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Buying a NIB Stern sucks (and I really want to like it)!

By e4wesley

3 years ago


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    #48 3 years ago
    Quoted from ovfdfireman:

    This illustrates the importance of buying from your local distributor. A new pinball buyer needs a local distributor if they want service as well. This allows the buyer to see an play a variety of titles and ultimately purchase a play tested and inspected game.
    Unfortunately, many new buyers are more worried about getting the cheapest price, or avoiding sales tax. Rarely do the words “cheapest” and “full service” go together. If you expect full service then a dealer within a reasonable distance is a must, buying from a dealer 100’s of miles away would not be the best option. Ultimately, you will have repairs to do on any machine, it’s inevitable. So it will be very important to locate a good technician nearby.
    Many dealers provide excellent service from a distance, but they are working with the buyer whom is doing the repairs themselves. Providing parts and support, which is more the norm.
    I saw something years ago that I really appreciated this is not mine but love it
    “The rules of business, please pick two, any two.
    Great Service
    Good quality
    Cheap price
    With great service, and good quality, the price is not cheap
    With good quality and a cheap price, there is not service
    With great service and a cheap price, quality suffers”

    And which two apply to stern pinball?
    *puzzled*

    #95 3 years ago
    Quoted from HoakyPoaky:

    You lost me here. If you’re going to own games, you’re going need to learn how to maintain them. Hell that’s half the fun. And if you stay in the hobby long enough, most get just as much enjoyment repairing/restoring games as they do flipping them.

    It´s clearly fun to fix things on games. You kind of get to know the game with time.

    It´s not fun recieving something new, maybe even have a get together and then things are very far from working.

    Also, with tech development it gets harder and harder to actually fix things, not to mention checking what is actually wrong, this is even further aggravated with manufacturers going the car way, with slotted parts, you cant really check, but have to replace whole components.

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