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RIDE THE LIGHTNING ARCADE CABINET MAME PROJECT
DrewKaree:
Your question about the Harley is only relative to everyone else here. Me, I'd drive the 11 miles to their damn factory and boot the front door in and tell 'em FIX THIS DAMN THING! ;)
Or I'd drive half a mile to one dealer, 6 miles to another, or 13 miles to yet another (although I'd have to pass the factory 2 miles back for that one)
;) ;D
Oh, and for the record, you're not astounding us with their prices, THEY are astounding us with the prices they charge. The price is what it is, and if you're willing to pay it, then it must be worth it.
I just feel better knowing I'm way under what someone will be able to find my kits for online in case they think I'm hosing them on price.
Glad to hear you're done and the wife doesn't have to cut your head off anymore ;) Go enjoy your games. I can't help you on the IPAC, but take some pics of your problem as you see it and I'm sure we can solve it.
mccoy178:
Here is how I look at your situation: I would kind of force the issue (if you did in fact send them a mockup and they did not confirm final production), since you paid soooo much for that. It would not take them very long to create a new top and that is what is wrong. They would loose out on labor and that artwork, but that is minimal if they are the personal builders. If the above conditions are true, they should be willing to correct the top, but you may have to be patient. Like two weeks patient, so they can get it done on top of their regular work. Seriously though, they wouldn't be loosing out on too much to correct the issue. Heck, they'll still make $500 or more even after that. ;D
BTW, your GD straight if I bought a custom Harley and they jacked it up I would have them fix it. But I don't think they would f around either with making me wait unless it was out of their control. You have to live with that every day and you paid top top dollar, you better dang well get what you ordered! Now, if there are any facts that aren't straight, then tough luck. ;D
Drew is correct in the fact that everyone is busting your chops for the price you paid for that and your glass and not the fact you bought something premade. I know they are in business to make money, it's just funny that someone from this forum bought something for that much. I worked at a place that sold some of the Ultracades and Quasicades and it was funny how much people paid for those things. Right now they are asking $5000 for the Golden Tees with the Fores on it. How funny is that?! To some that may not seem too bad, but holy crap, in five years, those games will be old school like the first wave of GT. Anyways, the cabinet looks great and the control panel looks sweet(except for the trackball plate over the art thing), and I honestly believe that if your story is true, then SS will and should take care of you without bad feelings.
Zakk:
From the "Master Craftsmen's" web page:
SlikStik offers custom design services for our arcade control panels and arcade cabinets. We have made hundreds of one of a kind units for customers who want a professional arcade control panel but have special requirements. These units have had special order top panel laminates from Formica & Wilson Art, different button & joystick placements and specialty controls.
Look. If you ordered a custom unit from these guys, paid full price for it, then got a "run of the mill" layout., THEY RIPPED YOU OFF. Period. From the looks of it, your price is $400 more than the already overprided quad unit. Did they give you what you wanted? No. Are they master craftsmen? pffft. I've got a guy here right now building a 10' built-in wall unit. We agreed on a layout and look for it. If he just goes ahead and builds whatever he wants, he'll be grabbing a crowbar and ripping it out and re-doing it. I just asked him if he considers himself a "master craftsman", since he had done a lot of work for hotels and retaurants in town, his reply: "no, I'm a hack like everyone else" :)
Not many in here have a lot of love for ole SS. If christian actually participated in these boards instead of simply spamming them with his products he'd be in here blasting away on us for ever questioning him. Not much chance, he doesn't care for "project announcements", since every home built unit is a lost sale for him, nothing more. If you make an honest attempt to get your panel fixed, we'll all back you. And if SS outright declines to "make it right", it'll be big news, and yet another black eye on their already spotty reputation. We're not against you, we don't like seeing 'one of our own' taken for a ride.
mccoy178:
I just noticed this. You paid over $600 for just the plain jane cp and they can't counter sink the trackball plate? Why don't they use raised lip trackballs and put the trackball plate under the laminate? What a hose job. That's not even professional to not do that. It takes all of what? two minutes to route that out? Again, if it was a buddy, no problems, but for that price, it should've been delivered with a bow on top by Christian himself.
Comp1demon:
Bunch of new Stuff on the website.
C1D
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