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So i got my replacement on November 23 with broken plastics and one of the apron studs broken off. Now at 40 plays its ghosting already on the storage facility arrow insert. this is crazy! I will NEVER no matter what title buy a NIB Stern ever again. HUO games for me from now on unless from JJP or another company.
Quoted from DCFAN:Good luck to the pre-order BM66 people.
Higher priced games with problems that have not been an issue for most of the last 10 years is a recipe for trouble for Stern.
thats what im thinking to, if the SLE guys get ghosted inserts there is going to some serious shit going down. Dialed In is looking so much better now! And to think i almost just bought a NIB ST but not going to happen now.
Quoted from Cheddar:any sort of supplier mark in common on both playfields? It would be nice to identify who is making these
heres whats stamped, last playfield had the same date stamp but it was readable and didnt have the Z
found some more dates and writing. sorta weird it says Harold #1825 of 2085 on front edge sticker and is peeled off sorta like it was removed from another game then i found another Harold # written saying #279 under playfield. then i found another date stamped under playfield saying Oct 13
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Quoted from Cheddar:Wonder if Harold is the shop that made the playfield.
I took a look at mine and it is also a H5 Harold 127 of 510 with an April Production date. My playfield doesn't have any ghosting issues.
Harold Ramis its named after. Not that i dont believe you but there has been at least 3 guys posting for sale ads of Pros that said no ghosting then i looked at there pictures and guess what there ghosted...
Quoted from newpinbin:Sorry to read that this happened again. All that work of removing the playfield,shipping it back and then reinstalling a new one for the same bs ghosting. How long did it take?
for the replacement it didnt take long, 9 days from time i shipped old pf till i got the "new" one.
Quoted from vid1900:You know that neither Stern nor JJP make their own playfields, right?
You know that at times, a same outside contractor has made playfields for both, right?
no i didnt know that, thanks for info.
Quoted from newpinbin:How many hours did it take to pull out/put back in?
10 minutes to pull and put it in. 3 wires and it comes right out.
Quoted from Cheddar:On the one hand I want to go take pics to prove it, on the other hand what if I do find some?
I don't want to jinx it.
trust me its not a good feeling once you see the ghosting let alone a 2nd time! i still love the game but Stern really messed this replacement program up if there using old stock playfields and smearing out the original stamp dates, pretty crooked if thats what they did!
Quoted from jar155:Signs point to it being re-used. It's impossible to know, but man, it's definitely a bummer that you're seeing ghosting again no matter what the reason. I really hope for Stern's sake it was a re-used playfield, because if new replacements have problems, that probably means newer GB Premiums and B66 games will be susceptible.
what do you mean by re-used? like they got a old played on playfield and removed the clearcoat and redid it or that there using old original stock. When i got the replacement pf it had no dimples and everything looked new underneath like the coils. the smeared out date and peeling game # sticker look pretty shaddy for sure.
Quoted from jar155:Er, I guess not re-used, but old stock that should have been discarded being used as a replacement. I don't think this has been in another machine, but most likely should have been in the burn pile.
thats what i figured you ment and i totally agree it should of been thrown away or burned.
Just out of curiosity what do you guys think a HUO GB pro is worth with ghosting? i just want to be able to use it as ammo when talking to Stern.
Quoted from desertT1:Ghosted customers should not be getting PF's dated in OCT. That PF should have been on a new build long ago. Ghosted customers should have PF's that are fresh from Churchill.
Were there any signs of dimpling (aside from a little from testing) when you first got it? Curious on the "re-use" comment made earlier.
nope no dimples it was "new" but it definitly wasn't built in October, that was second date stamp after first one was smeared to hide it i think.
Quoted from 85vett:Sorry you are having to go through this but comments like this drive me nuts. JJP has issues out of the box as well. Go source through some of the WOZ and Hobbit threads. Not saying this to defend Stern but it's not just Stern with QC issues as it relates to pinball mfg right now.
Only way to fix the problem is for the community to start to vote with their wallets. We're getting closer to that point but still a ways to go until they start to feel the impact.
i should of said ill never buy NIB again if i have any sense. I lost a decent amount on WOZ and with this GB debacle i learned 2 lessons pretty much at the same time. Both were dont buy NIB games from anybody anymore. I'll still buy Sterns but HUO, im actually looking to grab a ST next. My Hobbit is HUO and i paid the right amount for it if i ever want to resell. GB on the other hand with ghosted playfield is worth $3k maybe is what i was thinking cause i know i wouldnt myself pay more then $3k for a defective playfield game.
Quoted from kpg:Sucks man. Stern has been telling me for months they will replace my GBLE playfield, but keep delaying the "program". A bunch of BS is what it is. They can't even give me an ETA or update at this point.
Anyone getting a BM66 is rolling the dice- and if you think you will easily get a new playfield if there is a problem.. guess again. It could take many many months.. if not more.
Kermit24 said today he got a call that his LE replacement was ready so maybe yours is soon
Quoted from Maken:Crazy that playfields are still ghosting, even though this issue was completely and fully resolved in July as per chambahz. :p
its even more crazy that REPLACEMENT playfields are still ghosting!
Quoted from newpinbin:So are they sending you another playfield?
no idea really. there looking into it to see what they want to do is what i was told. id assume since its just a touch of ghosting now they will make me wait until its gotten worse. the ghosting actually bothers me less then the smearing of the stamp and acting like its a brand new playfield made after the ghosting issue was resolved when i think it had a April or May date on it that they smeared it so i couldn't read it then stamped it Oct 13
Quoted from newpinbin:Looking to see what there going to do????? A new playfield should be in the mail.
Thats what i think they should of done to considering the circumstances. Its not like its my fault there playfields are ghosting especially not ones that are suppose to be newly made replacements. I waited a few days to see what they were going to do before posting anything but more i thought about it i started to feel they tryed to get over me with a old playfield with new stamps and that pisses me off!
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