good topic.
when ACDC PRO was at $5950 (x delivery n shaker) OR $6500 APX delivered with shaker, our dollar was travelling around $1.13 apx if memory serves me correctly. At the time it was the highest I think our dollar ever went, and Bruce from AMD ordered a lot of ACDC machines and read the market very well.
Now, the same machine is $1,000 more at $6950 (x delivery n no shaker) cause of the aussie dollar.
To me, second hand prices of ACDC Pro machines shld rise in value, cause replacement cost is no longer $5950 or $6500 with shaker/delivery etc. I would argue the prices shld jump $500 to $750.
Before the ACDC lowest ever price of a PRO machine at $5950, prices were always high 6 thousands, low 7 thousands. I still think a brand new Pro Star Trek at say $6900 plus delivery (n maybe a shaker thrown in for repeat BNIB customers ??) > still represents excellent value for money.
Think of anything else fun. A Moto X bike is ten grand plus, a road bike is 10 to 15 K, a jetski 15 to 20 K etc etc, so to me, a BNIB Stern pin which looks the part, plays great, is a fun talking piece n fun for all who step up to it, at around 7 K, its a fun toy for many many years, and like a few said, you usually get 70 percent of ya money back $$ , if not more on resale. That cant be said for a lot of other big toys foir big boys.
On the other side of the coin, we all happily usually pay 3 or 4 grand for a 1990 to 1999 2nd hand pinny in good nick, so to me, it makes a brand new pinball machine BNIB, pro rata a very good price. I am not a fan of the Premium or LE version, cause I like the sppeed n flow n fastness of the Stern Pro models.
Just like a base model Ford or Holden 6 cylinder, base model with a few small factory mods/add ons always represents best bang for ya buck or value for money. Same for the Stern Pro model for me personally.
But we all love pinballs so we think these things called pinball machines are good fun n usually good value.
BUT, try telling someone who doesn't know the pinball industry, you are buying a 1993 piece of wood for 3 or 4 grand with wires running around it, and a square picture ontop with a few old computer boards in it, and they will think we are NUTS.lol
Keep flippin.
