I most likely will be purchasing my grail pin sometime in the next couple of months. I'm sure I'll find it somewhere out there in the great U.S.A.! Problem is I'm in Hawaii and I will need to find a good shipping company that I can work with to get it here in good shape.
Any suggestions for shipping companies that can pick up and pack up a pin for a long journey would be appreciated. Let me know who you would recommend!
Thanks!
NAVL delivers internationally. I assume they can do this. I have no idea what the rates are for that kind of shipment. Probably sky high. Others might know better from first hand experience.
Quoted from Jags:I most likely will be purchasing my grail pin sometime in the next couple of months. I'm sure I'll find it somewhere out there in the great U.S.A.! Problem is I'm in Hawaii and I will need to find a good shipping company that I can work with to get it here in good shape.
Any suggestions for shipping companies that can pick up and pack up a pin for a long journey would be appreciated. Let me know who you would recommend!
Thanks!
You might want to contact "armi0024" on KLOV, he lives in Hawaii and if you scroll down to the bottom of this post --- http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=206541 you can see the warehouse raid / games he found. He also runs a website www.paradisearcadeshop.com his name is Bryan. I'm sure he's familiar with shipping games from Hawaii.
Does Fastenall have a store in Hawaii?? If so, you might want to check with them. Stateside they are pretty cheap. You will have to shrinkwrap, and strap it to a pallet yourself and drop it off at one of their locations. Saves a lot of money thou.
Quoted from bballfan:Have someone carefully crate it...
That's part of the problem. If I find one from an individual they most likely will not be able to pack it or crate it properly. Would need to find a shipping company that can do that for me.
Quoted from bballfan:Pilot air freight will work.
No air freight. That would be way to expensive and unnecessary. I can wait the 4 weeks it would take to get here by boat.
Quoted from mrclean:He also runs a website http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com his name is Bryan. I'm sure he's familiar with shipping games from Hawaii.
Yes I have seen some of his ebay auctions also. Good idea and I will try to contact him.
Quoted from BigB:Does Fastenall have a store in Hawaii?? If so, you might want to check with them. Stateside they are pretty cheap.
What's the story with a nut and bolt company offering freight and shipping services? I see they do have a store close by but they are closed on the weekends. I will call them Monday to find out.
Quoted from BigB:You will have to shrinkwrap, and strap it to a pallet yourself and drop it off at one of their locations.
Again not sure if the seller (once I find one) will do that. There was a pinsider on this site that was selling one of the pins I'm interested in but he would not pack it up for me or deliver it anywhere.
Quoted from bballfan:What is you grail game?
I've been running a thread on this. Check it out here:
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/need-help-choosing-a-1980s-pin
Basically I've narrowed it down to the following 5 pins:
Secret Service (Data East)
Atlantis (Bally)
High Speed (Williams)
Whirlwind (Williams)
Road Kings (Williams)
If anyone has one of these pins or can find one for me I would be willing to make a trade of some sort. If we can work out a way to get it here I would trade for a free stay at my vacation rental here in Hawaii. Go to www.halemalu.com to check it out.
Thanks for all the great suggestions and please keep them coming. One way or another I will find my grail pin and get it here to Hawaii!!
Quoted from BigB:Does Fastenall have a store in Hawaii?? If so, you might want to check with them. Stateside they are pretty cheap. You will have to shrinkwrap, and strap it to a pallet yourself and drop it off at one of their locations. Saves a lot of money thou.
Finally contacted my local Fastenal Store and got a general quote for shipping a Pin from the east coast to Hawaii. It came back as a surprisingly affordable $435.00!! That would be store to store delivery with the machine packed and strapped ready to go.
I have a great offer for a free stay in Hawaii at this thread:
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/trade-your-pin-for-2-weeks-free-stay-in-hawaii
Find me a machine that I would like to have and I'll give you two weeks free stay at my vacation villa here in Hawaii!!
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