Need some balls

[Denhomer]

I need some extra balls for my machines.

Problem is that in Europe I can't find too many people who sell some balls.

On top of that, I really got no idea how much would be expensive and what is considered cheap for some balls.

I would need 2500+ balls I think for not having to haul balls to the top every minute.

The only place that i've found has 5000 pachi balls on offer and that would cost me 244 € shipped to my door. (331 $)
Is this too much / cheap ? Let me know please.

If anyone know some other vendors, please post it here.

[rubberratt]

Are they new are used ? The used balls that have been polished (re-conditioned), seem to be cheaper. I have dealt with Pachinko Pagoda, and they have been pretty good to me

I like the authentic balls because they have the "kana" inscribed on them, but that is just a personal preference.

You may want to look for a dealer in Europe tho' Otherwise teh shipping charges may knowck the price up a lot.


Send Dave an email... maybe he can do something for ya
it was like $20 for 500 balls (w/o shipping)
sales@pachinkopagoda.com

[alstonj1]

Don't worry over here in the U.S. we have lots of balls !!! not to mention we have the biggest balls around just ask a few Canadians I'm sure they'll agree ...or should that have been Mexicans considering their location i guess Cubans would have the better view .

[arbycoffee]

check with drcrippen324 [United Kingdom]

[luckydog]

The Dr needs his balls, none for sale right now.

USPS has a flat rate shipping box for #37.00 mailing to anywhere in world up to 20 pound limit.

that would hold about 1,500 balls if there are any US sellers intrested in shipping.

[hanabi]

The last time I bought the hallowed sphericals was around August last year

I bought them from 777 heaven (invictatelecom) here in England

As I bought Tokens and balls all together as one order, I can't exactly say what I paid for the balls??

but I paid around £130 GBP delivered for:

2,500 New / refurbed Tokens
5,000 New / refurbed Pachinko Balls

and I was happy with that price


Hope this is helpful to you

[Denhomer]

I did contact steve from pachinkopagoda. Waiting for the quote on the shipping.

invictatelecom was all out of balls, he figures it would take a few months.

Slotusa doesn't reply at all, and I don't know if they ship abroad, not according to there faq anyway.

So the quest continues.

[Denhomer]

I'm discussing shipping methods with dave at the moment and I think it'll be ok soon.

One little question though.
On ebay pachinko777 (DGI) is selling 1000 balls at 20$. This is extremely cheap to what their auctions used to go up too.
Is there something weird about this deal ?

[luckydog]

when they sell the balls cheaper on ebay the shipping is usually higher to make up the difference.

I got my last 2 batches of 1,000 for a little over 2 1/2 cents shipped.

[rubberratt]

Are they parlor balls? or just bare steel. It seems the authentic balls command a slightly higher price.

[Denhomer]

when they sell the balls cheaper on ebay the shipping is usually higher to make up the difference.

I got my last 2 batches of 1,000 for a little over 2 1/2 cents shipped.

Haven't checked on shipping yet. It usually isn't cheap to send stuff to Europe, except that usps flat rate box you guys got now

Are they parlor balls? or just bare steel. It seems the authentic balls command a slightly higher price.

They say the balls come straight from the Ginza strip in Tokyo, so I'd guess they're parlor

[compirate]

They say the balls come straight from the Ginza strip in Tokyo, so I'd guess they're parlor

That Ginza strip must be pretty huge, considering that's where they say all these pachinko/pachislo items come from

[luckydog]

I got my last 2 lots of a thousand balls from CF, most of my other ones are from Slotusa

[Denhomer]

That Ginza strip must be pretty huge, considering that's where they say all these pachinko/pachislo items come from

The Ginza strip is indeed damn huge. To get to a Kabiku theatre I took the metro as walking would have killed me (I was walking all day already)

There were also quite a lot pachinko places there.

Also a ****load of other stuff is there. Like the Sony building, 7 floors of cool electronics stuff.

[Lddrizzt]

All the balls I have gotten with my machines from DGI were engraved.

[slotter]

All the balls from all suppliers I have purchased from have been engraved.