Arcade Collecting > Pinball
Easy / Hard To Trade Pins
Flake:
To echo PBJ's comments, while I've only been in the market for about 3 years now I have noticed a drop-off in the amount of pins that are showing up on CL. Also the amount of pins (and arcades) that SA has each year they come through seem less and less as well. Not sure if thats more of a function of their business model than availability but generally speaking I think its getting harder and harder for guys like me who arent buddies with the top local collectors/operators in a given area to locate and purchase pins. I do actually have a contact with the a guy that runs a local pinball "museum" and he has been the source for both pins I currently own and 2 others I've purchased and subsequently sold. However, right now I'm not really in the market for a machine but if I were my only real option right now would be to contact this guy and see if he can track down what I was looking for.
All that being said, there is a Pinbot for sale on CL right now that I wish I had the money for....
ChadTower:
Once you're in the local circuit it's very easy to find pins to buy. It may not be easy to find the specific pin you want, or a fun pin in great shape, but every collector has a game or two that they'll sell if asked. Almost all of us have a couple games folded up somewhere that haven't been shopped/fixed yet. Those are the pins that are easy to find and probably always will be.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on March 21, 2011, 10:05:50 am ---What's it cost to join your local circuit? The club I'm in requires ~$1,000 cash a year paid to your sponsor.
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Granted, groups like this don't exist everywhere, but they all start with one guy willing to mod a list or set up a forum.
Jeff AMN:
I don't know where you guys are getting this it's hard to sell a game thing. I've sold tons of games, and I've never had to have them listed for longer than a week. Even crap like Hurricane went in just 2-3 days. Several games, like Fish Tales, Revenge From Mars, The Getaway, Jurassic Park, and Taxi all sold within one day of listing. I typically just try to get back what I've got into them, and I've never struggled to sell a single game.
ChadTower:
None of those are crap titles. Try selling an EM or a C list game that plays well but has worn out art. There are way more hard to sell titles than there are games that sell in one day. You can't even get what you put into it when you pay $150 for a project Laser Cue and spend $150 getting it cleaned up and working well again.
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