Great info.

Just want everyone to know there is nothing to worry about!!!!!!!!!

I have a guy that brings containers of jukeboxes from the US into the Netherlands from the Chicagoland Jukebox show in April and November and he has never had any issues at all. My friend who has the containers just sent a container over to the Netherlands , with four NIB pinball machines, Jukeboxes, neon signs, coke machines everything for his 50's shop. We actually just shipped a bally Prototype pinball machine to my customer in the Netherlands in his container.

I understand the concern but there is nothing to worry about. Shipping will be a lot cheaper with the container then sending it air freight. Saving is 8 to 9 hundred dollars.

My friend business is www.benniesfifties.com. Please do not hesitate to donate, its for a good cause and I will make sure everything runs smoothly with the shipping.

Better info?

If this is true then GAP should start advertising to the UK/European market! How do you circumvent the 50Hz lockout on modern Stern machines? I'd certainly consider importing a NIB at US prices if it was guaranteed to work on a 50Hz power supply, as would many other UK collectors.

It took me a while to get my head round helping buy someone else a pin... there are much more worthy causes you may think, but lets face it, this site is great, and it's all down to Robin, so I'm in! And if you want to donate to a more worthy cause, you can do that too...

Good initiative coasterguy... will be interesting to see if this get's pulled off!!

I think JLM's query is still valid to this thread, is GAP sure the modern pins he ships get past the 50Hz block? It would be a shame if Robin did get a pin and found he couldn't play it...

P.S. JJP don't have this frequency sniffing stuff, so WOZ would be a safer bet, unless GAP are 100% on somehow getting round this for Sterns...

You guys need to trust me on this.

Will do, I was only trying to help as many people in the States are unaware of the difficulties in importing pins into Europe.

I'll be making a donation come payday assuming this is still going.

Did my part to show love for Pinside. Step up people! Let's do this!

One suggestion: Edit the first post with the PayPal email to send money to so people don't have to search it out.

As if I needed anymore reasons to love this community... what a fantastic group of passionate individuals, big ups on getting this underway coasterguy and GAP! Hopefully I'll be able to contribute. Very inspiring to see folks so grateful for an awesome site that they want to reward someone that puts in a lot of hard work.

I sent you mine today via paypal coasterguy, i left you a PM as well.

End of this month i can participate in this financially, will it be to late?

The dude, it won't be too late.

Sorry guys, $20 is all I can afford. I am a broke college kid. I hope I helped. Thanks to all of you great guys who went above and beyond!

No apology needed! $20 to some budgets is $2000 to another. Your donation is appreciated and we understand that at this time in your life that is a big donation. Life is funny though, you just may get paid back 100 x for your generosity some day...

I'm guessing if everyone donated 'all they could afford' then we'd be able to buy a NIB pin for everyone on this group

What is the target price?

Just sent a donation Coasterguy, thanks for starting this.

Maybe there's something simple Robin can do for confirmed contributors to this project... like turn our heart Red or add another heart. Another little incentive for people to donate.

John,
Can you give us an exact cut-off date for us to make the goal? Maybe an artificial deadline so that YOU can have time to get this done. We just don't want to miss the boat . . . literally!!!!
Mike

I mentioned this in private to Coasterguy but let me put this out there, if there is a way to email blast all the contributors, maybe a day or two before the "end", I think some of us might be able to kick in a little more to get it over the top. I don't check up on this thread every day so getting a heads up would be good. Any way to do that?

I would say go ahead and do it a day or two in advance.
Whether you can get all PS emails is another question. I can't see Robin doing that, too self serving looking.