Latest Pachinkos for Sales on Ebay

[doovid]

Hi!

What can you tell me about the latest Pachinkos that Texas auction is selling on Ebay. How can you be sure that they are in decent shape and what is reasonable price??

There are several around $180 + shipping. Would any of these be good to start a collection modern games?

Thanks in advance,
Dave

[logicprobe]

Check out the Pachinko Game Museum here...

http://www.pachitalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=48

[arbycoffee]

I have bought 6 from them good people to work with, I will buy more from them

[syph]

texas auctions = good stuff : )

[arbycoffee]

Yes, Curt is good people

[pachinkojohn]

My Red Lions machine came from them. They shipped out the next day and it arrived in perfect condition, lots of packing material to keep it safe. Highly recommended.

John

[doovid]

Thanks for all the good info. With the few bucks I received for Christmas and a few I've saved I bought the Thunder Zone game. It sounds great and it seemed to get a good review at the museum.

More later after I receive and set it up!!!

[doovid]

One more question.... Where would everyone recommend I go to get additional p-balls? I don't want to spend time sandpapering rust.....
Dave

[arbycoffee]

Check Pachinko Venders.

http://www.pachitalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3699

And they do sell smaller amounts on ebay

[Bilko44]

Yep, good product from him. They usually have ball auctions going all the time.

Look for auctions selling balls in 400 and 800 ball quantities.

[azlew]

I guess we should feel lucky to even have 2 major dealers on Ebay selling pachinkos. Since they pretty much have the market to themselves, they will get premium prices. I look for Slotusa to go to higher minimum starting prices soon just because they can. But since they have a closed market they may just keep it at the true auction format as we all seem to bid early and often.
What a great opportunity it is for some dealer that could afford to bring in a load of Pachinkos somehow and compete with these two (Texas and SLotusa) :!:

[arbycoffee]

or might not Lew, I know if I would doÂ… I would come in at the same price ranges, the demand is so high.

But no I am not, or want to even. Let them have the headacks and hassels.
We don't see all the work that is involved behind the sale.

This happens alot, in our world, people only see the transaction, not the cost and everything behind it. Large amount of Money tied up, electric, gas, rent, labor, taxes, ebay fees, paypal fees, etc.

If it would be cheap and easy we all would do it, we only feel the cream, we don't wash the teets, feed the cows and meet the reg.s to do all the milking.



I just got thru paying Iowa a chuck of money for nothing, just to do what I do. So they say they regulate Tattooing, which is bull poopie.
We got more people srctrach on their kitch table than any years in the past, not following any Sterile code on what they are doing.

[azlew]

I agree arby :wink: as from that last price list we got in from the so called exporter rep etc. the prices were high enuff that by the time you add all the shipping and import fees etc plus new transformers and probably glass replacements etc...that we are getting good prices with a fair profit for the dealer at the 200-250 price range. Anything more than that it turns out that we are at fault ourselves for bidding early and often and thereby running the prices up on pachinkos.

[arbycoffee]

another Little true-isum

[azlew]

yepper...gawd why am I agreeing with you so much.... :wink:

[arbycoffee]

Great mindless ones eat at the same troffer ?

[azlew]

:oops: