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I'll admit I have been looking on CL since I joined up on Pinside. Knowing that getting one PIN in the door is going to be a feat in of itself, it has caused me to be selective. So I do see games for sale, but nothing that puts me over the no regrets threshold.
I being fairly close to the OP and a few others here means I'll most likely be fighting them once I do see something I like 
Quoted from PinballBeerGuy:Rather than compete with us on the open market, why don't you do like others have suggested and make friends with people in the pinball community in the area. Let people know what you are looking for and eventually someone will come back to you and say that they know someone who could use the money and would be willing to sell you the machine you are looking for a fair price.
The same thing happened to the retro video game collecting scene over the past couple years as more people got into it. Games became harder to find and prices went up. On occasion you still find a deal in the wild if you are lucky, but good deals can still found by working with collectors.
Ok so maybe "compete" was too strong of a word choice. I was more tongue in cheeck than anything else.
But as to making relationships with the community, that is what I am trying to do by being here on Pinside and going to the local shows.
You are also right in the fact you rarely/never get something when you don't ask. So here goes Pinside, anybody in the area having people over to play please invite me over 
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