If you truly want to see Suncoast succeed, why come on here and facebook and spread a bunch "rumors" about some supposed quality issues that nobody else on the largest pinball site in the world is discussing? It reads a lot more like you are trying to sew doubt about Suncoast in an effort to stir up drama and make a name for yourself as some kind of pinball pundit. All you are doing is sewing doubt about a new company, and making some people think twice about buying a machine from Suncoast. This HURTS Suncoast.

Your "source" sounds an awful lot like a crappy employee that was laid off and not called back, which is common in some non-right to work states (of which Florida is one). Suncoast has posted multiple times they are hiring more people to build machines every week.

I'll spell it out again.

This is NOT a large company. It is a startup. They can't afford to have a team of assemblers sitting around and doing nothing if a game isn't ready to be produced. Delays in materials arriving, coding, etc can all stop a production line. Many businesses will lay off production employees for even a day or two due to slack work, because they do not have the money laying around to pay employees for doing nothing. This is also a time where bad employees are laid off and not called back. Some employees will find other jobs and not come back, because they need regular work. Some employees enjoy having the time off. I work for a billion dollar company, and they do the same thing with unskilled labor. Some people like it...some don't.

Again, this is a NEW company. Pinball machines are complicated devices. When you are training new employees on a production line that literally has dozens of steps, you are going to have mistakes and stumble along the way. Hell, even Stern sends machines out with quality hiccups here and there. Jersey Jack POTC has numerous issues. Suncoast has done remarkably well for a new company, and has already produced more games than Deeproot!

In summary, I think it is really shitty what you are trying to do here. Call Suncoast yourself and ask what is going on if it is so concerning, then report on that. Spreading this he-said she said shit and soliciting more people to send you juicy rumors with no names attached is nothing more than tabloid garbage. Be better than that. Build your name on substance, not drama.

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