Yes you do lose your spot. Or so I’ve heard.

Several individuals have stated this is a lie from hell.

Yeah spooky!!!

Why the deafening silence?!

What ELSE are you hiding?!

quid pro quo

somebody sends somebody money , somebody sends "an alternate address from another dimension" at shipping

perfect transaction

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Right? I heard charlie say you go to the back of the line but how do they know you sold your spot?

Maybe if there is a huge thread about it on Pinside. . .

If you sold your spot you would have to transfer it into the new owners name or they technically wouldnt own it. Also it would need to be in the new owners name to pay remaining balance when it's done.

No you sell the spot you have and that’s it - people need to stop making stupid shit up.

Ugh...

Well that kinda sucks...I thought we were trying to stop flippers, not help them.

I think if Spooky makes people go to the back of the line when transferring pre orders, we'll just end up with more people taking delivery of the game and then selling it right away NIB.

PinballSTAR
you tell them joe.... get em tiger!!!!

and I doubt spooky wants to manage this debacle!

This statement is confusing to me then...what is he talking about? It was luke not charlie so I was wrong there.

Maybe first day flippers before numbers were assigned ? That I can see. Otherwise not that I’m aware of.

And yes we care about flippers but how do we know why someone’s selling a spot ? You guys police that and JUST DO NOT BUY A SPOT IF ITS ONE RED CENT MORE THAN RETAIL COST. Problem solved. By the time 18 months roll around games will open up for legit reasons and at the same cost. Don’t be a sucker.

Exactly. How about instead of worrying about flippers, you worry about the people throwing money at the flippers. Maybe you can try to control what people do with their money.

The reason Spooky has it so you have to take care of selling your spot is because they don't want to get involved.

I guess you can post these questions here, hoping Spooky replies, but seriously, if you really need an answer, you can call Sppoky and ask why they run things how they run them. Maybe you can volunteer to take care of all the spot transfers for them.

Hilarious.

I cant fault them bro. If I had the coin, and I missed out, I would pay up for a high spot for sure. No doubt. This was my theme. Thanks scott!

I've only read that they'll be built as per numbered. I dont know if there are exceptions to that rule - ie, like the person that won the charity raffle. When they're ready, they'll be ready.

why should spooky or anybody care? like joe stated somebody buys a spot. maybe somebody selling because they can no longer commit to paying the outstanding balance. should spooky lose that money? if original buyer sells their spot spooky gets paid and still sells the pin. not every pin will sell out like r m did in 4 hours. spooky is in the business to sell pins, they are not piss detectives.

You should go to the end of the line, this way I get my game faster!

someone mentioned a transfer fee which actually makes the most sense.

Non-refundable deposit attached to name and address when placing the order.
Want to change the shipping address, it costs $250 due to the hassle.

That may seen like a lot, but if every game starts changing hands mutliple times, then that is lots of wasted time/effort for Spooky to service a non-customer.

These hare brained schemes all show almost zero thought.

When people buy something, they want to be able to do what they want with it. Simple as that.

What about the next spooky game that ISNT Rick and morty? People
Might not lay down their deposit because they know if circumstances change and they want/need to get rid of it they will have to pay some ridiculous fee or run through hoops.

People were trying to get rid of rob zombie and Alice Cooper pre Orders left and right. If spooky had made it difficult and expensive it may have soured plenty of people on buying from spooky.

I wish people would stop trying to tell spooky what to do. The ONE boutique pinball company that has managed to be a success and everybody thinks they know better than they do. Give it a rest already.

Too many people worrying about other people's money.

I'm worrying that in all the confusion, one of those great Spooky Rick and Morty pins might end up homeless.

LTG : (

This isn't a bad idea; it sends some of the flipping profits back to spooky as a proper service fee. Remember, if someone really wants to flip a game, they can wait til they receive it and just sell it NIB then, but if they want spooky's help, they can pay for it.

No anger. And now I realize you do have a dog in the fight, as you're worried about future Spooky games.

Did you call them yet and ask them?

I'm apathetic about flippers or pin scalpers or whatever. I don't care if you purchase the spot ahead of me tomorrow and get to stay there.

I'm not sure it's right to ask Spooky to figure out how to stop flippers from getting spots... to waste their time with it.

This is the best and accurate way to get your answer.