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Prices & Demand Falling? 2013 seems like "price drop" has become the norm?

By too-many-pins

10 years ago


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    “Prices trending down & why?”

    • I see no real change in prices 42 votes
      13%
    • Prices are down because there are less people coming into the hobby these days 4 votes
      1%
    • Prices are down because of all the great new machines coming out. 127 votes
      40%
    • Prices are just coming down to a more realistic range for used arcade equipment and were crazy before. 94 votes
      30%
    • OTHER 12 votes
      4%
    • I disagree and actually think prices are still trending upward. 39 votes
      12%

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    #19 10 years ago

    I am looking for some specific machines, TOM, Centaur, TRON. Maybe it's just Ohio, but I see a lot of people listing machines well above fair market prices. As a collector of machines for 25 years now, I see a lot of people pricing machines as if the overall pinball community has no idea of fair market price. Additionally, all of the machines I have bought and sold, I have NEVER purchased a machine where the machine was 100% functional. I know it's not a lot for this community, but I am talking 25+ machines. All of my purchases are either auctions or personal sales. Never purchased from a company who does a real once over before reselling. My personal belief is that many have overpaid and are trying to resell for what they paid, or even more. I am not going to overpay to compensate for someone else's bad decision.

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    #112 10 years ago

    One of the future challenges will be repairing machines. There are a lot of collectors getting new Stern machines, or JJP , etc... As they start to have issues, many will find it difficult to get someone to fix their machine. This will introduce HUO machines with minor electrical issues into the used market. Hopefully this will be a buying opportunity for some of us.

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