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Rebirth of Heighway Pinball

By HP_INVESTOR

6 years ago


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Post #19 Confirmation from Heighway Pinball Posted by HeighwayPinball (6 years ago)

Post #61 One member of the investors group named. Posted by daudioguy (6 years ago)

Post #105 Key posted, but no summary given Posted by Aurich (6 years ago)

Post #391 Key information provided in this article Posted by monkeyboypaul (6 years ago)

Post #536 Gives names of investors Posted by Pinballgeek (6 years ago)

Post #739 Confirmation from HWP employee about Andrew's departure Posted by SLAMT1LT (6 years ago)

Post #946 User story of receiving a refund from the new management of HWP Posted by Deluxodave (6 years ago)


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#1482 5 years ago
Quoted from Kneissl:

"Not profiting from these"... why is that anyone's concern? Is anyone more inclined to buy if the seller is taking a loss?

Seller is also the local distro for CGC and he got raked over the coals a few months back for jacking up the RRP on AFMR compared to the rest of world pricing.

Covering the bases this time around.

Quoted from sleazius:

Wayne was the Australian distributor for Alien. He probably lost money like everyone else involved.

If this were a loss making exercise selling Alien units to the Australian pinball playing public in October 2017 you wouldn't turn around in Nov 2017 as the authorised distributor and then order more shipments of Alien units from the new manufacturer across all models in subsequent months all the way up to April 2018.

The supply basically ran out after the licence to produce did. Now that the manufacturer has gone into liquidation and considering the requirements under the ACL for repairs and spare parts guarantees with domestic sales to instead target an overseas buyer where domestic Australian law obviously doesn't apply for the remainder inventory.

#1484 5 years ago

Easier just to repaste in toto from the other Alien thread.

Quoted from pinsanity:

I wouldn't know as that isn't my current employment and never has been.

Most people by now can see through the blatant self promotion and huckstering in this thread from those looking to try and make a quick buck on a product that is now given the circumstances is in all likelihood going to turn into a $14,000 doorstop in the next 12 months if not sooner.
If the US market has all but collapsed and it appears based on recent posts to be true then there is no future for this company and more importantly long term tech/parts support. A handful of units spead across Europe is not going to allow a company to retain long term solvency. Cointaker to their credit refusing to take money on new orders until there is visible evidence of game support for current owners at the manufacturer level is to be commended and is prima facie evidence of at least one distributor who has integrity.
I truly feel for those who put down deposit money in good faith all those years ago whilst queue jumpers effectively hijacked it at the eleventh hour just to make some easy cash from the unwary.
As reiterated earlier, locally at least the Australian Consumer law (goods not fit for purpose/to be free from reasonable defects/of merchantable quality et al) will be able to provide restitution from those limited number of people who will be affected down here.

#1487 5 years ago

All sounds a bit daffy when a domestic pinball retailer has the equivalent of a mental breakdown on an international pinball forum with a global readership.

Probably the main reason why I only order my pinball parts from US suppliers (with some European for specialty/hard to find parts) and have done so for many years now.

Better pricing, far superior customer service and most importantly more stable than anything locally.

#1517 5 years ago
Quoted from SunKing:

Cointaker for $80,000 -ouch.

At the other end of the scale company creditor listing is conspicuously missing any Australian businesses.

Quoted from sleazius:

Wayne was the Australian distributor for Alien. He probably lost money like everyone else involved.

Yeah probably.

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