You might have to expand your horizons beyond barcades. They make money on alcohol not pins. So pins are not a priority for all barcades. Some ops do keep their games up, and some don't.

LTG : )

Really varries by location. There are a number of barcades in Denver with games in very good shape. There’s always going to be one that’s not working quite right (it’s pinball, they break as fast as you can fix them) but if you’re seeing 50% non-working, probably time to take your business elsewhere.

Boxcar barcade in North Carolina has multiple locations all with new stern LE and JJP LEs and CEs. They keep them all in excellent working condition. If you go somewhere that doesn’t keep their games and pins in good shape, I’d go somewhere else.

What did they say when you reported these issues to them?

I have games on location and I do my best to keep them running. I spent two lunch breaks from work this week to get one up and running just to have it go down on another issue today. So guess where I'll be on my day off tomorrow?

You can't keep up with it because I'm not the one playing them and rely solely on others telling me there's issues. I have to lug parts and tools every time I go. It's usually when something breaks I get alerted which this week has been often. It's been simple stuff like broken wires, broken flipper return springs, flaky switches.

The new Beatles pin less than 3 weeks old has a broken reset ledge for the drops. It's crazy what happens to these games.