I have said recently that the Aussie Pinball market is so flooded, we shld all be building Noah's Arks. Buying local now makes alot of sense.
There are soooo many people bringing in containers, and sooooo many people are sitting on sooooo much stock, quietly behind the scenes, these stocked up sellers are doing CASH DEALS like u have never seen in the Aussie market ever before. I think alot of sellers are putting on brave faces, but they are mostly screaming out for people to walk in with CASH. The competition is fierce with many many more machines available than buyers available. HUGE BUYERS MARKET.
I say, turn up to a seller, with cash in hand, right then and there, and grab yourself a bargain or 3. 
I agree with Brett's post here. Definitely a lot of commercial dealers competing locally - certainly in Melbourne. Gone are the days where you can stick a $6999 price on a pin and happily sit on it until a wood-duck waddles in and pays top dollar. Cash talks and I think its the time to buy if you're looking for some keepers.
If you are looking for a pin as-is and restore / clean it yourself make sure to pay a fair price. DONT rely on ebay as a guide. If in doubt about the price as is - post the game, pics and get some honest opinions here. If you are looking for one done up, make sure to go over it carefully and ASK lots of questions as to what was done 'or just checked'. Again - if looking for one done up, make sure to shop around as the quality of work definitely varies from pin to pin, place to place.
It is sometimes cost effective to purchase a pin 'as is', get it working and once you decide its a keeper, then save to have it restored professionally.
