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Yep they lost me as a customer after they raised prices and made distros sell at a raised price.in January/February. I have since got rid of 2 of my sterns and will probably get rid of the other 2 soon. I can say i dont miss them at all so far as there are way to many better used pins available. I may buy some used down the road but no more nib for me from them.
Quoted from PW79:Costco shoppers played it before the art update
O wow it is very similar.... first ive seen this...
Quoted from 27dnast:Ha.
It's always great to see the bias of a retailer shine through.
"My customers come in my shop and say $5,895 for a Kiss Pro? No way, Bob! I want to Pay you $6,800! Hell, I have the wife and kids out today... why don't we just order two for $14,000. You know... I wouldn't want to lift a finger if one breaks... wait... what's that? You sell an extended warranty for $2,000? Sure, just lop that on my bill. While you're at it, I'll take that Walking Dead topper you have for sale over there for $900."
I love your insinuation that some how wealthy people have zero commonsense or judgement of value. Frankly, your assessment of that "segment" as you put it is a poor one.
Just curious, the photo of the Hurricane on your website looks like it was pulled out of a pizza shop yesterday... do you have detailed photos of the full restore to share?
Wow that pin is faded to all hell and is very rough...i hope that wasnt one in question or someone got ripped off for 3500.... its1k maybe....
Quoted from PinballAlley:If you have been around pinball for a long time then these code conversations seem so familiar. They should. It was so big a topic about Williams pinballs that when I read this thread I am filled with deja' vu . One of the games where everyone felt the code was awful to the point of being debilitating was Demolition Man. A guy named James Cardona picked up the gauntlet and spent over 1000 hours writing code for DM. The end result was a code rewrite, enhancement , and huge additions. I think you can still get Demolition Time ROM ware. Shortly after people had a peek at Demolition Time, it was declared "incomplete". I then heard there was a group adding more hours to making it more complete. It is the seduction of art. You have to be careful or the sublime runs into just plain crazy. This pinball history moment was bought to you by the "OLD PINBALL DUDE." You can now return to your current banter.
While i appreciate his work on demo time the original code was much better and a hell of alot less bugs .....
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