What a joke. I see that both the SE and LE have increased by $1k on JJP's site.

$10,500 for the new LE price? Forget it, these prices were already out of hand and now they are just insane. I'll be looking at buying an Avengers premium for my next pin, this price change makes that an easy decision.

Exactly, well said. There are buyers that had a hard time justifying prices at $6500, then $7500, $8500, etc. This has gotten out of hand. $10,500 for a pinball machine that isn't even the highest end model? Pass.

Mr. Slugworth: "Your reward will be ten thousand of these. Think of what you can buy. A new house for your family, and good food and comfort for the rest of their lives."

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Charlie: "A new house? You can't even buy a GNR LE for $10k."

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What JJP is doing comes across as price gouging but even if doesn't exactly match the definition what they are doing isn't cool. Nvidia and AMD cannot keep their new GPU's and CPU's in stock, they sell out in seconds when they are available. Has either company raised the price because demand is high? No. Does Apple raise the price of phones that are on backorder? No.

This move by JJP also comes across as price gouging as Wonka LE is still priced at $9500 on their site. JJP didn't raise prices across all of their games but just on the one that is selling the best? Hmmm.

Congratulations, your promotion to admiral of the 7th fleet of the Stern Army has been approved. Please send $300 for your official LE certificate.

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Wrong again (by the way, there's 0 for sale in the marketplace).

I've never seen someone so bitter over a game then then you with Hobbit. If there's a thread or a comment about Hobbit you are there with the "WORST GAME EVER, I HATE IT" rant...every...single...time lol. Did that game really land on you that bad when you tried to move it by yourself? That was years ago, let your hate go and move on with your life.

Over the years I've defended JJP price increases by saying "Well, look at what Stern is offering for the same price". No more as these $10k+ LE prices have entered crazy town territory. Both Stern and JJP have been playing this back and forth game of raising prices after seeing what each of them do and as a result both companies have now priced a lot of people out of the market.

I've often criticized Stern as in my opinion they don't justify the price with enough features and toys. Well for the first time I'll say the same thing about a JJP pin with the new $10.5k GNR LE price. There's not enough features and toys in GNR LE to justify the new price tag. For $10.5k you don't even get all of the mechanical features in the game, that being the missing coma lock reserved for the CE. $10.5k and you still don't get all of the mechanical features? That was bad enough to stomach at $9.5k but at $10.5k there's just no words. I shouldn't be surprised as this is the same company charging $11.5k for yet another "limited" version of WOZ that doesn't even come with the monkey mech.

The same thing can now be said about GNR SE. $7,800 and the only toy is a spinning disk...wow. I'll take an AIQ Premium that has far more in for the same price over GNR SE any day. How about an Alien from Pinball Brothers? That now looks like a steal compared to the prices (and what you actually get) that both Stern and JJP charge.

Lol I don't know, I just don't know.

Crazy you are so smart, you are right. Wow!

Next thing we know JJP is offering a $15k signature edition with a piece of a couch Slash sat on at JJP during his visit

New official sales pitch

"Do you want a GNR LE for $9,500? Not in this lifetime".

I wonder how JJP's new pricing for GNR is working out for them? Since the price increase reports on here of new sales have been extremely low, maybe 0.

Personally I think JJP has exceeded market clearing price with the new $10,500 GNR LE price. Someone at JJP likely thought they could increase the price of GNR while still retaining the same rate of sales / demand but I don't see that happening. With every price increase more potential customers are priced out of the market and I think they lost a big chunk with crossing the $10k price point.

I'm sorry your game has those issues, at these insane prices there's no excuse for them. Your pictures show a clear defect with the playfield in multiple areas, that isn't normal.

Some people have had success on here with a manufacture by creating a dedicated post on Pinside for their specific issue. If you go that route just be specific in regards to your issue, history of communication with JJP and distributor, and include pictures. Someone at JJP may take notice as they know hundreds of potential customers will see that post. Hope you get a new playfield soon!