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Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: Shieldwolf on June 13, 2003, 11:54:26 am
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So I saw that some of you guys bought from bob roberts instead of Happs. What's his story? Is his stuff used? Could you give me some info
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His stuff is new or NOS... (although I'm sure he has tons of used parts too if you need something really old/rare)
He's just a heck of a guy, providing really good service to collectors/restorers/mame cabineters (we need a better verb -- byocer's?)
why not check out his site and see (granted his site is very frontpage98 looking but it's got golden items for good prices...)
http://www.therealbobroberts.com (http://www.therealbobroberts.com)
He just has a great reputation... I believe he keeps his prices low because:
a. he doesn't try to squeeze every penny out of the community
b. he probably buys happs stuff in bulk and passes on the savings to you! =P
*shrug*
rampy
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His stuff is new or NOS... (although I'm sure he has tons of used parts too if you need something really old/rare)
He also has a TON of great info. Read, for example, the article at http://www.dameon.net/BBBB/buildit.html regarding wiring a cabinet from scratch, or his notes on lighting a trackball at http://www.dameon.net/BBBB/mynotes.html#tblamp . Bob Roberts is truly a treasure to the arcade community.
--Chris
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also see: http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=8435;start=msg62138#msg62138
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I bought a lot of joysticks and trackball mounting plates from Bob. Got them cheaper than I could from Happs and they arrived quickly.
Before ordering I sent Bob an email asking if they were used and he replied he'd have to be running some kind of junk yard to have that many used joysticks:).
I highly recommend him.
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I've purchased from Bob twice. Great prices, great variety, and great service. Don't even consider buying anywhere else - seriously. he ships very fast too!
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I ordered an Aari big blue capasitor from him and he sent it to me before I even mailed the check ! because he knew that I was anxious to see if it would solve my broken Asteroids machine problem.He is an extremely trusting person and probably doesn't have an enemy in the world. I can't think of a better person to buy from. The world needs more people like Bob.
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Bob truely rawks! Bought my joysticks and buttons from him, and got it really fast, even though he shipped it to Denmark! He even included 2 american brownies in the package, totally awesome :D :D :D He's truely worth recommending. Cheap, fast and reliable :)
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Bob truely rawks! Bought my joysticks and buttons from him, and got it really fast, even though he shipped it to Denmark! He even included 2 american brownies in the package, totally awesome :D :D :D He's truely worth recommending. Cheap, fast and reliable :)
If you don't mind me asking, how did you actually pay him?
I'd like to place an order but he doesn't accept credit cards or Paypal, and drawing a money order in a foreign currency is seriously expensive where I live (UK).
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I paid him over some other service than paypal. He suggested it as I asked him how we're gonna do the transaction, and must say, it worked smoothly. The firm doing the transaction let me go through a bit of hassle though, had to scan my visa-card and drivers license, so they were 100% sure it was me. So I scanned both cards, blurred all card-number infos in photoshop, and mailed it to them, and presco, all was done done :) Can't remember the name of the firm though, but mail Bob and ask him what to do, he sure do know :)