Why is the marketplace starting to look like Craigslist?

My guess is maybe some of the Craigslist posters realize they can't sell them on Craigslist so they joined pinside hoping that they can sell them here in a pinball community.

Who knows for sure. A game is only worth what somebody is willing to pay you for it.

Is there a question in here or just a stream of consciousness rant?

If you don't like a price or an ad, ignore it. Unless you think pinside needs to start removing ads that are too craigslisty?

Honestly, you really shouldn't worry about it. I'm told the bubble is about to burst any day now.

I think it's more along the lines of people are overpaying for games originally because they don't know any better or have to have it now, sometimes paying to have the game shipped on top of that, then adding $500 worth of LEDs and mods to it and when they go to sell they are still expecting to get as much as they have into it or more back. Game prices continue to climb for the most part, so when people go to sell a game to get another, many people simply cannot afford or don't want to take a $1000 bath on the game they bought so they list it for what they have into it and cross their fingers that they find another buyer to fall for it like they did.

Because people are willing to pay more for games than they were in the past. A lot of games are just sitting though - an ad does not mean a sale. But by and large NIB are getting close to 10k, and that shuts out a lot of people who are just now getting in.

My question is where are all the pre-DMD SS games? I almost NEVER see those for sale, and I’d love to get something that’s an ok game for 1k-1.5k and flip it in a few months.

The OP can do his part by posting a bunch of reasonably-priced non-craigslist-style ads in the market place.

Like I did with my Mr. and Miss Pac-Man with minor dimpling!

We are all in this together.

Yeah you sold that hotdogging game pretty quick.

I listed my Circus in that exact range yesterday. We could be further apart, but not by much more. Funny coincidence is all.

Must have been underpriced. I should have gone all Craigslist on it!!!

I have a feeling the OP is only really interested in the most expensive, A list stuff, which probably explains why all the high-priced ads are sticking out to him.

I was kind of thinking there were more sellers than buyers but or maybe that's just me.

Since when has Pinside not been the place to get top dollar on your sales?

Here you go, you can thank me later.

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/75325

OK man, I need the get these pins out the door!

You, me, and everyone else on this site.

Craigslist guys get there price guide from pinside.

I think you mean this one:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-mousin-around-21

I was just joking around since it helped the point of this thread nicely.

OP is not alone. I have no interest in the healthy portion of full price retail ads listed there either.

I don’t dispute their ability to post. I’m fully aware I can ignore them. I can also ignore people talking in a movie, but I would rather go to a movies without talkers.

It all comes down to a matter of convenience. I want the best product. For me, the best product is away to filter out the sellers that I do not want to see ads from.

I know. I forgot to add

When someone’s only posts are For Sale ads that don’t sell, I think that says a lot about how they’ve priced things now and in the past.