Quoted from smokedog:I see this bandied about a lot.
Serious question time ... If no one is buying these Stern pins anymore because of *insert Pinside complaint of the day*, who would you purchase it from?
Second question ... You do find a HUO of *insert awesome game you really want* and it has *insert Pinside complaint of the day* issues, how much would you expect to save?
Eventually my RUO pins will come up for sale (unless I love the game, TWD, I'm looking at you). Pin has depreciated tax wise, has had thousands of plays, and has *insert Pinside complaint of the day* issues, how much would you expect to save?
If home collectors stop buying games then most all games will become RUO and prices will start to reflect that. And if home collectors really do stop buying Stern games then Stern will have a major problem on their hands. Its a lot tougher regaining a client when you've lost his trust.
I guess we will all find out at one point. Take GB ghosting for instance....there has been some HUO games without ghosting sitting on the market for a few months now at $7K. People are even afraid to buy them because they "might ghost". Then add the routed discount and if your game has ghosting take out another discount.
Everytime I've bought a NIB game I waited close to a year before making the purchase (GB excluded 8 months)
a) see where code is at
b) assembly line getting rid of all the problem (ex slimer mech)
c) pricing / features are in tuned (my perception)
If one of a) b) or c) is not up to par.....then I wait or dont buy. This entire ghosting /crazing bullshit just added a d) to the equation. I'm perfectly content with what I have now. I was really itching for SW but now Stern is completely off my radar.