i got in this hobby way earlier .....
So do 1,678,243 others --- 
Quoted from Monarca1091:I wish i got in this hobby way earlier .....
Easy to think that but if pinside existed in 1997 and this list was posted FS, all hell would break loose about crazy over priced pins and how are they worth that, etc.
Quoted from Flake:Anyone want to sell their creech for 1700? Heck, i'll even give you 1900 so you can make a profit.
Just bought mine this spring for $1650 plus tax. True story.
Quoted from RustyLizard:Just bought mine this spring for $1650 plus tax. True story.
Where are these when I'm looking? One day....
Quoted from Flake:Where are these when I'm looking? One day....
Just got lucky. Exact same game was $3150 last year.
Quoted from jfh:On that price list Medieval Madness is at least $800 over what you could have bought the game for NIB in 1997, so I suspect all the other prices were considered over market value at the time.
Note that the price list mentions they do not sell to businesses, which large route operators did try to avoid. So, yes, those were home prices. However, the home market was still relatively small that year. It wasn't until WMs closed their doors that the home market really took off. And yes, those prices are about right for that time!
Orleans, ON
Yeah well, gas was also around $1.10/gal back then, too. Hell, gas was $1.75/gal when Obama took office. Remember that?
Not me.
Quoted from Miguel351:Hell, gas was $1.75/gal when Obama took office. Remember that? Not me.
Man, I couldn't believe your $1.75/gal gas story (in Cali, no less), but I took a look here (http://www.californiagasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx) and low and behold there was a window of cheap gas there in late 2008/early 2009. Of course it looks like they were charing $4.50/gal in May of 2008 and back above $3 by summer 2009. Makes pin prices look pretty steady by comparison!
No need. I got my info from right here:
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?f=W&n=PET&s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG
OP's list is a little deceptive, so I created one factoring in inflation for 2014.
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Some of those games were a steal @ today's prices.
Quoted from PinballKen:Saw this on reddit and thought some of you might like it. Reddit post said 1997 but considering CV is on there maybe early '98? Ironically that's the exact price I paid for my WCS94 last year.
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you paid $2299 for your WCS!???
Imagine back then having to choose between Mario Andretti and Attack from Mars with both of them priced at $3,899.00 each? You would probably spend weeks trying to make that tough decision.
Quoted from littlecammi:Imagine back then having to choose between Mario Andretti and Attack from Mars with both of them priced at $3,899.00 each? You would probably spend weeks trying to make that tough decision.
But if you played both, I'd sure hope you'd take AFM 99% of the time.
Yes, I have played both.....
Chris
Quoted from Ronnie1114:Anyone want to trade a AFM for a Barb Wire? They are worth the same obviously.
Heck no! Barb Wire is worth much more than that now.
Quoted from Whysnow:you paid $2299 for your WCS!???
Yup. treveism games are worth every penny! And according to the inflation page I got a 1000 dollar savings
Quoted from PinballKen:Yup. treveism games are worth every penny! And according to the inflation page I got a 1000 dollar savings
I was just surprised as it was originally advertised for $2100 I thought.
Quoted from Whysnow:I was just surprised as it was originally advertised for $2100 I thought.
2100 would have been nice. But it was 2300
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fs-cv-wcs-and-diner-in-nw-suburbs-of-chicago
Quoted from PinballKen:2100 would have been nice. But it was 2300
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fs-cv-wcs-and-diner-in-nw-suburbs-of-chicago
The sheet said 2299, not 2300. 
Quoted from Whysnow:He offered it to me for $2100. You should probably work on your negotiating skills Ken
Steve told me you OFFERED him 2100 and that he said he wasn't ready to take less at that time. I offered what he was asking, I got one of my favorite pins that's in great shape, why can't you just be happy for me? Are you still mad that I knocked you out of the SCS? 
Quoted from PinballKen:Are you still mad that I knocked you out of the SCS?
Nah, you needed the help of an official to beat me 
and I am happy fo you, just giving you a hard time. Any pin that Mike shopped out in the past is worth a premium because you know he has gone over it with a fine tooth comb.
Now you jusy need to get 2 more pins so you can host league
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