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How Many Games on BackOrder? with Poll

By jeffspinballpalace

2 years ago


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“How many pins have you pre-ordered or ordered?”

  • One 113 votes
    34%
  • Two 72 votes
    22%
  • Three 38 votes
    11%
  • Four 17 votes
    5%
  • Five 3 votes
    1%
  • Six 2 votes
    1%
  • Seven 2 votes
    1%
  • Eight 1 vote
  • Nine 0 votes
  • Ten 0 votes
  • More than 10 4 votes
    1%
  • None 80 votes
    24%

(332 votes)

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#22 2 years ago
Quoted from jeffspinballpalace:

Had to change my vote from 4 to none. Decided to wait and buy new pins AFTER they are made and so cancel/sold my deposits. That means I’ll end up buying HUO new titles from Early Adopters. I am fine with that, as I am not a nib, Fresh-Air Snob. Instead I’m a Non-Preorder Snob, which is superior

This strategy doesn’t work as well now. I keep seeing HUO prices higher than NIB. There just isn’t enough stock to go around. If a reasonably priced HUO comes up, it’s gone in less than 10 minutes. The only reason I have a game on order is that I won’t find that game for less than NIB in the next 6 months, and 6 months from now, it will cost even more.

#29 2 years ago
Quoted from jeffspinballpalace:

This is so true. The two best strategies are: 1) pre-order at msrp, which will probably be lower than huo and wait for game to be delivered. Sometimes parts are short and game is pushed out 3-9 months more. Or 2) buy existing game for more than msrp and get it now. The repurchased game may be opened and huo or still sitting on pallet as nib. But it offers immediate satisfaction. I choose option 2, in spite of it costing way more, when I don’t want to wait a year.

I probably should have included the other factor in my reasoning... I'm thrilled with my current collection. I could walk up to any game I own and have a great time playing pinball. A new game needs to have something pretty special for me to want to buy it. The last game like that was Deadpool, which I figured I'd only own for a few months, but of course, isn't going anywhere. So immediate satisfaction for me comes from the games I already have. Adding something new is just a bonus.

#34 2 years ago
Quoted from unclerudy:

That way they know how many of each they have, and how much money they will make on each allocation. And it is up to the distributor to sell what they got.

And at some point with the steady price increases, it is better to get your allocation, and hang on to it. The supply issue is going to go on for a while, and HUO machines are more expensive than NIB. Just wait until after the next price increase... Profit.

4 months later
#44 1 year ago

Updated from 1 to 0. And not because my order came in. After 7 months I started scrubbing around to find one, and I did. Bought it, dropped it into my gameroom, love it. Did I pay more than I intended? Yes, and I don't care because I know how short life is.

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