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Episode 67 - Pinball Seller's Guide
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago35 min listen
Support the show: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast This is the finale episode of our 3-part trilogy of episodes that began with the first episode: Pinball Buyer's Guide, continued in our episode Pinball...
Highlights
- Everyone will eventually get bored of any pinball game they buy, even well-regarded ones
- Fixing a broken game before sale drastically affects resale value more than most people expect
- Pinside marketplace archives previous listings and calculates median/high/low prices over approximately 2 years
- Selling a pinball machine is significantly more annoying than buying one
- Facebook Marketplace general listings bring 'casuals' and 'normies' with tire-kick behavior; local Facebook groups have more serious buyers
- Most people do not price fairly; they list high expecting to negotiate down, which creates poor negotiation dynamics
- Older games (pre-2010) need extensive documentation with many photos; modern games need only a few good photos
- Shipping pinball machines is risky for both buyer and seller; in-person sales are preferable
Notable quotes
“You will get bored of any game you buy...yes you'll get sick of them all”
“Don't be a piece of shit. Represent the game as it is. Don't avoid taking pictures of the side that has a big gouge in the cabinet.”
“If you're ready to take six, list it for six. Why do people play this shit?”
“Value your own time and don't try to squeeze every dollar out of it...sometimes it's worth pricing the game at 5900 instead of six grand”
“Selling a game is significantly more annoying than buying a game...way more annoying”
“I only do in-person sales...I don't really want to deal with strapping a game to a pallet”
“The karma is worth more than the money you think you're gaining from that”
“People will have things that are important to them...they've been listening to podcasts with shitty buyers advice”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinside· organization
- Wedgehead Pinball Podcast· organization
- Alan· person
- Alex· person
- Craigslist· platform
- Facebook Marketplace· platform
- Ko-Fi· platform
