I think 6gs range is max for me,how about you?
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Just over my max, lol. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-indiana-jones-mint
100%
Quoted from TBatti:Just over my max, lol. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-indiana-jones-mint
South St Paul, MN
Most I've paid for a game was $7200 (METLE). I'd like to keep that as my max.
Best game ever
Quoted from Aurich:Most I've paid for a game was $7200 (METLE). I'd like to keep that as my max.
Quoted from rollitover:I would drop whatever was necessary if it was one I just had to have
Boom. This.
Quoted from Deez:4k is my max.
Says the man paying strange women to advertise on their breasts. 
Under normal circumstances I'd say $6k, but I wouldn't say "no" if someone offered me an MMR for $6500, or a nice Cactus Canyon for $7k, or a HEP IJ for $8k, or a Big Bang Bar for $10k, or a Krull for $12k. Dang it! I guess my limit is at least $12k.
Quoted from Skypilot:Says the man paying strange women to advertise on their breasts.
That was a business expense!!
Quoted from IdahoRealtor:Krull for $12k
See, this is where the madness sets in. Krull is cool, and the lenticular lower playfield is a nice gimmick, but it's not like it's really that great of a game. Fun for a little bit, but no real long lasting gameplay. That's collector status there, you're not paying for the gameplay, just the rarity.
Moorsele
So far I have bought my two machines with "Money I don't have" money. It's money that I've picked up along the way. Christmas money, years of loose change, yard sale, $20 for helping a friend move, etc. Bought my first pin with that money. Fixed it up. Sold it it for more, then bought my JP with that sale money plus a few extra hundred from my "money I don't have" stash.
That's my limit. But now that the bug has bit me pretty hard, I may actually start saving specifically for another pinball machine. New motorcycle, new pinball. New motorcycle, new pinball. 
Quoted from woody24:New motorcycle, new pinball. New motorcycle, new pinball.
Can't die while playing pinball, and the rush is the same! plus chicks dig pinball way more than Bikes. wait....It's possible I have that mixed up.
Quoted from chuckwurt:plus chicks dig pinball way more than Bikes. wait....It's possible I have that mixed up.
Before I got my JP, I was telling my friend about getting it. He tried to talk me out of it, and into the motorcycle. His quote, "Which one will get you laid?" My response, "Neither of them are currently working right now."
I remember when I said I wouldn't pay over $500 for a pinball...
I remember when I said I wouldn't pay over $1000 for a pinball....
I remember when I said I wouldn't pay over $2000 for a pinball.....
Rinse and repeat.... I now own a KISS LE. 
I always use a pencil when drawing a "how much will I spend on a pinball?" line ...
But, if you need a number - $6k is a pretty solid line.
Right now mine is about 1,000. Guess I'm not as fortunate as some. Can't spend what you don't have. Just makes the search more fun.
Mississauga
Was going to buy one for 1700 and the deal fell through. (Seller sold it out from under me, was driving down to pick it up the next day) Felt kind of guilty that I was about to spend that much too so i guess that's my breaking point.
What's the most expensive title? then that's it and not a penny more!!!but have to feel like I got a deal even if I didn't 
4500 nib stern.....5k and under for a must have classic....and I think that's even crazy high coming from my depressed region of the country. In fact if I told my friends they'd think I was secretly rich....or just plain nuts.
Haha can't tell non pin heads what u spend, I told one of my bros and he thought I was crazy
Quoted from tp:4500 nib stern.....5k and under for a must have classic....and I think that's even crazy high coming from my depressed region of the country. In fact if I told my friends they'd think I was secretly rich....or just plain nuts.
Melbourne
I keep drawing the line and then step over it...we all do and that is why prices will continue to rise as the demand is still there.
LE will be over 13K here in Australia and that might slow up a few. I won't/can't afford that so will have to wait on someone else to take the loss as we all do when we go to sell later. To buy a newer title in the future.
$7500 shipped, but that game better be awesome...oops, I bought MMr so $8k I guess. That was a one-off.
My addiction is so bad that I eventually kept raising that bar. I remember telling the wife when I first started that I wouldn't spend over a thousand for one! Now I'd consider selling off the furniture if the right deal pops up.
Hahaha
Quoted from Crispin:My addiction is so bad that I eventually kept raising that bar. I remember telling the wife when I first started that I wouldn't spend over a thousand for one! Now I'd consider selling off the furniture if the right deal pops up.
Mine used to be 2,000 then 2,500 then 5,500 then 9,000. I wish I could go back to 2,000, but then it's always another grand to make them right anyways. At least they are still there the next day unlike other addictions where you have nothing the next day.
Quoted from Lethal_Inc:No more than $5K for me. I'll never own a LE or a premium I guess.
You can get a TFLE!
Quoted from IdahoRealtor:You can get a TFLE!
I played this game in wildwood and actually liked it alot. The purple version. Sat in a pretty good lineup and garnered most of my attention.
My current max is 350 bucks... but I probably have 500 ++ into each restore (ya need stuff ya know)... so about 1K.
I like restoring them, but life gets in the way and I can see that my max will probably have to go up soon so as to get a game I don't need to spend countless hours working on to make it great.... current collection is 4 and I suppose this was a rational way to start but its a disease.
STOP NOW.
Don't buy another PIN.
THEY MULTIPLY
And worse yet... pretty soon your looking at bubble hockey, or an arcade, or remodeling to make room (yeah- its all 3 for me) because having 4 or more pinball games kinda demands a game room and what kinda game room has only pinball in it?
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 
Quoted from beelzeboob:I might be the wrong person to ask since I overpaid for an IJ, then turned around and sent it to HEP.
No lines. Thankfully, there aren't that many that I really want that are crazy expensive. Fathom, Spirit, Star Light and Defender might cost me a bit though!
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