Quoted from vid1900:But remember, they almost went under twice, and had to be bailed out again.
So the price increases might not be just a "greedy money grab", the prices may have gone up simply because the cost of operating and maintaining a boutique pinball company was higher than initially projected.
Sorry Vid, but I gotta call BS on that......look over the last 3 years how much the MSRP has gone up on new pins from Stern and JJP. Inflation is up MAYBE 3% total over the same time period yet new prices for pins are up about 30-50% (or even more). Have the game they are producing gotten that much more complicated and expensive to make.......no way! They are plain and simple gouging everyone.
People are finally starting to wake up and saying enough of this BS already.
One EDIT: I have nothing against any of the distributors, they are simply selling the product that is produced and I wish them nothing but the best. I was simply replying to the statement by another user.