RE: Home pinball

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

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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.

>Wow, they really are crazy.

        The only justification I can think of for that is that it's a
liability issue; since these are intended for *average* home owners who
*don't* understand the inner workings of these machines, not just for
experienced pinball-machine aficionados like us, they don't want to make
it too easy for people -- especially kids -- to stick their fingers in
amongst the wires and mechanisms, and end up getting themselves shocked
or injured.

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