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| ark_ader:
With competitive companies like Ultimarc and Gremlinsolutions (I like Arcade.de their joysticks are cool), plus GGG (Randy is Ace) the problem of getting parts is not an issue. In a problem economy holding stock is a bad idea. I would look at getting a chain interested in your other products. How many inquiries are made into getting parts versus parts ordered? How many crap cabs do we see go cheap on ebay? Loads. The UK has enough arcade parts to sink a ship, well enough for cabinet builders. With all due respect I would not order my parts from Turnarcades as my favorite vendor is Gremlin Solutions and I can order my parts and get them delivered extremely quickly, or if it is a hard part to find I have to wait. Big deal. Sorry mate but you are small fish swimming in an ever decreasing pool of arcade related business. If I was you I would seriously look into making three cabinets - Bartop - Woody/Slim - Cocktail and make them up and flat pack them for people who do not have tools, knowledge or space to build a cabinet. If I saw a reasonable priced slim cab flat packed I would be real tempted to buy one. I'm sure others would too. ;) Get them all ready for Christmas and get your parts from those whom I already mentioned. Stick to what you are best at and leave the arcade parts to Andy and Gremlinsolutions. They are the big fish. ;D It would be a nice idea, two years ago. Doing it now would be a rod for your own back. Oh and I'm sure your bank manager will love you for being in debt. ::) |
| Turnarcades:
This isn't a discussion about how well Turnarcades is doing but I can say I don't need advice on how to make my business succeed from someone who has not done the same. Even your persistent trolling of my threads has done nothing to harm our business, regardless of the attempts. The UK does not have enough cheap parts suppliers and my first post does say I'm not necessarily going to take these forward myself - I'm trying to raise awareness and look into getting those remaining parts looked into so no-one has to struggle or get them available cheaper. Even if they can't be as widely available as the US, hopefully existing parts can be made available cheaper. I have absolutely no problems with my own supplies as I have suitable resources and contacts, but many people attempting their own home builds do not. With all due respect Ultimarc sell great parts and their own manufactured interfaces, but do not carry certain essential parts like T-moulding and although Gremlin Solutions do carry a wide variety of stock, they are about the only worthy one-stop shop in the UK and unfortunately they are far from cheap, due to the fact they are only resellers and do not source or fabricate their own parts or cabinets. I have always given advice to customers on where to source there parts direct and mentioned Gremlin Solutions a lot. Unfortunately, enquiries I (and friends) have made to them are replied to disappointingly slow and many customers of mine have returned asking for parts after less-than-helpful communication from Gremlin Solutions. I also have a trade friend who works closely with them and has also expressed reservations. |
| ark_ader:
With that kind of attitude I cannot see how you could succeed. ::) |
| Franco B:
I will ad my two penneths worth tomorrow. (I'm up at 5am joy of joys). Focusing is a problem right now :D |
| sealslayer:
If you know where to look you can get parts very, very cheap, the problem is those who know where to get the cheap parts keep this information to themselves. If you want quick and reliable generic parts then your best off heading over to Suzo, after all this is where Gremlin and Ultimarc buy some of their stock from to resell and its only a £50.00 minimum order. I wouldn't even bother trying to go down the route of manufacturing, labour costs in the UK are just far too high compared to the far East. The clips for my cocktail cabinets worked out at £93.00 for 50 clips made from 2mm mild steel, I can now buy pretty much the same clips for less than 30p each from Taiwan. |
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