Heh - I'm guessing you are NOT a DMD fan. The Shadow is the only title I initially wanted as played it A LOT at the student union - but my interest has broadened to about 3 bally's & one stern.

What you are saying is that the market is currently inflated - but a market is a market - if in NSW three average quality machines sold within a day at $3k upwards then this is their market value at that time - at least one person was willing to pay $3k or more. People "generally" don't want to buy interstate b/c of freight & they want to see & play the machine (there are exceptions to this). This is why markets differ - if Qld gets a surge of imports it pushes up supply & perhaps prices are a bit lower in that state - but impacts on other states are much more subtle.

There's currently a dr who on ebay for $3k. What's it worth to me? Zero as I'm not really a fan.  What's it's market value? Probably $2k to $2.5k. If it was a pristine, low-play game or restored (instead of faded & worn) what's it's value? My guess is $3.5k in Melbourne, $4k in Sydney. That's the price in those markets - even if you could only get $500 for it in Brisbane.

But, agree if you knew & trusted the seller Qld is the market to buy in - that's where I'm looking for an ac/dc prem. What price do you think?

Added: how much are BSDs going for in Queensland - has to be in very good condition??