Hi all
I have been speaking to a few collecotrs and ressellers.
They are tired of the hobby.

For many reasons sick of tire kickers
Sick of the hobby.
Not a challenge anymore.
To dam expensive.
To many hobbies

Just curious where you are at.

None of those categories really suit me...

I'd vote for :
" After, Family, health, and work, I still enjoy spending a little time of this hobby.  
All things in moderation... "

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I think where people get burned-out is with buying and selling
(...which, I'll admit, is a BIG part for many ...)

In 6 years, I've "only" bought about 15 games,
most of them were local opportunities I wasn't even looking for.

As for selling, I've only sold 5 about games
(...and only one had to shipped ), so it hasn't been a big issue.

If I were buying and selling all the time.
then yes, I'm sure I'd get frustrated at time too...

I still enjoy the hobby it after 6+ years,
and my only pet peeve really, is my lack of space.


Cheers,

Steph

Me, I rather just fix and restore than own.... seriously. Nothing beter for me than spending an Saturday evening in my workshop with a cold beer, ''That 80's Show'' on CHOM 97.7, and polishing a part or fixing another.

Pure bliss. Peace and quiet.

That being said, I still play every night. Expensive? Yes. Backbreaking? Absolutely. But I still love it.

Quoted from Sparky

Nothing beter for me than spending an Saturday evening in my workshop with a cold beer,

Pure bliss. Peace and quiet.

Will someone remind Sparky that he's now got a new baby in the house... !  

Steph

Quoted from Steph

Will someone remind Sparky that he's now got a new baby in the house... !  

Steph

Marie and I each get some "quiet time" to ourselves every weekend. I get Saturday nights. She takes all of Sunday sometimes.

...Besides, I am home for 5 weeks now. Plenty of time for myself.

Anything worth doing is difficult. I could see getting tired of this after a while though.

your polling results might be biased, people who are burnt out won't be on maaca to vote!

No this is just about current people on maaca.

Quoted from jonny_eh

Anything worth doing is difficult. I could see getting tired of this after a while though.

your polling results might be biased, people who are burnt out won't be on maaca to vote!

Not me. I'm still loving it in spite of folding and carefully packing 16 of these beasts for my move! I'm a little over half done. I can only complete 2 a night -- they are wrapped in cardboard and plastic. I cann't wait to move and open them all again. It will be like Christmas -- best Christmas ever!!! Of course, they might not get unwrapped for a couple of months as I want to paint the game room first before setting them up

Tired of the hobby? Hell no! Tired of packing....you bet!

Duane

Starting to be tired of the hunting... it's a drug! I don't want to buy new pins until I finish my project, but each days I watch for the classifieds... just here, I see many projects I would like to work on...
Hockey have a saying: "The better trade are often the one you don't made" so I tell to myself the same thing for each pins I don't buy

What's hard it's when all your pins have a little something (like now for me), give me a break!

But wheh I bring one back  to life, I forget all this and I think for the next one

Nope. Not in the slightest.

Too many machines to own..... too little space.

Over 30 years of owning a machine. I answered just getting started.

Nope, not in the slightest, I feed on competition and I'm just getting started in the tournament scene, still so much to accomplish.  

I entered Just Getting started, even though I've come close to burn out because of either money pressure from buying too many pins at a time, or selling at a loss (but that's my own fault for selling to collectors).