Where can I get a lot of Pachinko Balls or a reasonable price

[doglover]

Hello Everyone,
I personally do not know a whole lot about Pachinko machines, however my boyfriend is fasinated by them and has quite a few vintage machines. His birthday is coming up soon and I know he needs a few hundred more balls and I wanted to order him some. Since I do not know all of the ins and outs of the Pachinko world, and I know from how he talks about you guys that you know your stuff and are honest and know where the deals are. I was wondering if you could give me some e-mail addresses or trusted websites that I could go to to order some balls. Thank you so much for your help.

[CarlW]

I like the eBay seller : goldenstatetraders1...

[mxfaiman]

first of all


Well you can use goldenstatetraders1 or you can go over to Bill Connolly at vintagepachinko.com they are both reasonably priced and they both will ship rather quickly. make sure you get 500 or more if he doens't already have any. 500 is about the minimum amount you want.

[Microbus99]

Hey MX,

I'm not sure Bill still does this or not but this was a couple years ago. I ordered I think a 250 lot from him and I got balls with no engravings on them. I was suspicious that they were not real pachinko balls. I hope this still isnt the case as Bill is very trusted here.

Just sharing my experience with that purchase.

[owennewton]

I have received some without engravings as well but they were mixed with others that were and I have had no issues whatsoever with them. However, stay away from the colored ones as they are just decorated balls and are not real, they are a little bigger and will get stuck, they are lighter and are made of another metal and are not chrome plated so just don't work right anyway. Plus they cost more too boot.

Having said all that, I have received many thousand from golderstatetraders1 and never had an issue (other than the mail man destroying a package but even then they replaced them without a hassle. I have never dealt with Bill myself but have never heard of any negative transactions with him

[Lt Teddy]

Well good luck with Bill. I have been trying to get ahold of him for months.

[KimbaWLion]

Interesting golderstatetraders1 now sells Golden owns they claim are authentic! Makes you wonder uh? I would like to know more!
Blue Hotaru as well as Custompachinko both sell them and are members here.

[Moparformances]

i just did a serch for pachinko balls on e-bay...

there are at least 20 auctions listed..

as max stated you gona want 500 or so per machine at the mininum... but keep in mind a vintage machine can hold 1000 ball in its rear hopper... ya state that he has a few machine's so more is better... if he truly loves pachinko then he will never have enough Pachinko balls

and of course...

Welcome to Pachitalk

if ya have some time please post pictures... we love to see machines

[mxfaiman]

Hey MX,

I'm not sure Bill still does this or not but this was a couple years ago. I ordered I think a 250 lot from him and I got balls with no engravings on them. I was suspicious that they were not real pachinko balls. I hope this still isnt the case as Bill is very trusted here.

Just sharing my experience with that purchase.

I ordered 500 from him. There were no issues with them at all. To my knowledge they were all engraved, Then again I didn't realy inspect them. (I mean come on if they're ball bearings so what who cares they still work for pachinko machines.)

I have been trying to get ahold of him for months.

I haven't tried to email him lately but every email I have sent to him I always got a reply back.

[MrGneiss]

Interesting golderstatetraders1 now sells Golden owns they claim are authentic! Makes you wonder uh? I would like to know more!
Blue Hotaru as well as Custompachinko both sell them and are members here.

I have no clue if theirs are real or not, but real gold pachinko balls do exist..

[knedvecki]

I like the eBay seller : goldenstatetraders1...

I have 2000 balls coming from Goldenstatetraders1. 500 per machine is definetely not enough balls for a Nishijin B. Then to make a ball lifter with a 1 3/4 diameter spiral with three feeds. Hopefully, that will make for a "Beautiful Day".

[WondersPachi]

I have 2000 balls coming from Goldenstatetraders1. 500 per machine is definetely not enough balls for a Nishijin B. Then to make a ball lifter with a 1 3/4 diameter spiral with three feeds. Hopefully, that will make for a "Beautiful Day".

Heh thats what um working on... pm me if you want a USA parts list motor and all

[pachiwall]

I have bought many balls from Goldenstatetraders1. I have always gotten prompt shipping and good customer service. I would not hesitate to buy from them again. I bought 100 gold pachinko balls recently. I haven't used them in a machine yet but they measure .430" just like an engraved pachinko ball.ball lifter 011.jpgball lifter 012.jpg The gold balls are not engraved, and was stated in the ad that they were not engraved. They cost $14.99 + $5.50 shipping for 100 balls, about 5x as much as I would like to pay for regular balls. I try to buy them for .04 each, I've dropped out of a lot of auctions to keep from paying more. I don't know how durable the gold plating is, but if they are real they should be durable!

[mxfaiman]

I have bought many balls from Goldenstatetraders1. I have always gotten prompt shipping and good customer service. I would not hesitate to buy from them again. I bought 100 gold pachinko balls recently. I haven't used them in a machine yet but they measure .430" just like an engraved pachinko ball. The gold balls are not engraved, and was stated in the ad that they were not engraved. They cost $14.99 + $5.50 shipping for 100 balls, about 5x as much as I would like to pay for regular balls. I try to buy them for .04 each, I've dropped out of a lot of auctions to keep from paying more. I don't know how durable the gold plating is, but if they are real they should be durable!

I'll tell you one thing I am almost certain that they will not look that shiny again. (maybe close with some polishing) but once you start to use them they oxidize fairly quickly (well at least mine did). But they are fun to mix in with the other balls because when friends come over you can assign points for balls and I make the gold ones usually double.

[JACKSJE4]

Walter at Goldenstatetraders1 has always taken good care of me and his prices are usually the lowest of all the vendors when you factor in shipping costs. The more you buy, the less you pay per ball. He also includes a ball tray, which is nice.

I have had a dozen or so transactions with him and I have nothing but great things to say.

[KimbaWLion]

I bought my last batch from Custom pachinko It was 2K worth shipping for 14.95 USPS priority and he included some trays... JUST to beat the another pricing...
I was tempted to get some of those balls too they look REALLY kewl... MAYBE Cutie would want to have some in her...

[ACMech]

I just got my second batch from the pachinkoman and have no complaints. I skip out on the shipping because my parents drive up from San Antonio on occasion to visit their grandkids (and me too). I don't know who goldenstate trader is, but the Conolloys are nice folks. Just my two cents...

[CarlW]

the Conolloys are nice folks. Just my two cents...

I ALSO like the following folks who have all treated me perfectly with my purchases for pachinkos and pachislos parts (including the Connolloys')

Listed In no particular order...

The Connolloys have a great website and FAST shipping I ordered something on a Saturday afternoon and it went out that same day. Quality item too. Thanks.

Moparformances; has a lot of hard to find things - always worth a try - has tremendous knowledge and shipped FAST. Thanks.

cardwwi; Another gentleman with a great website - class act and another FAST shipper. Very communicative and has a lot of uncommon items. Thanks.

daverob; In the UK, so shipping takes longer to me but worth the wait; great email support; absolutely cool dongle! Thanks.

new in town; awesome cell cleaner spray and pachislo autostop guru. Not sure when he sleeps because he works at night and emails me alll times of the day; reliable shipper and very communicative with tracking information; if he says he shipped it - he indeed shipped it... Thanks.