Warren, PA
About to make a pretty big purchase from comet and was wondering, are there any active coupon codes right now?
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If you can wait till Black Friday, that's when we do our big sale of the year. Aside from that, you're stuck with full price! 
Quoted from mrossman5:About to make a pretty big purchase from comet and was wondering, are there any active coupon codes right now?
Out of interest, what do you call a “big purchase”?
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Quoted from mrossman5:Only like 60 bucks, but that is only because I own 2 games. I can't imagine 126.
That’s why I asked - I just did a $300 order, and that was mainly just GI bulbs. Lol
I used to order straight from China but Ryan is as cheap and the service is better, so he gets my business.
rd
How do you only spend 60 bucks LEDing a full game? Please fill us in!
I've found that an average game requires about 220 to 250 to use full opmax gi and non ghosting inserts with a few led strips here and there. Worth it...
Quoted from rotordave:I used to order straight from China but Ryan is as cheap and the service is better, so he gets my business.
Agreed! Excellent customer service
Quoted from Mikedenton49:How do you only spend 60 bucks LEDing a full game? Please fill us in!
I just recently got two new games, Stargate and LW3, but they already have most leds filled in. Mainly just buying new flashers for the burnt out incandescents and I am not a fan of the orange/blue color choice on Stargate, so I am replacing all the flashers and gi bulbs with cool white.
Quoted from Mikedenton49:I've found that an average game requires about 220 to 250 to use full opmax gi and non ghosting inserts with a few led strips here and there. Worth it...
I have yet to actually use non-ghosting bulbs. I've managed to work around that so far, so that saves a few bucks. It hasn't been an issue with early solid state, and for WPC, you can patch the game ROM. Gottlieb System 3 does ghost a little bit, but it's not really visible through inserts.
I think opmax is overkill for GI--and expensive. I mainly use 1SMD bulbs. Sometimes 2SMD or fluted bulbs in darker areas.
So, between using 1 or 2 SMD bulbs for GI, then 1, 2 or 4 SMD bulbs for inserts, it actually doesn't end up being too expensive to install LEDs in a game. Maybe around $100-$150 or so for a WPC game, including flasher bulbs.
Quoted from Mikedenton49:How do you only spend 60 bucks LEDing a full game? Please fill us in!
I've found that an average game requires about 220 to 250 to use full opmax gi and non ghosting inserts with a few led strips here and there. Worth it...
$250! Whaaaatttt!
Why do all that? Obviously... your decision, but normal bulbs won’t strobe in 90% of pins.
I buy the 100 packs and 25 packs of 1SMD and 2SMD, the bulbs work out to be like 50c each. 100 bulbs in a modern game maybe? $50.
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