Quoted from jgelman:Nothing about this is preventing me from buying a TZ. I did not intend to have this thread mostly about TZ. That just happens to be a game I am interested in buying and so it is the one I am researching. Buyers of homes care about comps. Ebay buyers often care less about the asking price of active listings than the prices of sold merchandise. The homework prevents one from overpaying compared to market value and helps one to make proper decisions.
As a newer member I was just surprised that the archived classified had so few sales associated with a disclosure of the sale price. I considered the sale price of my machines the business of others. I thought it would offer information of value to those wanting to own the machine.
When I sell a game, I don't care if anyone knows what I sell it for. I don't post the price out of respect for the buyer. If the buyer turns around and makes a profit on my game that's their business. Me advertising what they paid me for it is only going to give them grief.
If you're new and unsure, you can always ask if what you are being asked to pay seems right.
Boston pinball still keeps a list of prices based on eBay sales. Pinside does give an estimate for almost every game.
It doesn't matter anyway. They're just expensive toys. Just because they've had investment like returns for the past 20 years for a lot of people doesn't mean we'll see that for the next 20 years. People are asking whatever they want now. Other people are paying crazy prices so non of the data is great right now. A lot of people are getting a lot more money back from uncle Sam than in the past and maybe that's where all the money is coming from. IDK. If so, is that money worth more or less today than it was a year ago?
Figure out what you want and develop a strategy to get it. Patience in my experience pays off in the long run.
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