Stern requires that the distros pay in full and up front for the LEs. They don't care if they then get marked up due to high demand. Indeed I would expect it might even been encouraged as it helps the distros to make a few extra bucks. Gary likes the to spread the love a bit and wants operators and distributors to stay around. He knows the "lean times" for pinball can come back and it's okay to put some fat on your bones in the mean time.

Ultimately in a market with high demand and limited supply there will always be participants who don't get what they want and there will always be flippers.

I saw it's called JOMO.

JOY OF MISSING OUT!!!

The single best way to prevent flipping is to adjust pricing till it's perfect. The spot where it's so high you simply can't flip it, but it's not so high that nobody buys it.

Unfortunately this is an incredibly hard thing to adjust right. I literally think Stern could sell the LE's for $18k and they would still get listed for $20k.

Any silly shit like enforcing terms of ownership is gonna get laughed out of court and never be a real tactic you can use.

The foil looks awesome!

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