There's been a lot of forum activity around people selling games over the past year and the current market seems like it very much favors the seller.

With all of the of the commotion that generally exists around each new grandiose for sale thread, it begs the question: Why not sell?

What makes you keep the games that you have?

My best example is probably my TZ. It checks off a lot of the poll items.

It's by far the best pin ever made (IMO). I got it for a price that I will never likely see again. It's was the prize at the end of the longest road trip (with a friend) that I've ever made for a pin. Overall, I value it more than the market probably does. I won't likely get one back that I want to afford. I've put a ton of sweat equity into it. And, it has sentimental value to me for the stories that go with it.

If you have a game bolted to the floor, why?

I have a pokerino that fits that catagory. It's the first game I ever bought. It's by far the least played now. But I can't let it go. It does help that it's not really worth much.

There are some tough choices in there..

Those also tend to be the most undervalued games. Makes it easier to let all of the high priced games go.

I've never done a full playfield swap. If I did, it would have to be a game that I was keeping. The amount of work that goes into that just isn't worth the return you might see selling it.

I don't think I would consider myself to be a collector based on your definition. More of a tinkerer that found a great material to work with. However, I would consider myself to be more of a collector than an investor. I don't see pinball being any better an investment than something like GME stock. I still own the first game I bought and I purposely sought out all of the current titles in my collection.

I tried adding your option to the list but couldn't figure out how to addd to the poll.

I did consider that option, but originally felt that it was captured by the monetary value option. If the game is worth more to you than the value that others place on it monetarily, then it transcends above that.

The subtext of my question is kind of nodding at all of the pinball price threads and those that are outraged by asking prices being thrown out there.

If people are really getting exorbitant amounts of money for selling off their games, why not join the crowd and sell yours too?

Perhaps the answer is that money is just money and pinball machines are more valuable to some of us than that.

I agree. Oppositely though, my goal was not to turn this into another pinball price thread as much as it was to capture the non- monetary value that we place on pins.

Those are all good additions. I'll have to figure out how to add them later.

Space. There's only so many places you an fit 160 pins and Stern just keeps making new LEs...

Is that a reason why you' don't sell them? Waiting for the peak?

SF2 is the DMD that I've owned the longest. My kids learned that there is more to the game than smashing buttons because of it. I have sold off much better games and keep it because it's still a favorite of theirs.

I like that. It's especially good for those of us that aren't very good at playing...