Ebay pricing, Part two.

[lightguy]

As a rule of thumb;
Are Ebay pinball machine prices Higher, lower, or equal to the norm ?
(Lets say normal pricing is equal to Mr Pinball price guide.)

[psk445]

(D) All of the above. End of topic.

[Chalk Up]

It all depends on the listing. If the seller constructs a well
organized, properly constructed, articulate listing and includes lots
of detailed pictures, most eBay auction end at or above the price
guide value. Most often, however, you see short descriptions, in
poor English, with dark and out of focus pictures. These machines
sell for half their price guide value and rightfully so. These
usually become the eBay nightmares that you hear all about time and
time again.

[lightguy]

Thanks for your insight.

[underlord]

I have only purchased my pins either through Mrpinball classifieds
with plenty of buyer-seller communication, through folks known on rgp,
or local if applicable. Ebay bids are usually all over the place.
Like Chalk up said, depends on sellers competence. Too many scammers
these days; if they get smart, we may be in trouble! ;p

--Rick.

[WEade]

There's quite a few factors...

One is how people in here feel that specific day. I remember years ago,
people would argue that eBay was NOT a method of determining the value of a
machine. That has changed over the course of time... Hypocricy runs
rampant. A lot of those same people swear by eBay for pricing these days.
Who knows why they changed that way... Maybe eBay offered them free
blowjobs or something... :)

Another factor is the demographics. For example, a machine in CA may fetch
higher than a machine in Bumblefuck, PA. What's the median income and how
bad is the unemployment?

Let's also factor in the title and what people are feeling at one time or
another. I remember years ago, most in here said that Rollergames was Steve
Richie's WORST pin ever and was an abomination. A couple years later, they
are praising it. Again, the hypocrisy factor needs to be analyzed or
somewhere a free blowjob was added in. :)

Bottom line: eBay is NOT a good factor to determine pin prices. You can
get two doctors who want a MM and bid-battle each other, driving the price
to a ridiculous $20,000. Not to mention, how accurate is the description
and how good are the pics? That can factor in a BIG difference.

Lots of factors....

Bill

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[silverball]

Well if a $3500 Williams Suspense that I recently saw on ebay is the
one in question, then no, ebay is NOT the place to value games.