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Oh my God, I want one !!!!!
patrickl:
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--- Quote from: Level42 on October 20, 2007, 04:32:36 pm ---they're a bit pricey but they are the coolest Game Room neon's I've ever seen !
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these are actually very reasonably priced...they should be closer to $350...
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Yeah I saw some US based sign shops ask prices like that too. Guess he got it done a lot cheaper in China though.
Level42:
Yeah, you're right, although €350,- is a bit too much I guess.
Compare it to this f.i.: http://www.elektroshop.nl/index1.html
The seller of these great neon's is actually a wholesaler in GSM (mobile) phones and wanted to have mobile phone shaped neon's for his company. Since he's a pinball collector, he also ordered the pinball neon's and then the next step was the arcade (video) neon's.
So, these are custom made, not in Germany but in China of course...where else can you have manual labor for a price like that. These things ARE hand-made. (and don't forget the shipping costs !!!!)
He says normaly a custom series like this is costing much more (3/4 times).
I was comparing the price to those very small "table stand" run-of-the-mill neons which you can get at DIY stores etc. here, but of course, these are much bigger...
Patrick, I insist you deliver it to my home so you can play my Galaxian (and Star Wars if you want to :) )
I send him a message through E-bay in response to that Pinball neon add you quote and asked about the videogame neons, and he replied that they were still available....
You gotta use www.ebay.de instead of ebay.com to find it. Here's a direct link:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190154898697&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
Pat, maybe you can ask if he can do it without the Mwst. ? ;) Maybe when you pick it up there...
patrickl:
--- Quote from: Level42 on October 22, 2007, 05:24:17 pm ---You gotta use www.ebay.de instead of ebay.com to find it. Here's a direct link:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190154898697&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
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Doesn't matter if I use .com or .de or .nl actually. I find the same shop. The aucton in that link has ended and there is now no Arcade sign in the shop. Anyway, if he says he still has some then I guess we're OK.
--- Quote ---Pat, maybe you can ask if he can do it without the Mwst. ? ;) Maybe when you pick it up there...
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heh, I could ask yes.
patrickl:
Alrighty, I booked the trip and the guy mailed me he has 2 of them for us. WOOT 8)
After this trip I have to leave for Dublin right away, so I wont have the time to swing by and drop the neon off right away :-[
patrickl:
Lol, he warns me he's gone during the weekend since he's going to the Dutch Pinball Open in Deventer. Guess he could have brought a few neons there too :P
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