Yes guys, fair points but an Australian dollar at $1.13 ish for ACDC at 6 grand ex delivery & ex shaker & ex fitted came to 7 K.
We now have Pro pricing averaging between $7850 and add the extra $600 for shaker fitted & delivered etc.
Also keep in mind, AMD rewards repeat customers who pay upfront by bank transfer & often delivery & shaker et can be easily negotiated.
You can't blame AND for the shit Aussie Dollar. Things have changed since 2012 and AMD did also order over 6 containers of ACDC because it was the biggest title seen in this country for decades.
It's difficult to compare apples for oranges.
I have said it a million times & try very hard to get people to understand the Pro is the best bang for your buck if you want a fast game with harsher rule sets with only ten percent less bells n whistles than the LE models.
Also, every industry utilises the 3 tier model selection/model levels cause people want choice & different price points to invest in.
The days of one shoe fits all are over.
Embrace the 3 tier system because the fact that all 3 models sell very well for Syern proves the public like this marketing plan. Choice is good. No one wants to own a carbon copy of the blokes pin u down the road.
Back to Ghost Busters.
Stern are the biggest thing in pinball today & have been for a very long time.
Without Stern our beloved hobby & industry would have died, never to be reborn again.
Gary Stern is a passionate fighter. As a self employed entrepreneur all my life, I can't not have total respect for the guy.
He ain't perfect, but he just keeps doing everything he can to keep both the original DNA in pinball whilst moving towards the new technology that we now have.
Great exciting times ahead.
Ohh, and it's Steve Ritchies birthday today. Get on Facebook and wish Steve a great day.
A class act and someone I have a lot of respect for.
Happy days ahead guys.
Hope pinball in 2016 brings everyone something magical whatever that may be !
Completely untrue. Pinball has been around a lot longer than Stern. The NIB Home market is a relatively new concept for Stern and the hobbyist / collector. Would possibly go back 5 years at the most. NIB Sterns only represent a small percentage of pinball buyers, even in Australia. There are far more containers of second hand pinballs arriving in Australia than new Sterns. That is a fact.
Stern are in business more for operators. The last 5 years may have seen a huge increase into the home market, but there are far more reconditioned pinballs than new Sterns going into homes. The demand for restored games has never been higher, in this country, for second hand games. If Stern were not bailed out (twice), it would not have made a big difference to where we are now.
I know you love Stern, but they have never saved the industry, and never will. The biggest NIB commercial manufacturer - a resounding YES - but that's because there's no one else left. I am grateful Stern are still around, but if they closed their doors 5, 10, 15 years ago, it would not have made a huge difference. But I want Stern to be around for many more years to come.
