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| MrF:
Haha! All that for a standard cabinet with undersized monitor and pirated famicom inside. I don't object to people selling on their hand crafted MAME cabs to be honest but this is sheer extortion! |
| ark_ader:
--- Quote from: MrF on August 03, 2007, 11:58:10 am ---Jesus, these are such overpriced garbage, well made or not. Isn't that from gremlin solutions, the company owned by the infamous 'JT'? (arcade collectors will need no introduction to that guy). And I've seen the list of games elsewhere which pretty much matches one of those 'Mega Joy' pirate famicoms, so Argos . Anyone stupid / rich enough to waste £1k on it wouldn't appreciate the real thing anyway - a fool and his money and all that. --- End quote --- I have bought from the guy many times and he is a real decent bloke. If you got burned by this guy, then you probably deserved it. |
| Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: Green Giant on August 03, 2007, 02:11:02 am ---Any idea why the picture was taken in a mirror? --- End quote --- The editor didn't like the ad with the cab facing left (off page, most likely) and had the image flipped. Happens all the time with facial shots, I assume they did the same thing. |
| MrF:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on August 04, 2007, 06:13:27 pm --- --- Quote from: MrF on August 03, 2007, 11:58:10 am ---Jesus, these are such overpriced garbage, well made or not. Isn't that from gremlin solutions, the company owned by the infamous 'JT'? (arcade collectors will need no introduction to that guy). And I've seen the list of games elsewhere which pretty much matches one of those 'Mega Joy' pirate famicoms, so Argos . Anyone stupid / rich enough to waste £1k on it wouldn't appreciate the real thing anyway - a fool and his money and all that. --- End quote --- I have bought from the guy many times and he is a real decent bloke. If you got burned by this guy, then you probably deserved it. --- End quote --- What a strange comment. Although I agree - anyone who buys the aforementioned ridiculously overpriced unlicensed pirated famicom-in-a-box probably does deserve to get burnt, purely for not reseaching and realising it's so bad. Are you suggesting that it represents good value? Overview of a typical pirated NES pad - http://www.nesplayer.com/pirates/megajoy.htm Overview of 'Arcade Mania' http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/products/arcademaniacab.htm Awful lot of matching games aren't there... :dunno And by the way - I am sure many people have had good experiences with JT, but I have heard so many bad things over the years (by people who I know to be credible and trustworthy), I would never dream of dealing with him. Anyone with any sense can purchase any product they offer at a much lower price. |
| Teebor:
^ ^ Really? I usually order misc bits like buttons and switches from gremlin and never had any issues, in one case they screwed up the order and sent me more than I paid for so I wasn't arguing :D lol Where is better / cheaper in the UK? I've been using gremlin mostly because of the convenience On the note of the topic at hand I was out and about the other day and stopped in at one of the BIG Argos stores, and they didn't have one on display, but they had 3-4 people standing around with Nintendo DS's advertising more brain training game thing |
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