Quoted from mamawaldee:Most pinsiders seem to hate price/bubble threads, but I love them. It provides therapy for seeing this hobby go from entertainment to investment vehicle.
I know it's the fault of "markets", and people are paying these stupid prices, but all I want to know is where do they work to have that much disposable income? Is everybody a lawyer, doctor, dentist or CEO now?
I'm a lowly electrical engineer and dont have the stomach to drop that much cash for games anymore. I am lucky to have collected several pins (most acquired before the price lunacy). I used to add one every year on average when prices were under $5k. My taste unfortunately is Bally Williams A-list. The last one was MBrLE.
I'm done now, I can't justify it anymore. Yea I could sell a bunch and downsize to a couple uberpriced titles. But I wanted a couple dozen mostly 90s pins (and a handful of select Sterns). At these prices, that would exceed the purchase price of the house. That just should not be.
I doubt it would happen, but a burst of this bubble would make me very happy indeed.
The good news is, there's plenty of other hobbies out there to keep a person entertained.