For the time being I am done selling on here. My small contribution to this hobby was to not make money on games I own and to let them move on at attractive prices in the hope that a cheapish pin in nice condition can do the rounds. Obviously I don’t have and don’t expect to control what the buyers do with them but it’s a bit of a kick in the nuts when you get the - I’ve been looking for a nice one for ages and suddenly less than 3 months later it’s up for 1/3 more. If the spidey had been close to under 4K then fair enough with the flipper rebuilds and re rubbering.
Let me be clear I was fully aware it was a cracking price when I sold and was offered almost 20% more but I’m lucky enough to be in a decent financial position and don’t need to chase the top price £ when selling. Maybe foolishly I hoped that with the moaning on pinflation people would have the morals to think I got that cheap I’ll add 100/200 to cover what I’ve done and let someone else get a ‘bargain’ and enjoy it. Obviously not as it’s the second time it’s happened.
I was also one of the few people who buy quite a few nib games and don’t mind taking the nib hit when moving them on. Recently a few people have been asking why so few newish sterns turn up. The answer is simple. If no one wants to be the one who takes the nib hits on the pre and le’s they won’t filter through the market.
I currently have 17 pins (and gnr incoming) of which I can only really have 14 set up at a time so the excess is tombstoned or on loan to a friend. Everything I have is a newish machine or a mint/super mint BW restoration. Only this week I was chatted to someone on here about maybe letting a couple go so someone else can enjoy them as it’s a shame to just store them.
Forget it I’m done for now. A few select friends on here will get first dibs if they are interested and if not I’ll just store them or pass onto a guy who I’m friendly with who has one of the retail stores people moan about. At least with him even though I consider his prices over the top he does have the overheads of running a business so I partly understand the prices as he needs a profit or what’s the point.
Take care all I’m done for now
I'm late to the party here and completely gobsmacked by this. It throws the spirit of the pinball community completely out of the window.
I know the game and I know
@Jmac . He absolutely knew that he could sell this game for a higher fee but personally told me that he'd keep it low in order to let it circulate in the community so as others could enjoy it. It was in pristine condition and certainly one of the better examples you'll find.
Last year I injured myself and as a result lost a lot of work and had to scale down my business and sell my modest pinball collection.
@Jmac was on the phone straight away offering to help me out in so many ways and also lending me machines. Even though I couldn't afford a pin at the time he wanted me to have something to play. That's the kind of guy he is so to see this sorry episode leaves quite a bitter taste in the mouth.
I've not sold too many games but whatever I have moved on I've sold either at cost, or at a loss. A couple of games I modded, paid Martin at GoPinball to workshop and had powder coating done. One I was particularly proud of as it has been rescued and made into a very sexy example. A couple of months ago I saw it on Ebay completely stripped down with the parts obviously sold off individually. It was up for sale for significantly more than I'd passed it on for but worse than that it was gutted of everything that made it unique. I was quite miffed that all the lovely toys, powder coated rails, mod boards, lights and apron cards had been stripped out before flipping. The thing was 25-30 years old, was like new and should have been in the community forever but it was asset stripped.
I'm also done. I'll only sell to people I know from now on or until some sort of buyer validation process can be sorted on here. To show the spirit of the community though I'll also happily lend or do loan-swaps with trusted people. If someone I know or a friend of a friend wants to borrow Deadpool or Elvira for a bit then that may be the way forward. I work to make money and certainly didn't get into this hobby to either profit from anyone else or be hustled myself.
Sh1t apologies Rob. Didn't realise the seller was actually on here!
