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The OFFICIAL LICENSED 'moans about pricing' thread

I retrospect it's staggering Stern thought they could sell 500 Bond 60ths at such a high price, perhaps a hundred or so, but at 500 it's less exclusive than CSI

Then again the market was full of post Covid FOMO and Elwin was being hailed as the best thing to happen to pinball since flippers.

Overall I think it's a good thing for us they got their fingers burned, the last thing we want is more lifestyle brand investor nonsense.

Didn’t Bond 60 ‘sell out’ like Rush LE and Wick LE? I was under the impression it was the distributors who got screwed on this one but I could be wrong.
 
Didn’t Bond 60 ‘sell out’ like Rush LE and Wick LE? I was under the impression it was the distributors who got screwed on this one but I could be wrong.
Depends how you define 'sell out' I guess, I wouldn't call a game sold out if its available from distributors for a healthy discount.

Maybe Stern don't care, if they have passed on the loss, but I can't see distributors keen to sit on another $$$ game and customers who expected an investment, only to end up with the fastest depreciating games, even less so.
 
I guess another element to higher price LEs not moving is they just don’t feel special anymore.
Can blame Stern for that one.
Kinda like what Omega did with their plethora of limited and special edition watches.
 
Worst part about the present day is having to message people on Facebook regarding affordable pins and say in the most polite way possible, that's a lovely pin, I'll happily pay the going rate of £2000 under your asking price (which you probably bought it for in the last 18 months).

Sure way to get told **** you.
 
What I don’t get is the lack of budget NIB from these new manufacturers.

There seems to be a number of new companies, but they are just pricing themselves at the same level as a Stern Pro and most don’t even have any licensed themes. I think this is the wrong way to go about it and these companies will no doubt come and go.

I thought the makers of Super Hoops were on the right track (despite the terrible game), with a more budget NIB.
 
This is a really interesting video on secondhand prices in the States over the last year.


In summary, prices are on average 10% down in a year. Now I know this is the States and not a direct comparison to here, but I would say this is a sign and when (if?) the market gets going again, I think we will see similar decreases, although maybe we already have.
 
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