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This is a touchy subject, I have to say, I see this legally as a company, ARA, completed a project as contacted by Dutch Pinball. At some point the contractor, ARA was not made whole by Dutch Pinball. This then went in front of a judge with legal council on both sides involved. The judge, understand and presiding over this case felt that ARA was wronged in the matter and they were granted possession of this property. They intend to sell this property so that they, as the manufacturer can be made whole. That is their goal as a business and as terrible as anyone can make it sound, it's a business decision that has to be made.

My personal experience with Chris and Melissa, they are absolutely, 100% A 1 people. If Chris explains on here this is the only solution then I believe him as he has always been a man of his word with me and no doubt I would stand with him when he says there is an opportunity that games can potentially go into a more of production again.

I'm sure there is a cat and mouse game at play to a certain extent, however if this is the only option then some, myself included, may have lost our initial investment. Sorry for whomever lost their game, money, etc. Hard situation all around.

I am not sure the 40 games are meant to apply any previous payment you made to Dutch. I think they may grant you the right to buy the game at 12.5k plus shipping.

Not the resolution many are happy with but that is currently how I am reading it.

Thank you for clarification. I understand now.

The dude is almost ready for prime time!

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A little learning curve was needed.

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Overall the games we have from Dutch needed a ton of work. I am not sure about the new games but certainly the first batch had QC issues,at least in our batch. We have been testing one to go back out for a while and it always has or develops issues with stuck balls or unrecognizable switches etc. There is a lot to the game and I don't ever want to represent a product on route that is not working correctly.

Thanks for the kind words. I can't say I'm perfect because we have over 500 Pinballs on route but I can say if I know about an issue it's either addressed within 7 days or it's off site. There are many reasons for this but truly our reputation as an operator is the most valuable to me so I'd rather you not have a game to play or a switched out game than a broken one.

Again not perfect but I feel we do a great job and our staff overall cares about the games as much as our customers do.

Also to take it a step further. We teach our locations about how to troubleshoot basic issues. This has made for a much better experience overall for our customers. Not perfect but better.

That's on site. Yes it is insane.

Guys it's very very simple. Cointaker did what they thought was best for the potential of the survival of DP. Think about how heighway went down, no one won. Even if there is the slightest of heart beats with Dutch, we can say as a community we tried our best to recesitate the company. Doing nothing would have net gained what? I wish there was a more clear way to have done this but I know Melissa and Chris personally, I have never gathered any bad intentions or ill will in them. No one is perfect but they absolutely go above and beyond for their customers. I've been operating games for 17 years and they are always on the side of their customers. Period.