Surely if you paid a 1k deposit upon release of pin, you are locked in on the original price.
Consumer law, at least in UK won’t allow the uplift to be added.

I can tell you right from the get go.
UK consumer law, I’ll be covered. If the Distro decides he is hiking the price, I’ll get my deposit back. I really want my GnR...but I’m a stubborn twat, out of shear principle, I’m not getting fleeced, I’ll cancel my order.

Makes you wonder if JJP have done this deliberately to slow down the orders, call me sceptical. The production line and staff must be exhausted.

I’m waiting for the punchline.
JJP will come out and surprise us all with an official statement informing they are using the price hike to fire up an additional production line to clear the backlog!
Buyers will receive their GnR LEs soonest

JJP increasing the price a good financial decision?
Not sure about that one. Only time will tell as the orders may take a nose dive.
Supply could go up, whilst demand comes down...... going forward.

I guess JJP may have added the extra pin dollars to cater for increase in staffing on the line.
New and existing workers doing overtime, packing, logistics etc..... to meet the demand.
That would make more sense without eating into profits.
Perhaps they got caught out slightly with such a great title.
Unit production capacity per week may start to increase post hike, if it doesn’t then we will know.

If I’m honest, I thought on release the GnR would have been more expensive.
I’m locked in on the old price, but with the hike..... it’s psychological and still = panty liners !!

I’m not completely sold on having this 1k increase due to the higher cost of BOM.
1k is quite an increase in terms of material cost.
Wood price increase?
Not like the cabinet and playfield are made of mahogany or top grade walnut.
Plywood isn’t rocking horse shit.
Manufacturers have the power to squeeze their suppliers and source elsewhere.
Also, loads of businesses have been dealt a blow with Covid, there’s a knock on affect. Company A takes a hit then Company B takes a hit, shit rolls down hill.........
You think retailers are paying maximum price for produce right now? Retail tenants paying maximum price to the landlords?
Everyone is being squeezed.

When Covid dissipates and everything stabilises in the future, interested to see if the pin price will go back down.

I wonder what the existing GnR LE margin is per unit on old pricing.

I would like to think the hike is to get the line moving - increase production rate, extra staffing, overtime, more shifts etc.....

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I’m still sore over missing out on the Collectors Edition.
I know it sounds silly but I would rather it had been a time locked system for the CE.
- JJP releases new pin
- Pinheads get chance to see 3 versions
- CE gets 5 days then locked out - no more sales - they could round the number up to the nearest mark - say 650 or so...

I know it will potentially increase the CE numbers, at least collectors gets a fair crack of the whip, chance to research prior to making their mind up before dropping a boat load of cash.
At least there won’t be any excuses.

Can kids afford to buy Toy Story ....... lol
I echo above, zero interest level.

Unbelievable, is this for real?

So JJP knew many peeps had PF issues, informed them to hang fire initially and are now telling them - no resolution other than washer coverup?