Quoted from snaroff:And you probably don't have a pot to piss in with that attitude. Ever buy/sell stocks? You win some, you lose some. Same true for pinball transactions. The goal isn't perfection. Again, I received a fun game instead of receiving nothing. Please go assault someone else with your clueless BS.
Pinball purchases should not be "win some lose some". The goal IS perfection in the transaction defined as "I bought the machine for the amount the seller is asking, and I received the pinball machine". Anything short of that transaction should not be treated as a possible (or acceptable) loss.
EDIT: I know there is some risk in preorders, and that is probably your argument. But we should hold manufactures, distributors, sellers, etc. to provide FULL refunds if the machine is not delivered.