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Title: I need button vendors
Post by: Poonjabby on July 22, 2002, 12:11:05 am
Hey everybody!  I happened along this site a few days ago and i was struck in awe of such a cool idea.  i have been searching for an excuse to buy an arcade game to play at home and now i have one.  this is by far one of the most expansive websites that i have found, and all of it totally useful!

anyways i bought a cabnet for 35 bucks (will post work in progress pics later)  and i am looking for a place to buy good buttons.. how about glow in the dark? or translucent?  all around the website there are clues to vendors but no links..  any hints?
Title: Re:I need button vendors
Post by: Chris Hanson on July 22, 2002, 12:47:25 am
Happ Controls seems to be the place.  www.happcontrols.com
Title: Re:I need button vendors
Post by: Bren R on July 22, 2002, 12:54:01 am
Bob Roberts

www.therealbobroberts.com
Title: Re:I need button vendors
Post by: SirPoonga on July 22, 2002, 12:56:09 am
If censoring was on, we'd have Thingyjabby.
Title: Re:I need button vendors
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 22, 2002, 12:57:35 am

Happ Controls seems to be the place.  www.happcontrols.com


No happs controls is definately not the place unless it's your last resort.  They have a lot of nice products but are always overpriced.  Try bob roberts and videoconnect.com first and if you can't find what you need then get it from happs.  

Btw the only way you can get translucent buttons is to use leaf style buttons which you can get at videoconnect.com.

p.s. their site is crap, call em and save yourself some hassle.  
Title: Re:I need button vendors
Post by: dgodwin on July 22, 2002, 01:05:16 am
try:
happ controls http://www.happcontrols.com (http://www.happcontrols.com)
bob roberts http://personal.msy.bellsouth.net/msy/b/o/bob147/ (http://personal.msy.bellsouth.net/msy/b/o/bob147/)
arcadeshop http://www.arcadeshop.com (http://www.arcadeshop.com)
wico http://www.wicothesource.com (http://www.wicothesource.com)
as well as ebay

daniel
Title: Re:I need button vendors
Post by: u_rebelscum on July 22, 2002, 05:27:02 am
Happ Controls seems to be the place.  www.happcontrols.com
No happs controls is definately not the place unless it's your last resort.  They have a lot of nice products but are always overpriced.


Not always.  ;)  Their horizontal microswitch buttons are currently on sale for 99 cents, plus an additional 2% off all online orders.  (The ultimate joysticks are on sale, very cheap, too, but don't buy them.)

Of course, if it's not on sale it's higher priced than other places.  And often even the sale items are still more expensive.   So unless you are going to buy 26 buttons (to meet there $25 minimum),  it is usually cheaper to buy elsewhere like Howard says.

However, I like checking out happs first for product information; they have better-then-most on-line info on their products.  Then I know which products #s to look for and which to avoid when I buy elsewhere.
Title: Re:I need button vendors
Post by: JustMichael on July 22, 2002, 10:28:12 am
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all around the website there are clues to vendors but no links..  any hints?


Huh??  I have to ask the question, "Are you blind??"
I don't mean to be rude but the menu for the ArcadeControls.com (http://www.arcadecontrols.com) site has one entry that says Links (http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade_links.shtml).  When you click it, you will find links to various vendors.
Title: Re:I need button vendors
Post by: Poonjabby on July 22, 2002, 06:01:45 pm
ahh geez...  i guess i am blind, but thanks for your opinions on the vendors anyways.