Austin, TX
Quoted from TimeBandit:. Well, I'm probably out of business with these now,
Go where they don't. Bally, Williams, Gottlieb.
Was kinda sh1tty of them tho.
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Quoted from Rondogg:Timebandit charges more than $100 shipped to the US
I've offered several times to be the North American Distributor; but he hasn't taken me up on the offer for whatever reason.
Of course it's his choice; but I've tried.
Quoted from TimeBandit:Just want to firm up the product offering. Things like making the panels a default inclusion, and the ratio of card-hole to no-hole volumes etc, are still in flux. Once I finalise what I'm going to run with long term I can think more about distribution.
fair enough. sounds like a plan.
Quoted from Rondogg:So...over $100 shipped to the us with shipping. My point is that a nice plastic apron is about where Stern has priced it. Just wanted to give some perspective for people who appear outraged.
Outraged is that the mold is already in place @stern for $42.
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1985
yet they are doubling the price for a different material which isn't that more expensive.
They've already depreciated the mold costs for the black opaque aprons. They is no reason for the new translucent aprons to be $99.
I don't know how TimeBandit is making his... but I am assuming he is having them laser cut out of flat sheet and then it's being heatformed by hand. That is a lot more manpower intensive than stern just vacuum forming to the same mold they use for production.
Finally; from where I sit... I see stern taking an idea from the modding community and regurgitating it at a much higher profit margin.
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