The first post of the thread reads like "just more bagging from a hater".
If you don't like the Manufacturer/Stern, tell us all once, but telling us all month after month, year after year, just gets ridiculous. Let people who buy Sterns, who own Sterns, who enjoy their Sterns, enjoy them.
I like people telling me what they like in life, not what they don't like.
I say to anyone who bags Stern, go and do better.
I have DMD machines by every manufacturer. Every design by every builder is different because they were designed by different humans.
Gary Stern has kept pinball alive and some of Americas biggest and most successful businesses went bankrupt in the global recession and Stern stayed alive against all odds. Who cares if they got in a investor. Smart Gary Stern. He kept the industry and his company alive.
I love my Sterns and I am a fan of Stern USA and I am a fan of AMD in Australia.
The staff at Stern USA and the guys at AMD are some of the nicest most passionate professional and friendly people I have met in my 45 years.
Stern sells pinballs . Stern builds pinballs. Stern distributes pinballs worldwide and they provide jobs to a lot of families.
I think that is something to be proud of.
I say if you don't like something about Stern, write them a polite and professional letter and offer constructive ideas.
Anything other than that just seems like whining and whinging and completely a waste of time to me.
I am proud to say I support Stern and really enjoy being a part of their company by being a repeat customer and someone who enjoys their FBook page and their website.
When I hear another member has bought a Stern, new or old, I feel happiness for them.
This forum should be about celebrating people's enjoyment of every manufacturer.
I think the first post assumes a lot. It certainly is only an opinion and not factual to everyone.
It's this style of Stern bagging thread that has led to a lot of Stern buyers not sharing their Stern Brand new in Box opening days. I know cause I get the private emails and photos of opening days that are not shared on this forum anymore.
I am off to play one of my new Sterns, that has a big toy on the Playfield that I enjoy, sold thru a distributor I like, built by a company I like, with a nice sales flyer I like looking at, which I saw on a nice Stern website I enjoy, and I am looking forward to the next title coming out with the various models Stern builds which are all being hinted at on various websites. Would anyone seriously deny any member enjoying all of that ? Lol
I think not.
