Quoted from Noodlebox:Pinchroma, go back and read the email between Jack and Rob, showing Jack's agreement to ship the game when $50,000 was paid him.
I'm re-quoting the text of this email for convenience (not that we have any proof that it's accurate to what was said).
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:07:56 -0400
From: Jersey Jack Pinball <[email protected]>
To: Robert Farrell <XXXXXXXXX>
Hi Rob.....OK
One date change, we are at a show until 10/16 so we can airfreight the first game to you leaving on 10/17
If you write any update, please pass it by me so I'm on the same page. Thanks.
Best Regards,
Jack Guarnieri
(732) 433-4333
On Sep 16, 2012, at 10:37 PM, Robert Farrell <robert@XXXXXXXXXXXX> wrote:
Hi Jack-
talked with the guys this morning and we are all agreed on the plan that we outlined.
1. You get one machine ready for air ship Oct 15th-we will pay to ship it and process you 50k payment on its arrival.
2. Nov 1 you advise how many machines will be ready for 11/13 container we process payment for all those machines then.
3. 11/13 games loaded and moving we process another 50k payment to you.
4. Final date for remaining machines to be shipped. We make full payment for all remaining machines 1/2 way point from shipping. (example if its a month away we pay two weeks)
5. I will organize an update message to guests with your add on words.
6. Video of you and XXXXXXXX with machine for guests to see (XXXXXXX will love that as well as the guests).
I think this will work great and achieve all our objectives.
XXXXXX and myself will be coming to IAAPA and possible make a swing visit to Jersey prior or after (whichever works for you) I would love to see the operations as I always enjoy watching the process of new gear coming to Life.
Kind regards,
Here's the problem: it's meaningless. An emails from mid-September talking about sumething to happen mid-October that only ended up arriving early December. A hell of a lot would've happened in that timespan. Any "sale" would have an invoice or an official accounting of machines sent/owed, not a vaguely worded email that doesn't actually contain verbage supporting what you claims it says and could thus be ripped to shreds by any pre-law student.
From Bumper, early December 2012:
After a long wait, a PROTOTYPE WOZ has arrived at Bumper.
Note ; this is not the complete full version machine, production units with full code are yet to be completed.We pushed to have something on display and have something to show our customers.
It is not on the showroom floor yet and can be viewed/played by customers that have committed to buy.
The machine is a work of art,pictures do not do this machine justice, the quality of the build is amazing.
"Prototypes" aren't meant to be sold to customers, especially when they haven't even passed safety certifications. If you hadn't lost hundreds of thousands of dollars of your customers' money and thus blown the JJP distributorship, you and everyone else here knows that prototype would've gone back to Jack to be replaced with a final production machine.