As we all near the end of year, I can't help but look in arrears at my dear vendors who have helped me bring my Project Pins back to life.
I couldn't have done it without you!
Ed at Great Plains Electronics
Jimmy and Steve at The Pinball Resource - For a parts vendor best known for supplying Gottlieb parts, I am glad that you have most of the Williams parts that I need. The way you do business is refreshing in this day and age when no one seems to trust anyone else. After the first successful purchase and payment, you invoice the parts and allow payment after the parts arrive! 
No one does that with the general public. I also appreciate the extra 10% discount you apply for orders over $100. I can put a $100 order together in a heartbeat! 
Terry and Margaret at Pinball Life - Love the prices on those 100 count box of #44 and #47 lamps. I go through more than one box on each Project Pin restoration so price is important to me. I will be ordering more soon.
Steve and others at Marco Specialties - I discovered after I had ordered that I needed three more fin shank screws for the flipper bushing on a Williams Liberty Bell. I try extra hard to get all of my parts ordered up-front, but sometimes you need a part that you just plain missed. Thank you for going the extra mile to add these parts to my order!
Bay Area Amusements - Thank you for the Jelly Belly Jelly Beans.
Heather and Eric at Titan Pinball - Thank you for the reasonable prices of your pinballs and the assortment and quality of your competition silicone rings. Thank you for the generous holiday sale! I get a store credit each time someone buys one of my kits. I think that is a great idea! 
Ryan, Janet, Kris, & Jeff at Comet Pinball - I think that you are the ones who sent me the Nerds. Nice choice of flavors too, cherry and lemon!
Melissa and Chris at Cointaker
Ray J. at Action Pinball
You have all provided excellent service and parts at reasonable prices. I haven't had a bad experience with any of you and the parts arrive quickly.
Ed at Great Plains Electronics has to be my favorite though. That's probably because I am still new to fixing these early SS boards. Ed has gone above and beyond to get parts for me that are showing out of stock on the Website. I am sitting a couple of feet from my Williams Firepower and Black Knight. I never thought I would own them. I never thought I could fix them. Thanks to Vid1900 and Ed, I was able to fix them and they are my pride and joy.
Ed always answers my questions in such a way that I can understand his answers. He explains why one part is better than another and which parts can be substituted. For a relative newbie like me, this information is invaluable. His wealth of knowledge is impressive and he is always willing to share via email and here on Pinside.
Ed, your Website is a pleasure and joy to use. It's not cluttered with non-pinball parts. I can order parts from your Website in a fraction of the time it takes on the pinball non-specific sites. Honestly, I get lost on some of these Websites with 30 kinds of electrolytic capacitors from dozens of vendors. I trust you to find the best parts at the best prices and I have been very happy with both.
There is on major flaw with Ed - there is only one of him! 
I dread reading the list of parts that are going obsolete each year and I dread the day when Ed retires. 
Seriously, you guys and gals make my life so much easier. Thank You and hope to do business with you again in 2018!
I would be remiss not to mention and thank the people who make these parts. THANK YOU!
Boulder, CO
