I will get references, says he has some stateside, and should be sending me some pics.
Quoted from Skypilot:Your going to want to do your homework on the seller,customs ect,
I am shooting for Seattle or Portland drop off if I split, otherwise at my doorstep...
Looks like out of the two threads this is the one that lived, so I'll copy/paste my response from the other thread...
I know some people who have done this and got burned badly on the condition of the machines. He resorted to selling them off on eBay to recoup what he could, but he essentially took a huge hit and the gamble never paid off.
It used to be that buying in bulk out of Europe was a good way to get nice pins, but a lot of the nice re-imports already made their way here. I'm not saying that it's impossible to get a good lot, but it's less likely than it was 10 years ago.
Quoted from oropuro:I am shooting for Seattle or Portland drop off
Sweet more for us in the Pacific Northwest! Keep me posted, have no $ at the moment, but still interested.
Only one to decide. Battle Royal. 1st person tossed over the top rope picks last. The winner gets crowned "king of the ring" and gets two picks off the top
You assign every machine a number and do a draw from a hat. It's the only fair way. After all the drawing is done, you can barter for trades and such, but if everybody agrees beforehand, there's not a more civil way to handle it.
If not that, draw numbers for a pick order and do it just like a fantasy draft. 1 goes first on down the line to the last number, and the last guy picks twice to start the reverse order. Keep going until machines are gone.
Quoted from jar155:You assign every machine a number and do a draw from a hat. It's the only fair way. After all the drawing is done, you can barter for trades and such, but if everybody agrees beforehand, there's not a more civil way to handle it.
If not that, draw numbers for a pick order and do it just like a fantasy draft. 1 goes first on down the line to the last number, and the last guy picks twice to start the reverse order. Keep going until machines are gone.
Draft is probably the best way. If I'm putting in over 10k, I'm not leaving which games I get to chance.
Quoted from Pinballgeek:Since I live in Europe I am interested
I'd be interested, and you could go look at them! and facilitate the arrangements, all involved should compensate you in some way.
Quoted from ovfdfireman:I'd be interested, and you could go look at them! and facilitate the arrangements, all involved should compensate you in some way.
While I think a container overseas will always be a risky move, having a local trusted pinhead to help facilitate and check them out in person is invaluable and I agree with OVFD on this one
http://pinside.com/pinball/market/ad/4797
has some real nice ones...quoted me a price of $55,000 US for shipping to my door, would like to negotiate price with him, but would also like 3 or 4 partners to go in with...could have shipped to more central location on west coast area...Portland, Seattle, Reno, would want to do a draft, where we draw who gets first pick then do like a fantasy draft..a few duplicates but all great titles in my book, If they cam as advertised, $55,000 no problem..but there is always a problem,,
seller only told me one(Baywatch..last pick) doesnt work and one of the T2 has wear...would love to get inspected by anyone besides seller...supposed to get pics soon..
We have a local guy here in Canada that makes regular container group buys from a trusted European source and I have to say that, as long as your expectations are realistic, there are some good deals to be had.
I purchased a CC last month and I have a Zaccaria Farfalla coming on the next container... maybe a TOTAN after that.
Since I plan to restore all my games, condition is not as critical, but I think there are still some good European sources for pins.
good to hear...like i said wish i had a good small group to work through this with...I think it is too big to deal with alone and I do not have the knowledge of this type of shippment.
factor in other things as well - such as the time to convert them all to 110V
Sounds simple and easy - but do that x 30 and you have a weeks work!!
Found lotr in Italy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FLIPPER-PINBALL-THE-LORD-OF-THE-RINGS-STERN-tested-and-working-/170980727629?pt=Automaten&hash=item27cf3edb4d&_uhb=1
What about this bad boy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PINBALL-LOT-MEDIEVAL-MONSTER-CACTUS-ADDAMS-INDIANA-TWILIGHT-SCARED-CIRQUS-/281057955221?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41705c0d95&_uhb=1
The numbers in the side of the game means that's how many
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