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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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    #4 10 years ago

    Allow me to be the first to vilify you for pointing out that prices are trending down. "You are the lowest form of scum, sir! How dare you suggest my toys are worth less today than they were three months ago. You should be whipped.. you should be purged.. you should be flogged.."

    "When pin prices revert.. people get MEAN." har har har!!

    Post edited by swf127 : poor grammar. didn't want the smack-down.

    #98 10 years ago
    Quoted from snyper2099:

    Once the games are out and for sale to play, people will then know if those relases will affect the hobby.

    I disagree. I think we'll know three to four years after release. Even if the MMR is a completely faithful reproduction gameplay-wise, we still need to see how the new electronics wear. Yes, the reliability of modern electronics has improved over the past 20 years, but that by itself doesn't guarantee a favorable outcome. The WOZ lighting boards are a prime example of this. Design flaws happen.. new designs have new issues. Time will tell. While the introduction of the MMR represents a paper loss to me financially, I'm stoked that it will be widely available. More people playing great pinball is a good thing.

    Quoted from HELLODEADCITY:

    Yeah how many months/years away will the 10k NIB be?

    It's already here. The WOZECLE from authorized distributors is going for 9,995.00 + tax. BTW, played the new code release yesterday on location and it's impressive. WOZ is really coming along, IMO.

    Quoted from kvan99:

    Pinflation coincided with the introduction of the Ipad. A lot of new people came into the hobby due to the pinball app

    I agree with this. Pinball arcade on the IPad with a free TOTAN table made pinball available/visible to a huge swath of people.

    To the people who are claiming that the MMR should not effect the market until it ships, I also disagree. The price of a pin today has as much to do with future expectations of changes in price as does the actual condition of the pin itself. The second the MMR was released, anticipation of unlimited NIB supply revoked MM's grail status. This is as it should be.

    Cheers,
    S

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