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Quoted from stevevt:Nobody should be sharing this information publicly if we want this discount program to remain in place.
A quick email to [email protected] will get you the info you're looking for. Hint: It's a nice discount.
Isn’t the entire point of a rewards program to incentivize those who wouldn’t normally spend the money...? 
Quoted from stevevt:The Stern Rewards program clearly attempts to motivate people to play more pinball so they become eligible to participate in it. Maybe your credit card rewards program works the way you're describing, but I've gotten huge benefits from the Stern Rewards program and don't feel this kind of cynicism toward it.
That’s not cynicism, that’s basic market principles. Both parties are making money off the deal. That’s why it’s offered. You offer deals to sell product. That’s just the way to world is. The rewards program is trying to get competition players to buy pinball machines directly from Stern which boosts their bottom line (no middleman) and add that competitive players are usually the very savvy types so they know costs and such associated with pinball machines over the wealthy home collector. Competitive types are more likely to buy games off the secondary market since they rotate the collection often
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