Author Topic: Happ Trackball price (Read 3283 times)

(+_+) · « **on:** January 02, 2007, 04:43:04 pm »

I'm getting ready to make my controls purchase and was just looking at Happ's illuminated USB translucent trackball and noticed it costs $171.00. Are they kidding us. I have a non USB model I bought last year and I believe it was ~ $135.00. It is a nice trackball, but IMO it isn't even worth that. They're getting outrageously priced.

. I guess the ICE-T is the way to go at 109.00. What thinks you?

ahofle · « **Reply #1 on:** January 02, 2007, 04:46:33 pm »

'Ponyboy' or 'divemaster' from these boards sell Happ stuff at much better prices. Check the buy/sell forum or PM one of them and see.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #2 on:** January 02, 2007, 04:49:59 pm »

Tornado Terry's carries the translucent trackballs, USB, for ~~$87.99~~ $82.99...and that INCLUDES the mounting plate! www.tornadoterrys.com

Ugly ass website... good prices... fast shipping. I ordered my trackball there, as well as my joysticks and buttons.

acevedor2 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2007, 04:52:33 pm »

+1 for Tornado Terry's. Great service and fast shipping. MUCH Cheaper than Happ!

(+_+) · « **Reply #4 on:** January 02, 2007, 05:11:21 pm »

Thanks guys. I"ll go with TT. It just doesn't make sense though. Happ is charging more than double the price for their own product than a reseller is selling it for.

tranq · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2007, 05:48:52 pm »

Everybody who sells HAPP or uses them in their products sells them for less......

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #6 on:** January 02, 2007, 07:29:44 pm »

Yah...I am not sure how the dynamics work there...

HAPP must sell wholesale DIRT CHEAP or mark their retail stuff up BIGTIME.

tranq · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2007, 12:41:26 am »

I'm thinking both. HAPP seems to be a weird company.

MYX · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2007, 07:30:16 am »

When I got mine (3 in Blue Translucent) I got it from Coin Tech Texas on eBay. Check him out. $65 plus $8 Shipping.

Link

Not Happ's 100 Billion for the item, plus $80 dollars shipping, plus 5 dollars for the mere fact that they are selling something to you (for real), plus more shipping because they do not have the item at a location near you so they pass the extra cost on to you and make you pay to get it from a different location on the other side of the globe. The final straw for me was when they said that they needed to charge me $5 more because they needed to put my bezel in a larger than normal size to ship it. I have sworn off Happs. I will buy their stuff but from someone a little more willing to sell the stuff at a near reasonable price. I bought my bezel from Arcadeshop instead.

BLah247 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:10:45 am »

Quote from: acevedor2 on January 02, 2007, 04:52:33 pm

+1 for Tornado Terry's. Great service and fast shipping. MUCH Cheaper than Happ!

+2... just bought two from him yesterday.

steveh · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:35:24 am »

Quote from: tranq on January 03, 2007, 12:41:26 am

I'm thinking both. HAPP seems to be a weird company.

Most companies prefer to deal with vender's not the end consumer. They would rather sell boxes in bulk and let some one else deal with selling them to customers. You would not place an order for a box of cereal from Kellogg's directly would you?

(+_+) · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2007, 10:09:42 am »

True, but then again Kellogg's doesn't have a website that offers up cereal boxes as Happ does Trackballs. See the difference?

Mr. Bubblehead · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2007, 10:40:35 am »

Quote from: BLah247 on January 03, 2007, 08:10:45 am

Quote from: acevedor2 on January 02, 2007, 04:52:33 pm
+1 for Tornado Terry's. Great service and fast shipping. MUCH Cheaper than Happ!

+2... just bought two from him yesterday.

+3...I have purchased two of them from TT (through ebay) in the past, excellent price and fast shipping.

steveh · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2007, 10:50:21 am »

Quote from: (+_+) on January 03, 2007, 10:09:42 am

True, but then again Kellogg's doesn't have a website that offers up cereal boxes as Happ does Trackballs. See the difference?

well ok thats a bad example. but i hope you get the idea.

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2007, 11:22:53 am »

Quote from: (+_+) on January 03, 2007, 10:09:42 am

True, but then again Kellogg's doesn't have a website that offers up cereal boxes as Happ does Trackballs. See the difference?

Yeah, but if you didn't have ready access to a Happ reseller (and if you are here, then you do), then you would be bitching about Happ not selling direct, wouldn't you ?

You got burned because you didn't do your homework the first time around ... happens to most of us at some point.

Get over it and in the future buy from any one of (in no particular order) Ponyboy, divemaster, Tornado Terry, etc.

Cheers.

MYX · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2007, 03:32:44 pm »

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on January 03, 2007, 11:22:53 am

Quote from: (+_+) on January 03, 2007, 10:09:42 am
True, but then again Kellogg's doesn't have a website that offers up cereal boxes as Happ does Trackballs. See the difference?

Yeah, but if you didn't have ready access to a Happ reseller (and if you are here, then you do), then you would be bitching about Happ not selling direct, wouldn't you ?

You got burned because you didn't do your homework the first time around ... happens to most of us at some point.

Get over it and in the future buy from any one of (in no particular order) Ponyboy, divemaster, Tornado Terry, etc.

Cheers.

Back up everyone, the Chef has gotten into the soy sauce again.

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2007, 03:48:36 pm »

Quote from: MYX on January 03, 2007, 03:32:44 pm

Back up everyone, the Chef has gotten into the soy sauce again.

And tonight he is cooking with rice wine, so watch out !

Cheers

divemaster127 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:41:39 pm »

hey guys just to keep things here on the forum I'm going to offer the happ usb & 3" mounting kit for $82.49 send me a pm if i can help also I'm running concave $1.25 each for the rest of the week
thanks
dm

MYX · « **Reply #18 on:** January 03, 2007, 07:40:39 pm »

Quote from: divemaster127 on January 03, 2007, 04:41:39 pm

also I'm running concave $1.25 each for the rest of the week

Concave trackball?

BLah247 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 03, 2007, 07:46:11 pm »

Quote from: divemaster127 on January 03, 2007, 04:41:39 pm

hey guys just to keep things here on the forum I'm going to offer the happ usb & 3" mounting kit for $82.49 send me a pm if i can help also I'm running concave $1.25 each for the rest of the week
thanks
dm

Ohhh $1.25 buttons... are those the competition ones? (ie 58-9613-L) If so I'll be submitting you my order early...

Now if I can only find someone to beat Happs price on the Tornado Spinner I would be golden.

divemaster127 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:00:50 pm »

The $1.25 are the concave buttons
thanks
dm


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