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Bob Roberts shipped me a glass Kangaroo bezel yesterday. How many pieces will it arrive in?

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Now taking bets
« on: August 12, 2003, 07:20:13 am »
Ok. Place your bets. Grand prize winner might possibly get a piece of the bezel.  ;D
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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2003, 09:00:01 am »
yep, the last one.....

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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2003, 10:33:31 am »
looks like i'm sharing the pieces after you break it. ;)
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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2003, 05:20:28 pm »
I vote for perfect condition.

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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2003, 02:34:00 am »
If it was me, I'd vote for the last one.  Since it's not me, I'll trust you aren't that clumsy. ;D
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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2003, 06:15:23 pm »
Well, it looks like everyone loses.

The bezel arrived in one piece, but it was the wrong one. I ordered a Kangaroo one, but recieved a Dig Dug one.
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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2003, 06:17:43 pm »
HAHAHA!!! That's too hilarious for words... Wellyou never offered that as an option for voting.

So Bob Roberts made a mistake? Hope this doesn't become a trend... I'm placing an order today!


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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2003, 06:26:27 pm »
Well, on the plus side. This was just a backup part. I already have a mint glass on my Kangaroo. This one will also fit it, so it still makes a good backup part, and now I can hang it on the wall since it is different than the one on my game.

It was packed very well though.
« Last Edit: August 13, 2003, 06:28:27 pm by paigeoliver »
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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2003, 06:58:04 pm »
Sweet.  

Are you going to contact Bob to see if he has the right one?

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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2003, 07:05:44 pm »
Sweet.  

Are you going to contact Bob to see if he has the right one?

I did contact Bob to let him know that I did not get the right one. I did not ask for a replacement. I still got a good price, and I did receive a nice looking bezel. It isn't worth the shipping cost to send this one back, and then have him send me another one. I really didn't even expect it to arrive in one piece.

Now to Bob's credit, he had it listed as an "atari monitor bezel" on his site. I called it a Kangaroo one when I talked to him. But I will bet he has a whole stack of "Atari Monitor Bezels", and simply grabbed the wrong one.

I did however ask that he put an extra leaf switch in my next order, because one of the tabs you solder the wire to on the long handled Wicos I ordered was broken.

Oh, and those long handled Wico sticks are SWEET. Well worth the $20 each he wants for them. The handles, switches, washers, and grommet are all new. The only old parts are the bases and the springs.

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UPDATE.

Bob has offered to find me a Kangaroo bezel, but I told him not to worry about it, as it would be a whole lot of trouble and expense, but to just put a little something extra in my next order instead.
« Last Edit: August 13, 2003, 10:26:43 pm by paigeoliver »
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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2003, 02:37:25 am »
Unbelievable, when I first wrote my reply I wrote perfect condition wrong bezel but then I thought better of it and just wrote perfect condition. What a crack up I can't believe it LMAO!

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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2003, 06:36:01 pm »
Bob just emailed me, and he has the correct replacment bezel already in the mail. So I have unlocked the voting so we can guess on the status of the new one.  ;D
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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2003, 09:12:32 pm »
I say it be a possible terrorist threat you know how us aussies train our kangaroos he will K.O u ;D lol

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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2003, 05:50:19 pm »
The replacement bezel arrived in one piece. It is in pretty good condition. I would say the one on my machine is an A+, this one would be maybe a B+, while the Dig Dug one I got was maybe a C+.
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Re:Now taking bets
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2003, 09:08:25 pm »
so all u need now is a D+ 1  ;D