I agree. Spooky, Stern, and CGC all seem to have figured out how to sell a limited edition game through these same distributors. This is on JJP.

From what my distributor posted on facebook it seems the CE was way over sold and a lot of us will have our CE orders cancelled tomorrow. It sounds like they are getting the lists from all the distributors and cancelling those that ordered multiple games from different sources first.

The whole concept of a limited edition is based on exclusivity. They chose to go with that model then over sold. JJP screwed up big time and screwed customers who bought or wanted to buy its most premium priced model. Whatever they do now some will be pissed, and rightfully so.

We've seen this before. Some dealers "had a buyer drop out" then list the game well above MSRP.

A certain podcaster made a facebook post that showed he was able to put in an single order for all 500 through the JJP site. This demonstrates that they really had no reasonable control on the number of spots or buying multiple spots to scalp. As I understand it more of us will get calls today to tell us we will lose our spots. I would guess some of those that bought through JJP will be cancelled, but that has yet to be seen.

If you believe this (it may well be true) then bypassing your distributor and going with JJP directly would fall into their strategy. I've owned 2 JJP games (GNR will be my 3rd) and in my experience their customer service is awful. They used to have a ticket system that worked ok but later this seemed to have been abandoned. My RR WoZ required multiple light board replacements which I was only able to obtain through a distributor. JJPs only response was to sell a $800 kit that I had to figure out how to install myself. My Hobbit required new ramp flaps to be installed, and some other fixes. Additionally every single light board needed to be replaced in Hobbit and without my distributor I would have been left with a non-functioning game. Recent experience with playfield problems has shown they aren't very responsive without a distributor or groups of buyers on pinside applying pressure. For pinheads that maintain and can move and set up their own games distributors may be optional, but without distributors JJP will loose access to a lot of more casual buyers that work with local distributors to buy, setup, and maintain their small collections. Even now people who ordered from JJP direct and called or emailed about the status of their order have gotten no response. I'll be sticking with my distributor.

For me the autographs of the band members are worth a lot more than the company president's signature on a piece of paper or the game designers signature on a plastic. Although, I feel like the autographs have value I feel the art and extra features are enough to buy a CE for the same price without them.

This guy says he got burned buying from JJP, but it isn’t clear if he actually had a deposit down or just a game in the shopping cart.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/wanted-guns-n-roses-ce-9#post-5913471