Quoted from tamoore:No one can convince me that the B/W games had the same issues. I play both. I can 'feel' the difference...
Back in the in the '90's I'd buy NIB Wiliams/Ballys all the time. To date, I've probably owned about 40-45 NIB. Bear in mind I'm a private owner, NOT an operator. Out of those I've purchased, I've had only 1 issue-an IJ that just made me miserable. It was almost certainly a 'Friday' machine. The modern-era Sterns simply seem cheap to me and the fact that some of them have blatant quality issues is a huge turn off. I've said this before-if Stern demands the $$ they do (and they get it) for their new machines, they should pay a bit more attention to their quality. To be fair though, I understand that they have very decent customer service.
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