I have bought 2 NIB pins and a new Juke Box from Mike (I think Mike Sr.). I got VERY good prices on all three of them. My LOTR LE and the Wurlitzer Juke Box were several hundred dollars cheaper than any other place I could find on the internet or by phone calls.
It IS interesting when you call there. To the ear of a 'southerner', everyone sounds a little gruff and testy, and giving the appearance they are in a hurry or you are infringing on their time. Ole Mike and Jersey Jack are both Italians. I'm Italian and have relatives 'up North'. I am used to that kind of behavior so I can handle it.
Not to knock our Yankee friends, but we simply don't talk like that 'down here'. We speak s l o w l y and with great friendliness in our voices. That's because we ARE slow and too damned dumb to think fast enough to BE mean! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
How's THAT for equal opportunity insulting?!
Mike in Kentucky