The EM Game Price Guide Is Live

Puffin Browser To View Flash On IPad or Iphone

Damn, can't view it on an iPad.

You can get the app called "Puffin" it is a browser that will work on flash web sites. Been using it for a few years now and it works great. Fast browsing speeds too.
 
You can get the app called "Puffin" it is a browser that will work on flash web sites. Been using it for a few years now and it works great. Fast browsing speeds too.

Great call Billzman !... Heres a link for all those that use Ipads and need or want flash support. And then you'll be able to see my site : )

http://www.puffinbrowser.com/index.php
 
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Those of you that dont know, if your wanting to use the Puffin Browser to view my site the browser portion of the download is free however it looks like they require 4 bucks for the added flash support portion. This is the important part for IPad's users otherwise you wont be able to see Adobe flash PDF's files on my site. Of course if your using PC then you shouldnt have a problem at all. Thats all free for PC users. Iam curious though, those of you using Ipad's, are you able to see the Excel and Word files ok ?
 
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Those of you that dont know, if your wanting to use the Puffin Browser to view my site the browser portion of the download is free however it looks like they require 4 bucks for the added flash support portion. This is the important part for IPad's users otherwise you wont be able to see Adobe flash PDF's files on my site. Of course if your using PC then you shouldnt have a problem at all. Thats all free for PC users. Iam curious though, those of you using Ipad's, are you able to see the Excel and Word files ok ?

Using the Puffin browser I am able to view your files like this on my IPad:
 

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You must save them to another app like Dropbox etc. Or a good one to use I use is called "File Browser" to save and view my files to. It stores them on your device.
 
Hello, While everything in the price guide is going well right now. I am overseeing roughly 85-100 EM auctions on a daily basis. Income wise, 2014 has passed what was made in 2013 however the amount of units sold hasnt yet reached what 2013 brought to market and thats even with the Pich & Bat games and bowlers combined that i started listing in the guide for 2014. Im not sure what that means yet but 2014 is not over yet either.

Also, i wanted to give everyone a heads up about what will be happening in 2015 with respect to the price guide... I will be adding a direct link to each and every active EM auction to the main Excel file that appears on the home page of my website. You will be able to view the exact auction that is taking place at any time of the day or night until the auction is finished for the record. eBay will hold the ended auction link for i think 30 or 60 days but after that time period you'll only be able to see what i have recorded as final results of any particular EM auction.

There will be a few other neat little additions to that main Excel file for your benefit of doing research and pricing such as serial number category when available and "Estimated Price Range" category when they can established. Lastly, I seem to get quite a bit of traffic here looking at my sight and thank you for doing so. I hope it has become beneficial to your needs in some way. Have any questions are comments let me know.. Thanks : )
 
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Very cool. This is super helpful for guys like me who don't know the first thing about EM pricing. Well done my friend!
 
Very cool. This is super helpful for guys like me who don't know the first thing about EM pricing. Well done my friend!


Thanks ! Im glad you found it helpful. Im enjoying it too and im learning from it as well.
 
A few announcements to make here so please bare with me.

1st, I have removed all the word documents pertaining to the average prices under each manufacture for "general EM games". And instead i have replaced them with Excel files. Reason being is it looks far more professional and it will be easier to use when looking up game titles.

2nd, In additional to follwing the prices for general EM games i will be starting to take on EM pinball machines prices.. Yes, thats right folks EM pins will become apart of the price guide too. This will be a vast undertaking for me. I will be dealing with almost 3 times the amount of game inventory coming to market than general EM games and for this reason i will be treating the pin prices a little differently in the price guide.

Again, this will be only for EM pins. No solid states or there after. I am following prices and recording them now. About the begining of 2015 you'll start seeing the pin price Excel files being added to the price guide. Most likely they will have there own page and each manufacture will be represented by an Excel file.

