The Big Lebowski
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This was the response from Melissa this week after I sent a handful of emails about my place in the list and timing of shipment after payment:
“ Normally about 4-6 weeks, but with covid and parts delays it has been a little slower.
Unfortunately.”
Quoted from waldo34:Heck we should start a 2nd list of PIF date to delivered date. Be nice to see what the real time span is. I know its not 4 to 6 weeks. Heck I am happy start keeping track and edit this post with no names or with Pinsider handle. Those that have received your pin love to have the historical data. Feel free to PM me your info.
Tracking data:
Waldo34 PIF 9/17/2020 - undelivered
Turbo20lbs 9/21/2020 - 2/15/2021 - congrats.
I paid in full 2/8 and was told it would ship in 2-3 weeks. So by yesterday. Not complaining or surprised. Just reporting.
Quoted from timlah79:On what date did you initiate your pre-order from CT?
Don’t recall exactly, but over a year ago.
Quoted from Dkjimbo:So you’ll get your game by July 4th if all goes well!
Does feel like a rolling ponzi scheme. PIF 7 weeks ago with no firm indication from here despite being initially told 3-4 weeks. Why take new PIF at this point?
Quoted from timlah79:The clouds have parted and I finally received my TBL yesterday! Here are some facts/dates for you guys (non-EA version preorder). I hope this helps!
Serial: DP-01-00478
Preordered: 1/28/2020 (However like I mentioned in a previous post, my original order was with a different dist. and later transferred to CT so that put me a little behind)
Invoiced & PIF: 3/28/2021
Shipped: 4/9/2021
Delivered: 4/13/2021
Code Version Installed: 0.53 (which I updated to 0.55 via USB yesterday)
It arrived in great shape. Even though one of the bottom corners of the box had a dent & tear in it, no shipping damage. The only physical issue I've noticed so far is the cabinet decals could probably be adhered better. One of the backbox sides has a ripple in the corner and a couple other corners are not 100% "flushly" adhered at the edge. Maybe this is somewhat normal and I'm not too worried about it. I'm happy to send pics but the point of this post is to inform and celebrate, not nitpick!
Overall, the game is beautiful and incredibly addicting in a completely different way compared to my other pins (JPLE, Sopranos, RBION). I'm very thankful to have it! "OVER THE LINE!!!"
Very happy for you. Honestly. But also a bit confused. I paid in full 2/8, so 7 weeks earlier, and still nothing. I was promised tracking info by tomorrow, but I heard the same thing last week. At this stage, I would expect a quicker turnaround from payment to shipping, like you received. So in some ways that’s encouraging. Yet more common seems to be people having to wait months. One of the more recent excuses was that more recent games went to EAs, which is also a good thing. But then why did you take my money over two months ago? And why are more recent PIF’s receiving games many weeks sooner?
Quoted from fossmin:This is what about $3500 looks like
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Congrats man! Looks awesome.
Quoted from nwpinball:It definitely sounds better when you light up the speakers.
Noted. Thanks!
Quoted from nwpinball:It definitely sounds better when you light up the speakers.
Perhaps some day it will get the GNR sound and light treatment.
39F1D84C-5DEA-4492-9BB3-27B29729A8FE (resized).jpegQuoted from hefel-be:Another Lebowski made its way home safe and sound. Receiving this machine yesterday was surreal! After a few tweaks, I’m enjoying this machine more than any other machine I’ve played. It’s hilarious…
Special thanks to all of the EA’s out there who chose to stay committed to Dutch Pinball. You all made this possible. I hope you all get your games ASAP.
For non EA’s, the initial deposit was made in late June 2020. I didn’t hear anything from CoinTaker until I was invoiced late April 2021.
Adjusting the playfield pitch to 6.5 degrees made the scoops work perfectly. I had some issues with them beforehand.
The ball likes to get stuck in the Jesus shot, so if anyone has some advice on that I’d appreciate it.
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White Russian for you, dude. Congrats! Now get that cat away from it.
Quoted from CaptainNeo:if it's in the box, it's not 69
I think this post was under appreciated. But perhaps it’s just my juvenile mind.
Quoted from Spelunk71:No money down. I guess that was the issue? Who knows. Still…they should have told the no money down people to pay if that caused the leapfrogging. I actually offered to pay the deposit a few times if that would help, but Melissa didn’t seem interested.
That shouldn’t matter. I put nothing down. On the list Feb/Mar ‘20 and received invoice a year later. A friendly call to Melissa regarding your timeline should resolve it.
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