Commercial operators operate to make a profit
Agreed 100 %. Commercial Operators, Professional Vendors etc. It is a business, the goal to make the most amount of money with the least amount of expenditure possible.
Unfortunately those prices tend to set a trend on eBay...Other people see those prices and say hey, my Street Fighter 2 pinball is worth $3990.00 all day long.
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I think the last 3-4 years has seen the incidents of impulse buying without doing any homework decrease significantly. Daniel had his Electra for sale for quite some time at around the $2000 mark and it was nice. It was reconditioned to a high standard.