Its shipping company bashing time!!!!!

[Lazarus]

Yes I posted some time back what happened to the Top Gun pachislo when they dropped it on it's conner! So are the machines supposed to be a rectangle or a diamond shape?

[sparks911]

so sorry

About what?

[arbycoffee]

About what?

How shipper suck the big ones, and life in general, getting old and knowing alot when we wish it was reversed.

That is a good start . . . . for now

[sparks911]

Oh! Ok!
Yes the shippers do stink, i have been lucky, only 1 out of 6 damaged so far!
Still not happy about the 1 damaged, what can you do?
At least the vendor is taking care of the problems!
I agree about life in general and getting older.......I'm by no means old but gonna be 40 next month.
I think i'm having a mid-life Pachi crisis!
Instead of going out and buying a sports car or getting a young girlfriend i'm buying pachislos!

[logicprobe]

Instead of going out and buying a sports car or getting a young girlfriend i'm buying pachislos!

Remind your wife of that if she ever complains about the pachis.

[chmer01]

That's funny. My wife calls me buying pachikos my midlife crisis.

[Sid]

Remind your wife of that if she ever complains about the pachis.

It doesn't work for all of them..

[sparks911]

Ups (oops) picked up the damaged pachi today!
Pachinko Palace is taking care of the damage claim and have shipped the replacement Rio De Carnival yesterday!
I have spoken with both Eric & Justin, today Justin told me replacement shipped and provided a tracking #, said if i had anymore problems to not hesitate to call! They are both very professional and provided excellent customer service!
Pachi should be here Friday! I will update when the new 1 arrives!
So far excellent for Pachinko Palace (Grandview Products)!

[sparks911]

A little late.......Update: Damaged Rio returned, replacement received last friday 5-4-07 (Summer Version instead of Joker Version that I wanted, 1st damaged 1 was Joker Version, last 1 they had).
I'm beginning to believe that:
#1) UPS DOESN'T CARE! Machine not shipping damaged, but box still had almost as much damage as the 1st 1!
#2) I really wonder how much of the 1st 1 was damaged in shipping and/or how much of the damage was already on the machine before shipping?
There is no way the key reset switch inside the door could have been damaged in shipping, the door remained shut, nothing could have touched it, but it was cracked in half! Other internal damage questionable!
1 issue I have is: 1st machine had on the door, opening side, replacement chrome strip up and down the whole side!
I asked Pachinko Palace (ERIC) about this and he said "he had no idea as they don't do that!"
I told him I wasn't happy with the looks of it!
Eric said: "I will personally go and pick the best machine for you!"
If this is the best, i'd hate to see the worst!
So what do they do: send me a replacement RIO that has replacement chrome strips on BOTH SIDES!
You can clearly see the edges and the corners are peeling up already!
The chrome is also extremely scratched all over the whole machine!
By the spin knob there is 3 cracks in the chrome......this is by far the worst condition machine i have received out of 6........much to my surprise also as Death Valley i got from Pachinko Palace is in excellent shape, looks brand spankin new!
I feel that I got a scratch & dent machine from them!
I got it on e-bay for $200 shipped!
Then again i got Death Valley on e-bay for $229.00 from them shipped and it's awesome!
So my questions to the group are this: Did I get a scratch & dent from them?
The belly glass, plastic over reels and LCD are ok, reels are ok, it works fine.
Should I call Pachinko Palace and complain? or for $200 should i just live with the scratched/cracked/replaced chrome?
Today 5-9-07 was the 1st day off that I had to really check the machine out!
Between the 24 on 48 off for the Fire Dept. and 8-12 hour shifts for Gold Cross Ambulance on my off days, I have been quite a busy person!
Thanks in advance for your input!

[Lddrizzt]

You should repost this in the Vendor section as this is not as you say a shipping issue.

[sparks911]

Ok! I reposted it!

[bowman1268]

OH man wish I hadn't read this thread.



I have a mumu world coming ups tomorrow.Now I am going to have nightmares of it arriving bashed to heck like my vegas one did in january.It took me a week to rebuild what was left of it after ups got done using it for a punching bag.