Why the animosity towards Leonard or Brett ? Without Leonard there is a good chance that JJP would be long gone by now.

Yes Jack made the company. He was the one that approached Leonard. Leonard can be seen at the shows. And very far from bored. He loves pinball. I spoke with him on a WOZ issue on his game about the time he came into the company. When shows return, if you see him. Talk to him. He's a very nice gentleman.

Leonard didn't gift Brett the company. He does work for the company. And isn't a broke ass teen. If you ever see him. Talk to him. Very nice and a hard worker like his father.

And the company didn't just get up one morning and decide to screw people. The company resides in the real world. And products they need and raw materials they need have prices going up at a rapid pace.

As they keep ordering parts and supplies to continue production. And all of a sudden got hit with rising prices on these. Nobody gave them a warning or agreed to sell parts and supplies at the old prices.

Did you consider the LE's that were ordered before the cost increase that aren't built yet. Will cost more to build than those already built ? Yet JJP is holding the price on those games.

People buying later will pay more. Because the game will cost more to build.

Lloyd

I'm sorry. Day is just starting and not enough coffee yet.

I must have lost my head.

LTG : )

No they haven't. And when you consider their many companies and employees. I'm sure they have other things to worry about. When Joe Harber was CEO, prior to COVID. He did offer JJP assistance.

I don't believe either was in charge of that. Marcie and Jen did. An LE. Unfortunately two weeks before the previous closing. ( I am back open now ).

Let it go. Everything they have, Leonard built himself.

Read through the posts in this thread. There are posts reporting increases with companies they deal with or work for.

Maybe inflation ? Maybe with what is going on in the world with COVID. Which has effect much of the world, besides people.

Hey now. I've defended the proletariat too.

LTG : )

Since they are in Chicago, I believe they have the $15 an hour minimum. And probably have to pay more for people that can actually work.

LTG : )

I'm curious why so many attack it since the answer is simple. Don't buy it.

There are many options in pinball. Cheaper games. Used games. Games that don't work that you can fix up. Or even fix up games and sell for more and work your way up to a collection you want.

There are things in the world that are important. Pinball isn't one of them.

LTG : )

Sure I did. You could have had your say once and let it go. You are attacking a company and people I like, again and again.

Not their job. Not expected of them. Or from any other billionaires you've mentioned.

Maybe you don't really know me. I'm on the downside of life. A life that I've dedicated the last 1/3rd of to trying to help people get the most out of their pinball machines. I don't have much time left. So I do what I enjoy. No matter how much bullshit I have to fucking put up with. I want to leave a legacy on Rec Games Pinball, and Pinside. To continue to help people long after I'm gone.

That is what makes me happy. That is Me. Even my arcade is an end to a means. Helping people where I can.

None of our business. Only Butch knows. And JJP knows. And any company that fires an employee will never say. There could be legal repercussions. Especially if something happened inside the company or outside, that the company has a zero tolerance for.

I had never met Frank. Communicated with him a lot. I liked him. And he was gone. It made me sad. I never questioned it or asked. Because it was none of my business and had no reflection on how I'd be helping customers with tech support.

Anybody that has a job. Isn't going to quit because a person was let go. And have to go foraging for a new job. Every time USPS gets a new postmaster general. Do all the postal workers walk out and threaten to leave if they didn't get the old one back ?

Lloyd

You got that wrong.

LTG : )

That reminds me Dave. You need Chapstick.

LTG : )

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I was close at 21.

LTG : )

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Heavy into it, full contact about two years. Total three or four years.

LTG : )

Fear of losing out.

LTG : )

And PTC !

LTG : )

When shows start up again. If you see him at a show. Take the time to meet him. Well worth a visit with him.

LTG : )