Pinball prices post COV-19

pinbal...@gmail.com

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Mar 12, 2020, 12:57:41 PM3/12/20

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In our post apocalyptic world (and I mean this lightly) but seriously, with the condition of the stock market, anyone see pin prices falling?

Craig

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Pin Del

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Mar 12, 2020, 7:16:31 PM3/12/20

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No, Not me anyway.
I do know toilet paper,bottled water, hand sanitizer <sp> and alot of other things have gone up.

Pin-Del,

lluvak9

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Mar 12, 2020, 8:33:19 PM3/12/20

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I remember the same speculation occurring back in 2008 when the market tumbled. That downturn did not result in a rash of reduced price pinball machines being offered on the market. If anything, the main reaction people expressed was their deciding to hold onto machines they were thinking of selling to wait for the economy to recover. My experience was that the effect on available inventory of used machines was greater than any effect on pricing and those who did offer machines for sale did not offer them at fallen pinball prices.

DomaineR

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Mar 12, 2020, 9:19:16 PM3/12/20

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On Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 9:57:41 AM UTC-7, pinbal...@gmail.com wrote:

Simple... less liquidity, less ability to run prices up.

That being said, a good machine doesn't get sick from a virus. So if you have the balls to wait for the 'other side' of the crisis, value will prevail.

Additionally, as someone who makes his money from the day to day of the stock market, I'd add that it will take a bit of time for people to recover from the sting of their losses.

HOWEVER, this time, the 'gains' were so short lived with the recent run-up that people hadn't fully psychologically 'banked' their profits.

So we are in a pretty good place. Just wait till next fall. If you have the balls.

Good luck out there. its a crazy world. A world you get when you let politicians take charge instead of professionals, doctors, or other people dedicated to their craft instead of their re-election.

DRC

flippy

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Mar 13, 2020, 1:56:15 AM3/13/20

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pinbal...@gmail.com wrote in
news:6cbd4543-723e-49a1...@googlegroups.com:

cough... cough....

I just had to sell my last machine to buy TP.
It's like an episode of the Walking Dead.
Supplies are dwindling.......

Our only hope is the release of a new
Pinball Machine!!!

LexingtonVAPin

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Mar 13, 2020, 11:42:17 AM3/13/20

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To get completely morbid, the death rate is higher among those 60 and
above. While young people seem to be getting into this hobby, a large
number of collectors are in the 'higher risk' category.

If I drop dead, my wife will be selling my collection.

I suspect the supply of games for sale will go up if the virus hits the fan.

The demand might be lower because there are fewer buyers, and with the
stock market dropping, people will feel less wealthy.

This could cause a dip in prices.

It also might affect the companies that make pinball machines. Stern
survived 2008, barely. Not sure how JJP and Stern will come out of this.

Or not.

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Frank Furhter

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Mar 13, 2020, 9:59:35 PM3/13/20

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As usual, expect the prices to drop, very soon. Big boxy items for
women to deal with when husband or such is dead doesn't make for good
markets. Kids could care less, or know, or even care to know about
EMs, and SS, let alone pinball. They want shoot em ups, and first
person killers on video in their hand, on their phone, up some mountain
side.

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pinballtom

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Mar 14, 2020, 10:38:19 AM3/14/20

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Still got to believe that some people will think twice before buy a game coming out of Seattle.

Frank Furhter

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Mar 15, 2020, 9:35:54 PM3/15/20

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Not only because of it being SEATTLE, the land of mega-liberals,
homelessness that the rich don't do anything about or care, and
a meth/drug disease epidemic beyond most other cities... Then
you get it to be the epicenter of entitlement, and also of expense,
along with dreary weather most of 1/2 of the year, and oh boy the fish
that are nuclear, and planes that fall out of the sky, software that is
designed to spy on you and also be defective, coffee at spot of 1.25
selling for 5-10 times that both in bags and on the pull from Shitbucks,
and then we talk about pinball machines. :)

What a great place SEATTLE is, what a great place.