Quoted from vid1900:The distributor did not want the game back because they already made the sale, lol. Do you really think the game is sitting in their back room all folded up, unsaleable?
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Stop buying NIB games. Your expectations are too high for a piece of commercial coinop equipment; regardless of the price.
Learn how to properly buff out scratches and do routine maintenance on a $1k machine.
There are 6,931 pinball titles in the world right now to choose from. You can probably get 3-4 of most titles for your $10k.
The distributor did not want the game back because in their own words they claimed to have never of seen anything like this before and stated they do NOT come nib looking like the way mine did, they actually accused me of having hundreds of games on it and thought i was just trying to scam a new playfield. They asked to see a photo of how many plays were on the actually machine to prove what i was saying was correct and true.
Do you know what new in box actually means? Your missing the whole point champ, the thread is about Stern NIB playfield quality and i have added to it by showing how a NIB LE game was made and distributed. If you are happy to pay upwards of 10k for a machine and have it delivered in the condition mine was, good luck to you then. Most people out there generally take something back and demand a refund or a replacement when they purchase goods that are faulty or not as described. Im spending 10k+ and your saying my expectations are to high?? So if i was to buy another nib title from Stern i should expect flaws or issues i am then supposed to rectify myself? Dont think so buddy
Would love to know how many people actually think this is normal and acceptable on a nib game. Anyone else opened their machine to see the same amount of swirls which cannot be buffed nor polished out by the average collector?