I realise there are other price guides on the internet but what i hear from some pinball collectors is that the prices dont always reflect condition. So with that in mind i have come up with a format to handle those concerns. Between what the sellers descriptions are in their pin acutions and with my eyes i will try to be specific in recording the conditions.

As i said before, there will be an Excel file for each manufacture. There will be two spread sheets contained in each file.

The first spreadsheet will give you all the important information regarding the sold game including the final price, region or location, Working ? Not Working?, playfield condition, cabinet condition, bezel condition, and any other notes important to the game. It will not be a number grading system. Numbers always leave me guessing what a condition is so i will not have that in my guide.. It will be more like simple descriptive words to best describe the conditions for the areas of most concern.

The second spreadsheet will show you what most other prices guides include like the minimum and maximum prices along with the average price. Ive worded mine a little different but its the same basic idea for what someone is willing to pay. Its a two in one file and all the information will be there for your conveniance.

When a pin sell it will be at this point that i add them to their prespective Excel files. Recording them will be a little slower simply because of the amount of games coming to market and the details i have to record for them. I will not be following the auctions in the same manner as "general EM games" Those auctions dont quite sell as commonly as pins do And their titles dont offtenly come up for sale. So there will be no need to indicate when an pin auction is Inactive or In Progress. The reason for this is general EM games sit on the market longer than EM pins. The turn around is much faster.

My price guide seemed kinda naked without EM pins so i have to include them.. I really want my site to reflect everything in the EM genre. So having a one-stop shopping place for acurate prices based on condition, completeness and working mechanics is what my goals are for collectors and consumers in mind.
 
Some updates to let you all know about.. I have decided to start uploading the Pin prices to my site a little early. You'll find most of the prices with Bally/Midway, Gottlieb, and Williams because they are the most popular pins being sold on eBay right now. As ive mentioned before EM pins are selling at a much faster pace than general EM games so ive been able to amass quite a few sales so far. You will find a lot of games that have not been sold and do not have any average prices as of yet. They are TBD.. This is an ongoing effort to record them as they sell.

Some features you might find interesting and which may play a factor in price values.. Iam recording market directions based on average prices for specific titles and follow the market directions based on locations by state. This will give you an idea which states sell games higher or lower than others and for those individual game titles separately.

As many of us know location and climate conditions have an effect on pin price values and this is my effort to record those differences. For concerned collectors that are selling in those locations will be better informed of what the market is doing and be able to adjust their potential profits.

Again, there are two speadsheets associated with the "manufacturer Excel files".. The first will show you the specific game title and conditions under which it was sold and all infomration related to that sale.. final price, eBay seller, location, etc etc.

And the second spreadsheet will show you more of tally count of the game titles average price and market direction.

The market direction arrows are there to let you know how that individual game title is doing in the market of average value price. When the average price fluctuates an arrow will be indicated of its direction either high or low where that game title is trending towards. If the price does not change it becomes steady or holding at that particular price.

Thats it for now..Anyone have any questions let me know and thanks.
 
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Just a quicky note.. The site wasnt updated for almost two days due to a wide spread internet outage in my state and i wasnt able to get anything added or updated to the files. Now all is back to normal and im going over any missed auctions today. Thanks
 
The site is currently down for unknown reasons. Im looking into with the support team.
 
The site has been up and operating normally for the last two years and i've had a couple little bugs along the way but they've always corrected themselves. The main domain site on Wix where my site was has completely vanished. Thats the first time this has ever happen. I dont know what could have caused that. It doesnt look good.

Lucky for me i've saved all the information so i will still be doing my daily recording, i just wont have anywhere to upload the data until my site comes back or end up having to make a new site. That depends on Wix. Please bare with me and sorry for any inconvenience.
 
So evidently Wix has disabled or deleted my site for unknown reasons and they are working to restore it. I hope to see it back up and running live in the next day or two.. Fingers crossed !
 
Ok, We are now back up and running live again. Wix was able to restore the site and i have updated the backlog of information. Everything is now current. Thanks for your patients and very sorry for any inconveniences.
 
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