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How the only Canadian Stern distributor lost me as a customer...

By PNorth

7 years ago


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“Should Stern have more than one, exclusive distributor in all of Canada?”

  • Yes 109 votes
    94%
  • No 7 votes
    6%

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#15 7 years ago
Quoted from Myles32:

Companies like Nitro get screwed as well as the have to buy all of their games from Cineplex. Cineplex right now in Canada don't care who you buy your game from as they make money on all stern pinball in Canada. Never understood why Stern won't open up a second distribution partner in Canada.

Why restrict it at all??? Seems to me there are multiple distributors in the States........should be no different here. I've bought 3 NIB's now from Starburst. Was on the fence about picking up a NIB MET Premium last month. Considering I've spent close to 30K there, I asked them to throw in a shaker motor (whats that....about 125.00?). Was told no, but they'd throw in some silverjet pinballs. LOL. Dumbasses, don't they know silverjets and magnets don't go together very well?? Will not buy another NIB from them. Will wait for a used one, or **find a way** to order through a US Distributor that includes free shipping.

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#57 7 years ago
Quoted from FlipperFreak:

Thanks for the support. We're expanding and moving to a larger warehouse location in April. This will greatly increase our inventory of NIB titles. As well, we plan to set up shop in Toronto later this year.

Hopefully at some point in time, Stern will see the error of their ways, and have more than one official distributor in Canada. Everything I've read about Nitro has been 100% positive and I would certainly deal with them over SB.

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