Who's a good pachi dealer these days?

[kizu76]

It's about time I pick up another pachinko, but I'm not sure who is on the "up and up" nowadays. Aside from Mr. Arby, who is a good, legit dealer to check out. I've been cruising websites, but all anyone ever has listed are the standard popular machines like Star Wars, and Indy.

The main reason I dealt with CF/Samurai for so long was their selection of newer random pachinkos. I haven't been able to get on any of their mailing lists, so I need branch out. Suggestions?

[luckydog]

pickings have been very slim since CF left the scene

I think Arby and Ebay are your best bets or you could call CF and see whats new

[fronzdan]

pickings have been very slim since CF left the scene

You ain't kidding there, Lucky. There was a time when you could search on "pachinko" and get at least 4 or 5 pages of machines on ebay. Now you're lucky if you get two pages. Plus a quarter of those are balls and at least half of them are vintage models. Ahh the good ol days when there was a CF auction ending every hour or so.

I'm just surprised no one has really come in to take their place as the pachi dealer for the budget conscious.

[bagoness]

Help me out. Is Panchinko any good? There's a guy selling a Panchinko Star Wars on ebay. He bought it from them and is only selling in maryland via p.u. I have a friend out there and it's cheap! Whatchyall think?

[luckydog]

If you have been reading thread here you know how most of us feel about pachinko and Stars Wars.

local pickup is good because you can check out the machine before you pay for it and you save shipping.

[bagoness]

Lucky, or anyone else. Maybe I wasn't clear or maybe your message is and I didn't get it. My main question is whether or not Panchinko was a good ebay vendor. Are you saying that it doesn't matter because Star Wars rocks everyone's world? Or did you think that I misspelled Pachinko?

[compirate]

Panchinko is (or rather was) part of Samuraislots on Ebay. Panchinko was handled (not well), by the Japanese end and Samuraislots was handled here in the US. Everthing shipped out of the local warehouse in Ontairio, Calif. Their Star Wars is as good as anyone else's, save Mr Arby. It's condition depends on how well the guy in Md took care of it. If you have a guy in Md, have him go over and check it out. If I didn't already have one, I'd probably go after it.

[arbycoffee]

condition is what it is about

[Erniesan]

Well Arby has hooked me up with some cells and spheres and has been great to deal with. Besides him I've gotten all my machines from slotpachinko.com - they go by the ebay name TexasAuctions. Their service has been very good and they ship super fast (as does Arby!). Prices are higher though, and you're not guaranteed what quality the machine will be in - although so far worst I've gotten was a few scuffs on the frames and dusty cells.

[Rabies]

Got my first one for Christmas. It came from "AC-Warehouse" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

It's very clean, to the point of looking brand new.

[dattia]

Hi Rabies ...nice of you to jump right in as a new member...Thanks!!! We have another new member from Ontario looking to purchase a pachislo. Does that company sell pachislo's too or strictly pachinkos?

[arbycoffee]

Welcome

[nethippy]

I've bought machines from Texas Auctions (slot-pachinko.com) since they were Republic Industries and have never had any issues with them. I did once get a machine that had a bad solenoid in the trapdoor mech, I just exchanged the bad part w/them and all was well. Their machines are packed pretty well, I have never had any come damaged, even though in one case, the box took a real beating.

[BigBearSteve]

Has anyone purchased from e-bay seller pachislot777 ? Since CF has closed their doors, I need to find another local seller.

[luckydog]

they are a good vendor, I bought a few pachislos from them a few years ago.

[Rabies]

We have another new member from Ontario looking to purchase a pachislo. Does that company sell pachislo's too or strictly pachinkos?

Thanks. Nope, no pachislo: Imatrix Canada

They also sell a molded plastic backing, which I find interesting. I suppose there's no point if it's going into a cabinet, but it could add an extra level of dust protection. (They sure are expensive though).

[sstan24]

The machines they sell are alot higher than other vendors on the internet in some cases 300-500 more than others.

[fronzdan]

CF isn't selling anymore??

I know they haven't had any listings for a couple weeks, I figured that was because of the holiday.

[BigBearSteve]

CF has closed their doors here in the states. I'm not sure if they are still selling on their website. I stopped by on the 27th for a transformer and they had everything moved out. (they did give me a good deal on the transformer, some balls,trays and tokens though)

[RaymondV]

CF has closed their doors here in the states. I'm not sure if they are still selling on their website. I stopped by on the 27th for a transformer and they had everything moved out. (they did give me a good deal on the transformer, some balls,trays and tokens though)

Did they say why they were closing?