It has been a buyer's market for between 3-4 years now. With late model Sterns starting to appear on container supplier's lists, it won't be long before we have even more used late model Sterns. Yes - AC/DC is starting to appear in euro containers. Not a reflection on the game, it is simply that our market is thriving. Two more years of parity ? That would be great, but it won't last forever. Now is the time to be buying NIB, so if anyone sits on the fence too long, they will miss out.
I agree Nino.
I think the last 3 or so years have been a buyers market but more so for the older games, because newer Sterns were still holding really high prices.
I think the next 2 years will be the absolute best time for people to pick up near new HUO sterns because soo many people have bought them very well for around the $6,000 to $6600 levels. It just seems of late, some people are just fire selling their new Sterns for crazily low prices.
But generally, i reckon it will get worse before it gets better until we have an election in Australia cause no one in business has confidence in the current government. I am hoping this string of really low prices for 2nd hand, 6 and 12 month old Sterns doesnt become a normal thing, but with the economy being so flat, it wouldnt surprise me if we keep seeing really low second hand prices across the Stern and JJP titles.
I have a prediction about the 2nd hand prices for the WOZ, and it aint good, I reckon there will be a glut of them on the market within 3 to 6 months tops, all from people wanting to get some money back, because bills become tight. It wont be because the game is a dud, but like we are seeing with LE models, some people just want out, and if it means taking a loss, then so be it.
A great time to buy near new machines, and its only going to get better for buyers, and worse for sellers IMO.
