Hey Canadian pinheads,
Where are you getting your pinball stranded colour coded/striped cable.
I can make my own I guess but I find the water base paint pens not too good and the paint comes off rather easily.

I know I can get some at planetary pinball and Marcos, BUT, shipping is VERY expensive and was hoping to source the same striped cable locally.

Any tips?

going to derail the thread for a sec:

Have a AIQ playfield protector that I decided not to keep, I did install it in my game but took it out shortly after.
It is from Germany, and I have taken the film that is protecting but I have not used it.

Will sell for $150 (cost me $250) contact me if interested.
LOCAL BUYER ONLY, as this will be very hard to ship now that it does not have the protective film.

great to know thank you!

Where are the Ottawa pinheads?
Just curious to know where do you guys get your pinballs? Need to buy some and would like to buy a bunch.
All my games have magnets.

Maybe we can do a group buy?
Pinballs are nothing more than 1 1/6 ball bearings soooo why are we paying the middle man?

Let mw know if some of you in Ottawa want to get together and organize a group buy: find a source, negotiate a price and purchase in bulk.
I would be interested in purchasing 300+ balls for myself.

love this, so what does it do exactly? handles the load on the sound board? filters?... tell us all the nerdy stuff... ok ok, tell ME all the nerdy stuff, lol.

Wondering what is a good place to post a want to buy ad in Canada.

Looking to get a Rick and Morty off someone who ordered one but did not receive it yet.

Will also consider one with low plays.

I missed 2 pages of gun related discussion on pinside! for a moment there I thought I was on canadiangunutz! lol I can't believe I sold all my gun related Sh!t and put that money into pinball to then come to pinball and find this...

lol

is this the chitchatting thread, should I pee in a cup? what are the rules here... asking for a friend.

Michel is a great honest guy. He works really hard for his clients and my experience with him was a bit bumpy at first, but not his fault, as he is dealing with a lot more clients now and issues with supply chains did not help him but we have done lots of deals now and he is always trying his best to make things work.
Good guy to deal with, I only wish there was not a territory issue with Nitro as sometimes they do have things while P1 does not and I cant get it from Nitro due to this.

Have you been importing yourself? Or driving over to pick up? Shipping?

I have done the importation of a used game, it is a bit annoying and risky.

Wondering if you are buying new?

20k christmas lights!!!

just because I can't post in the other for sale thread... no offence to anyone, just having a little afternoon fun. lol

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that T2 had a rough life, that was almost my first pin when I did not know better but this person bought it instead. Had it for 2 years and now selling it.
The seemed to be firm in price too as I was going to pick it up but not in the condition it is in and at that price. long laundry list of issues in the pf and cabinet.
It is rough and not worth that.

oh so you did go to see it, I saw it 2 years ago and almost bought it, it would have been my first pin and a disaster but the people in the community saved me from it and it ended up with another newbie then... It is good to keep track of the turds and stay away from them, lol, It was all working then but it was liptstick on pig.

there is a reason why it is not selling. lol

13% in Ont

That looks really awesome

I need some too and want to buy in bulk. I was going to use the ones on eBay but I am not sure about quality and I refuse to overpay for rebranded ball bearings sold for a 3rd party, lol.

I asked Derek about that but I think the shipping is too much, maybe I'll ask again.

maybe in Quebec? I tried this here in Ontario and nope.

I clean almost everything with ISO, but I do not dilute it as it is not necessary imho.
Works great.

very cool! enjoy

Mike has generic ones. He told me he might be getting BB once he clears his current stock (that was a while ago).
I need to get balls in bulk, did anybody try the balls sold on ebay?

Thanks Derek. I think I asked you before but what the approx cost for shipping? for example for 50 or 100 balls to K2L2V2.
Perhaps others can also benefit from this info.

Awesome, will swing by tomorrow to get some.

used them all, why would not you. Not everybody is on all platforms. Simple.

before or after the weight shaker commercial?

If you going to Buffalo maybe check Buffalo Pinball. I believe these guys run another arcade there.

I think it runs a little deeper that that, the market is a little more complicated than that here. It tends to follow US prices except that it gets caught up after there is a reality check on our side. We are slower to respond to it because there are less transactions happening in it and as much as we try to mimic the US market, people are slow at pulling the trigger whether that is UP and/or DOWN, for example, Indiana Jones never sold for $20K CAD like it was selling in the states 5 months ago, neither is Godzilla LE with some still around as of recently selling at MSRP and the list goes on.

