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cholin:

Come to think of it, build me one too.

Cheap way to get stuff is ebay and this board.  Buy peoples used stuff that they say is "like-new" because it most likely is.  I bought a minipac from vicious and we dealt in canadian funds and everything so I saved alot of money in the end...ask around, people are willing to help you.

Joystick Jerk:

Thanks for tips so far guys!


--- Quote from: Mamezilla on April 29, 2005, 07:11:16 pm ---Two suppliers of arcade parts in Canada are:
Starburst in Ontario:  http://www.starburstcoin.com/
Canadian Coin Machine in Burnaby BC:  http://www.canadiancoinmachine.com/

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Those are some great links. I contacted Canadian Coin Machine and they already responded and said that they had a decent selection of empty cabs that would be perfect for MAME.


--- Quote from: Scott84 on April 29, 2005, 10:29:20 pm ---Where in Canada are you?

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I live in Port Moody, which is just outside Vancouver.

Mamezilla:

You can also do a search also on this forum, this kind of topic as been covered a few times.  Just try the word "canada".

One of those topics is:  http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,22582.0.html

Tiger-Heli:

Can't help on the Canada stuff other than to say there are a lot of others on the board.  I think Zakk is in Canada and carries OSCAR's spinners.  Not sure if www.groovygamegear.com or www.ultimarc.com ship or have distributors in Canada, or what taxes will do to you, but I would recommend looking into it.


--- Quote from: Joystick Jerk on April 29, 2005, 06:52:09 pm ---As for the first issue, my total lack of tools has me thinking I may purchase a pre-cut kit. But living in Canada, I've only found a few companies that'll ship stuff to Canada, and the ones that do seem to charge a lot more for the cab-kits. Do you guys know of any kit makers that cater to Canada, at a decent price?

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I can't say from experience, but I think a better option would be to get an empty cab and convert it.  If you haven't built one before the kits can be a fair amount of work, and the money you save on the empty cab could be used for tools to convert it.  (The exception would be SlikStik, which seems like it would be simple to assemble, but is fairly expensive, if memory serves.  Retroblast covers their cab kit pretty well.

CheffoJeffo:

Everybody seems to have given you most of the 411.

As for eBay seller jnk007, folks either like him (his machines are typically in good shape) or hate him (he bids on everything at the Starburst auction, which drives up prices for the rest of us).

I have bought two machines from him (one for me and one for a friend) -- I absolutely love the cabinet I bought from him. I do suspect that he has shill bidders on some of his auctions ... just don't show too much interest and don't pay more than you want to ... he has lots of machines coming up each week (if you tell us what you're interested in, I can probably tell you if he has one coming up for auction ... some of us may have even tested the actual machine before he bought it).

His father owns a high-end office furniture company, so he has the warehousing, packing and shipping angle wired.

As much as I am ticked at him for denying me the 4-slot Neo Geo that I wanted at the last Starburst auction, he is a good, honest seller and I have left nothing but positive feedback for him.

As for the West Coast, there is someone in Deadmonton that always seems to have stuff, but I can't recall just now where I have seen his stuff (eBay, RGVAC, CGCC) ... I'll get a cup of coffee and see if I can remember.

Cheers,

JAKD

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