Quoted from TigerLaw:
I remember back in 2011 there was an obvious shill sale of an AFM on EBay and over the course of the next month the asking price of AFMs went up about $2,000 based on the shill sale. I don't know how many sold at the inflated asking prices, I'm just making an observation and drawing a comparison.
I remember that very, very ,very well. Irritates me that that one auction affected the market for AFM pretty much to this very day.
Quoted from TigerLaw:owners of games (or anything) always feel what they have is worth more than non-owners, it's human nature, nothing to either deny or be embarrassed of.
First off, I promise I'm not quoting you a couple times just to argue . I feel very strongly about this.
I am in the minority on this viewpoint. With my AFM, I know there SAF is not $8000 of game there. I know there's $8000 of game AND fun, and I'd say realistically on AFM there's maybe at most $5000ish worth of game. It is NOT deserving of that level of a price, and even though I own one, and I paid stupid insane money to get my 20 year childhood dream theme, I will go against the grain on the AFM club on that one. No way will I ever try to sell my AFM for $8000. That is a dis-service to this community and hobby.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not listing it for $2000 or something stupid, but if anyone thinks I'll own the game for years and try to get MORE than what I paid for with putting wear and tear on the game, someone's smoking a fat-ass joint....
I understand everyone wants to make money - IN A BUSINESS. This is a HOBBY. We are not SUPPOSED to make money in a hobby. I don't understand why this community - especially Pinside - has all of a sudden decided two things:
1. Mods add value to a game (ColorDMD, PinSound, and a select few others might - train tracks on a ramp on ACDC or a belt buckle on Metallica DO NOT)
2. It's ok to try to get nearly distributor level prices off your fellow collector.
Total BFS in my opinion, and it's very disheartening to see this community starting that train of thought, and I am looking straight at NIB pricing as the main catalyst, but I also believe we need to stop gouging each other.
That is not what makes this hobby great. Compassion and greed are two very, very different things.