@MikeM said That's exactly hiw I feel. Sold my first pin 4 years ago (Corvette) which was absolutely mint. Was told it wasn't a good pin and did get bored quickly. Sold it for £500 profit, which was nice. I want something I can keep this time, so want a pin by Xmas, but only if its the right one. I've had nothing but great advice from all so far and really appreciate the posts. Thanks Mike
@paulg100 @MikeM Hope you don’t me moving this conversation here. I just don’t want it to mess up the DESW thread.
@paulg100 said
If its in decent condition and you will have it by christmas as you wanted then price is fine.
Look at it this way, if you paid £5000, and sold it for £4500 so £500 loss, will you have £500 worth of entertainment out of it?
OIthers might disagree but within reason dont see the point in obsessiing over the price if its the right machine, right time, right place.
Every other hobby i have had, i never really saw any return in the money i put into it.
With pinball even if you take a 20-30 % loss, if youve had your fun with the machine then so what?? its a massive chunk of money back.
Go have a look at the family guy and if its in decent nick then take it. Personally i like the game but only played it on a virtual machine.
I would agree, if it was a specific pin, because I’ve overpaid for specific pins that I really wanted.
The thing is, if you’re coming in with a strong budget and are open to lots of pins, you probably want to get the ‘best’ pin (for you, anyway) in that price range. This is especially the case if you don’t have a huge collection (do you have other pins
@MikeM?) because, otherwise, you’re going to end up with something that isn’t fun to play - and it’s the only thing to play...
Also, personal opinion here, but DESW is a terrible pin. The market for that pin is theme-first because (personal opinion again) no one who is into competitive play would give it five minutes - and I’m a HUGE Star Wars fan. Bear in mind that, onsite here in London, it’s £1 for a game, so you’re going to need to play DESW 500 times to get £500 of play from it, if you make a £500 loss… And that’s excluding any replays! I think you’d actually need to pay me £500 to do that, given all the other things I could be doing with that time
Obviously, that’s just one person’s opinion, but DESW is #157 on the Pinside Top 100 - so, I’m not alone in not being a huge fan and would urge caution on overpaying for one…
