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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Popcorrin on November 08, 2004, 10:03:43 am
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Who sells the cheapest pushbuttons?
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I don't know, but don't cut corners on the controls you play with. Only use horizontal microswitch for those. The vertical ones stick.
Bob
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Who sells the cheapest pushbuttons?
http://www.x-arcade.com/arcade_parts.shtml
20 for $10, any color you want as long as it's black.
Did you mean quality or price? (not sure if it makes a difference).
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I meant price, but I don't want to waste my money on a crappy product either. Thanks for the responses.
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Yep, the X-Gaming buttons are the cheapest. I was going to use them for a cocktail cabinet a while back, but I was using Happ start buttons and the X buttons just felt too cheap to use along-side them. Ended up getting a load of buttons from a Wico sale (think they were $1.20 each) and ditched the X-Gaming buttons. They feel just as good as Happ's, IMO.
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I meant price, but I don't want to waste my money on a crappy product either. Thanks for the responses.
I was pretty much joking. The X-arcade buttons have been reviewed a bunch of times before. They're not as good as Happs, but they're not too bad either.
If you want colors or genuine Happs go with www.therealbobroberts.com or the E-bay sellers Peale mentions in the "OMG - Peale ripped me off, just kidding" thread.
EDIT - thread here - http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=26924;start=msg223347#msg223347 (http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=26924;start=msg223347#msg223347)
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I don't think you save all that much on buttons.
but cheapest... ebay.
search every few weeks and you will find used happs buttons for 25c each or so. I bought a few hundred years ago...
only about 3/4 worked... and picking colors would have been nice...
but the pre- cigarettes burns was GREAT! authentic yet, doesn't require me to start smoking again.