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Cancelled - Pinball.Center parts needed? GroupBuy

By Zitt

4 years ago


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    #351 5 months ago
    Quoted from Zitt:

    Good things come to an end.
    Pinball Center has just informed me that they won't ship game specific art to me any longer without going thru a German forwarder like mailbox.de.
    I'm not doing that as there is just too much delay, too much risk; and too much expense.
    Given most of you have ordered parts with game specific art; it would mean that nearly everyone will be dropped from this order. Leaving only a few of us holding the bag for a shipment. I'm going to move forward with MY parts; but assume that everyone else is no longer interested.
    If you STILL WANT any non-art parts in your list; please contact me TODAY (10/30) to keep them on the list. you should assume / expect the shipping cost to be considerably higher.
    I intent to pay for my parts tonight when Germany is "back".
    From this point; anyone reading this far should understand that these group buys are permanently cancelled and will not be resurrected.

    You did the right thing.

    #352 5 months ago

    Game specific art my ass. This place sucks big time!! I was ripped off trying to get some Scared Stiff sling shot plastics that look like a 5th grader painted them. If it wasn’t so hard to get a refund, I would have tried but lesson learned from me. I’m never buying anything from these fuckers.

    #353 5 months ago

    Lethal, With all due respect; you don't have a clue what your are talking about.
    I'm sorry you didn't like your sling shot plastics; and you've been vocal in this thread before about the same thing.
    Because of your complaint; I had already stopped taking orders for that... so just let it go; ok?

    Game specific art is copy protected... and there is an individual whom owns the rights to all bally/wms stuff. He protects his copyright... and chooses not to work with Pinball.Center to extort a reasonable sum for the right to reproduce. As a result; it's my understanding the Germans choose to tell him to go jump in a lake and won't ship to the jurisdiction he resides in. I can respect that. If fuxs us consumers... but it is what it is. I have no idea what the terms that person was demanding... but it was definably unreasonable.

    For those in this group buy; some of the parts which weren't Bally / WMS were shippable. Per our agreement; I made the executive decision to continue with those parts. You should have a PM from me if your parts were shippable. And in the coming days; I expect to send our estimates via Paypal. I'll do this when I've confirmed payment and he's shipped the parts.
    If you didn't get a PM from me; consider your order/parts cancelled per the copyright issues discussed above.

    #354 5 months ago

    The final order has shipped from Germany.
    The 8 customer except weberman have estimates in their Paypal accounts.

    I expect to get the parts by Fedex sometime next week; That said - I do have a Houston Pinball Show in the 11th to get ready for. Unclear if I'm going to be able to pack and get all orders out before that weekend.

    #355 4 months ago
    Quoted from Lethal_Inc:

    Game specific art my ass. This place sucks big time!! I was ripped off trying to get some Scared Stiff sling shot plastics that look like a 5th grader painted them. If it wasn’t so hard to get a refund, I would have tried but lesson learned from me. I’m never buying anything from these fuckers.

    I’ve had crap stuff from them, only last week MOP told me they are not licensed and just copy with poor quality. True dat!
    Last resort for sure if nothing else available.

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    #356 4 months ago
    Quoted from Zitt:

    The final order has shipped from Germany.
    The 8 customer except weberman have estimates in their Paypal accounts.
    I expect to get the parts by Fedex sometime next week; That said - I do have a Houston Pinball Show in the 11th to get ready for. Unclear if I'm going to be able to pack and get all orders out before that weekend.

    Thanks Zitt. So where's my estimate now? I think you didn't send before because you needed my email.

    #357 4 months ago
    Quoted from weberman:

    So where's my estimate now? I think you didn't send before because you needed my email.

    Sorry; I forgot yours was still in draft form.

    Everyone else; The package has been stuck in Fedex customs since the 4th. It's taken an act of congress to get them to answer the phone.
    That said; I hope we have gotten them the final piece of information so they can release the package for delivery.
    Seems unlikely that I'll have the package early enough to beat the Thanksgiving holiday; that said, I hope to have it before the holiday so I can start converting the estimates to invoices.

    Added 134 days ago:

    Package clear customs. Fedex claims Monday delivery. If true; I hope to start packing Monday after work.

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