Quoted from Nibbles:

Most people say they will never buy another Stern until the code is fixed, but as soon as the next super duper LE comes out every one of them will be tripping over themselves to put down a deposit.
"Not buying another Ste....OMFG, WALKING DEAD LE, it's soooooooooo kewwwwwwwwwl!!!!"

Quoted from Indypin:

LMFAO

Quoted from 320Gigabytes:

I applaud you OP!
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I never understood why people took the following course of action:
1) Bought NIB
2) Complained about the incomplete code
3) Bought the next NIB
4) Complained again about the incomplete code
5) Repeat steps 3 and 4 ad nauseum
6) Justify the grievance by saying, "We DESERVE the right to complain."
While I'm not arguing that, I'm just pointing out how empty your complaint actually is. Do you think Stern cares if you continue to buy their product, incomplete, every time they come out with a new product? They still get their money. Why would they stop?
Vote with your dollars. Most of the time that's all a company cares about. I'm not talking bad about them for keeping money in mind, that's a company's sole purpose afterall.
But if they want to obtain the most money, completing the code as soon as possible is the best avenue:
Everytime you release a machine with incomplete code, I do not buy it. IF you complete the code near the end of its licensing, I will end up only being able to buy one used (since you do not make them anymore, ie. Tron, LOTR, Ironman, etc.). At this point, no money from my purchase actually makes it to you, Stern. So it's in your best interest to complete the code as soon as possible, so people can buy the machine while it is still actually being manufactured.
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Quoted from 320Gigabytes:

What you're saying applies to a limited run pin, but I'm not really arguing that, more so the premium and pro versions.
The LE's are a toss up. So far there has been a marginal success on a couple LE's of a couple games Stern has put out. That's a definite gamble, no argument there!
As for the pro and premium versions, the price will not increase in relation to the success of the game. ACDC is successful and a premium/pro costs the same as a ST premium/pro. As long as they are still being manufactured the MSRP still keeps competition among distributors and the money from the NIB purchases effectively reaches Stern.
Now if you found a NIB Tron or Iron Man, those will run more because they are no longer produced. I understand that. If the code was complete on games like Metallica or ST at this very moment, and they were deemed a universal success, they would still be the same price because they are still being manufactured.
My argument is simply that the completion of code along with initial shipment/manufacturing date is imperative to Stern seeing most of the money. Otherwise demand increases when the supply has dried up, and then the prices start to climb.