Episode 91 - On the EVE of Lies
Pinball: In pinball news, the guys discuss Jersey Jack Pinball's Wonka pin shipping, along with the decision to lie about its production status to This Week in Pinball. From there, the IFPA's...
Highlights
- Jack Guarneri told This Week in Pinball multiple times that Wonka machines were not on the production line, then they began shipping before July 4th.
- Jeff (This Week in Pinball host) canceled his Wonka pre-order in response to Jersey Jack's misleading statements.
- Dutch Pinball apologized for lying about their production issues, unlike Jersey Jack.
- The IFPA implemented a $1 endorsement fee for women's WAPR tournament events starting next year to build prize pools.
- Jack Guarneri said 'maybe I'll do it differently next time' when confronted by Jeff about the misleading statements, but has not publicly apologized.
Notable quotes
“Unless there's a public apology, I will never buy a Jersey Jack pinball machine. New in box.”
“I don't understand why a business would lie to a media outlet. Yeah, it doesn't make sense, especially a media outlet that is so central in your wheelhouse, basically.”
“Jack knows what he did. He hasn't apologized for it.”
“Dutch apologized for their lie. Oh. They did. And honestly, it took them a while. But they did.”
“I can't trust anything that they say. It's just like everything that comes out of Dutch is the same thing.”
“How hard was that? Apparently it was too hard.”
“Jersey Jack, you want to surprise people with your product? Do what you did with Wonka and actually ship it on time. That's a surprise.”
“It sounded like the impression was it was just an idea for consideration, and there wasn't a very big period of time before the next thing they know, here, we're doing it.”
Entities
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Alice Cooper· game
- Willy Wonka· game
- Backbox Pinball Podcast· organization
- IFPA· organization
- This Week in Pinball (TWIP)· organization
- Dennis· person
- Jack Guarneri· person
- Jeff· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Lauren Gray· person
- Todd Tucky· person
- Tony· person
- WAPR· product
- Willy Wonka (Roald Dahl property)· product
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