Re: Home pinball

At least one person in the amazon comments has had rather serious
problems with his.

It is available for Amazon Prime free shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/Stern-Transformers-Pin-Pinball-Machine/dp/B009AVLBS0/

On 01/10/2013 11:01 PM, Jess Askey wrote:
> Yeah, but if someone is going to drop cash on a home pinball, they can
> also probably afford a $150 home service call every year or so. After 4
> years, they will imagine that they will sell it to some other schmoe for
> $2000 (not going to happen however).
>
> I'm sure there will also be approaches like car leases... get an AC/DC
> home game, trade up to the next one after a year for $1250. Monthly
> payments look pretty small then.
>
> Jess - Friendly neighborhood pinball repair man
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> [mailto:owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of David Shoemaker
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:04 PM
> To: rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> Subject: RE: RASTER: Home pinball
>
> I can by that (not supposed to be inside your TV either). But there
> really isn't any chance that a pinball isn't going to break at some
> point.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> [mailto:owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of
> solarfox@triluminary.net
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:51 PM
> To: rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> Subject: Re: RASTER: Home pinball
>
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:30:16 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>> Now get this---the machine is not meant to be user serviceable! You
>>> can lift the glass for cleaning and rubber ring replacement BUT NOT
>>> THE PLAYFIELD!! Lamps appear to be LEDs. But the machine is intended
>>> to be a sealed unit.
>>>
>>> So, to sum up, about $2500 gets you a game that is NOT meant to be
> repaired?
>>> Stupid bastards. They are out of their ever-loving minds.
>>>
>>> They claim that home use will be low enough that breakdowns won't
> happen.

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Received on Fri Jan 11 01:17:06 2013