That a big range.
I think fair price for any of those dmds is $7500 and gotta be mint. No?

lol, gateway 10k
Facepalm galore!!

I have shipped with a 31x31. Just add lots of padding as the smaller footprint causes your shipment to be close to other freight.
Freight moves slightly during shipping if too close it will rub and scratch other boxes.

I have used a 40x40 when shipping from the States (very far) to prevent this.
Within Canada I dont bother.
Warp, then movers blanket, then wrap, the cardboard panels all around. Done with a 31x31 multiple times accross Canada with 100% success, knock on wood.

If you get a damaged game after all that packing it was not strapped down correctly or it was damaged by a fork as Meggis said.
You cannot prevent that even it you used a 40x40.

A good pallet must be strong enough to support the strap pressure or it will break in half as you are cranking it down. A solid pallet will be ok!

Dont overthink it, just pad it and ship it!

I also recommend adding a “tip and tell” sticker, it will show upon arrival if the cargo was knocked over.

Just ordered one, thank you!

Lol I know how this ends

Border Agent: where ya going young fella?
Mr Pickles: going to Michigan good Sir.
Agent: to do what? Deliver the pin you sold for 18 but ya gonna lie?
Mr Pickle: yea Sir
Agent: hope ya like orange?

Lol

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Long player and after playing the premium on location I can say these toys add nothing really that a brief cool factor that wears off rather fast.
At the current prices I am not interested in premium as much anymore.

Pinflation is over. The party is over.
Time to buy second hand for the next 24 -36 months at that point we might start seeing inflation again but the normal rate, not this absurdity of the last 20 months.

I am in

I hope you get my name and get me something nice. Lol use some of that Stth money.
Lol
Kidding.

Cheers

Great to hear looking forward to it.

I have heard really great things from a local guy using retrorefurbs. I will be using that for my LW3

Who sell LED OCD in Canada?
I think I remember somebody saying they do not sell to Canadians directly, is this true?

thanks everyone

I am not a big fan of shippsy but might be worth it for people in TO.
My usa address dot com is cheap as shippsg and easier service to use, no nonsense.

Last time I use shippsy, signing up was very easy but they make you do 100% of the work to declare your order. This means if you ordered 100 items from Marco specialties you have to enter all the data yourself, description, quantity and else.
It can take a long while to do this little task when you order $500 in parts from pinball life. Ask me how I know

After that experience I decided to not use them again. Maybe their process is better now? This was a year+ ago so could be better, but not going to try again unless the order is very small or one single big item.

yeah...I did it the easy way - like you mention - and there was a person from shipsy who communicated with me multiple times and would reject my 'request to ship'...

Not only I did do the data entr once but actually twice or more, can't remember. It was really a poor experience. Maybe I got the new clerk, or the clerk who was quitting that day lol It was just terrible. He made me declare how many screws I was ordering, what type of screws, bolts, everything.
I obviously complained with shipssy. Nothing, crickets.

Spent more than one hour doing that data entry...

hahaha, writing this is giving me PTSD. No more shittsy for me, unless it is one item, I am not messing around with that nonsense.

I understand, seems it was corrected.
I use myusaaddress, cost the same and it is simpler, can also pick it up and its closer to me. Huge facility in Ogdensburg.

With a 2 to 3K per month income you can live like a king in the Caribbean. The environment is not safe not conducive to raise a family but it is certainly a great place to retire if you know how to navigate the cultural caveats.
I lived there for a few years and it was the best time of my life. Health Care (the good one) is private and costs pennies. You get 1st world testing in hours or days.

yes but do they have pinball there.... otherwise, I am out.

There is no board by the coin door? I thought it was standard.

the board is pretty straight forward do so I am sure you will be able to find an aftermarket solution. it is basically a couple resistors and diodes, nothing fancy,.

He points out all the reasons why they stopped making it which are the same reasons we heard when they stopped making it since the last run in 202o the tk lock never worked well and the game is hard to make, produce and work reliably.

A vault would need a redesigned tk and a new projector as well, since the last one used is likely discontinued.
If they vault it with improvements I might re buy it. Not interested in re-buying the current one, specially at the ridiculous price it sells for.