Pachinko Balls

[RaymondV]

Who is a good source for Pachinko balls?

[birdbrain]

how many do you need?

[RaymondV]

how many do you need?

2000-3000

[arbycoffee]

EBAYist if no one is selling here

[new in town]

I was buying Spheres right and left from this E-Bay Seller. :

eBay Store - TradersSpace: NOREN, FOR THE KITCHEN BAR, PACHINKO BALLS

He E-mailed me and he set me up a deal to buy them in lots of 1000 to ??? (whatever amount) for $25.00 per thousand with shipping included. Thats $0.025 per ball which is the best that I have found.

You can try to contact him and see if he will do the same for you.

PM me and I will give you his Direct E-mail Address if you want it. I do not want to post it here in the Forum without his permission.

[nickbuol]

I got my 3000 from Pachislot777 on eBay for $19.95 per thousand and only had to pay $12.95 shipping for the whole thing. So $72.80 for 3000 balls. I had to email ahead about it to get the deal. There is no way that it only cost them $12.95 to ship that many balls. That box was HEAVY...

[Chrisdice]

They might of used a flat rate box. Theres no weight limit if shipped domesticly.

[new in town]

I had and have shipped 5000 in one of those flat rate boxes. I put 1000 balls each in a smaller USPS video cassette boxes and put all 5 of them snugly right into the flat rate box. They fit like a glove.

Taped the entire box with clear tape and off it went. All 61 pounds of it. You should have seen the face on the Post office clerk when I put it on the scale.

Total cost with Tracking was $9.35 Arrived it three days from Florida to Graham Washington. No holes and my sister said the box was still square.

I got the idea from coronetgtx who sent me a couple shipments of 2500 Tokens that way. Thank you Ernie.

[fronzdan]

I've ordered a few thousand from goldenstate, the guys that New in Town mentioned. They ship extremely fast. I got them 3 days later. Some balls, maybe 10 or 12 balls out of each 2000 pack were a little rusty. I just chucked em out.

I've also ordered from shopda, also on ebay. They are a little cheaper and the balls were all clean and shiny. But shipping was a lot slower. It might have been the USPS' fault, but they took nearly 2 weeks to arrive.

I'd buy from either of them again.

[jammindj1]

First Time Forum question here...
Does anyone else have a contact for cheaper pachinko balls? I tried the guy at golden state, but he starts the auction for 1000 at 24.99 plus my 10.50 to ship, and they keep going up and up. Its close to $40 for a thousand shipped before the auctions are over. I'm trying now to deal with the guy shopda, to see what he can do. I was all excited when I saw somebody post that they got 1000 for $25 including shipping, but the guy at golden state won't do that for me. Just got my first vintage machine, since I was a kid and had one, and looking to teach my 6 yr olds to play, but have no balls. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks to "Arbycoffee?" and everyone for the tips on how to clean up my new, old, machine.

[luckydog]

the lower prices usually are when more vendors are selling, when there are less on ebay they usually sell for more.

ita all supply and demand.

[H20Dreams]

1000 pachinko balls for $40.00 shipped is not a horrible price. Better deals have been found, but $40.00 is not bad.

[dattia]

I have paid more than that

[fronzdan]

I've never paid less than that price range, unless it was a special deal from a vendor when I also bought a machine.

The better deals you may have read about on here are usually one time things.

Also, goldenstate puts up the ball packs regularly. I certainly wouldn't bid it up. There'll always be another coming up. I've never bought for more than the starting bid. After buying several batches from them, I often just email an order in and they'll sell for the min ebay bid.