Quoted from blondetall:

Possible alternate route:
My mom wanted a TAF. We went to the local retail store where they of course had high retail prices. She saw other machines cheaper, but that's the one she wanted. Then she found one elsewhere at 2/3rds of the retail price and thought it was a "deal" at around $6K shipped. (Granted, it is gorgeous and flawless, and I heard multiple times "If I'm getting one, I'm getting a NICE one.") Since then, she's bought RFM, MSF, PM, and Flintstones. Her reasoning for be able to buy them so easily is that "well, they're a lot cheaper than TAF." If she had started with the cheaper ones, I doubt that she would have worked her way up to paying that much more for TAF being just 1 machine when she could see what else she could get for the same money. Maybe if you start with the more/most expensive one you want, then the rest don't seem as bad. Your mileage may vary of course. Good luck to you either way!

Quoted from blondetall:

I can't see the video here at work, but the "bad decisions" title makes me not want to watch it anyway.

Quoted from robx46:

3 Playfields, 8 flippers, & enough wires to wrap around the globe 10 times will do that to a game. Needless to say, it was a crazy expensive game for them to make as well, which is why its the only production pin in existence that uses that much wood.