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Turnarcades:
Hadn't had chance to go through that big Slikstik comment thread - being a UK builder currently not exporting to the US, I only keep tabs on my British competitors. I was under the impression Slikstik were reputable, and do good work from what I have seen.

I also thought their troubles with order delays were temporary and now over - but I must be wrong!

What exactly happened and what's going on now, in a brief sentence?

Did they take money for orders and just vanish?
shardian:

--- Quote from: samshaw946 on January 04, 2008, 10:35:48 pm ---What exactly happened and what's going on now, in a brief sentence?

Did they take money for orders and just vanish?

--- End quote ---

They accepted thousands of dollars in orders, maxed out their credit accounts with vendors, then just kept lying to customers for months by blaming delays on the vendors they had also screwed over.
Turnarcades:
Now there's bad business for you!

We do things a little differently here at Turnarcades. Each machine is built to order, and we build a waiting list based on that, only taking enough orders for about 6 weeks ahead. I'm still toying with the idea of going for CNC cutting and knocking out some templated machines in bulk, but our whole point is to keep costs down and give people exactly what they want - stepping up to 'production line' techniques means a trade-off with slightly more uniform machines and a higher price.

I'm looking for an exporter in the UK who may be willing to advertise our cabinets/control panels and maybe help us arrange export to the US - any takers?
northerngames:
figure out if your going to use a tv pc or arcade monitor before you get started also becuase each has it's own +\-
november:
Oh man, so I finally picked up a cab, it was a street fighter dynamo cab w/o control panel.  Not in the best condition but with some putty and fresh coat of paint it will look great.

I decided to go this route because it was pretty simple.

I'll be picking up/using this control panel


I still want to add the 7th button for Neo Geo gaming but I'm not sure if it will fit yet.  I'll have to wait until I see it.

I'm excited and I should work on it this weekend.

I'll be starting the PC build very shortly with a spare system that hasn't gotten use in over 1.5 years.  It will be exciting.


Also, I have a monitor but I have not decided on using it or not.  maybe just find a big CRT/LCD and throw it in there?

I'm very indecisive about this right now because this is the farthest I've gotten and it's very new territory, I don't want to screw it up.

I will update with pics this weekend.
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