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US Ebay, I hate it
« on: October 20, 2009, 08:36:38 PM »
It's absolutely no fun to browse US Ebay, see all those very nice classic arcade cabs, for very pleasant prices, and to know at the same time that they will most likely never shine in my gameroom. Shipping cost, Insurance premium and duties are real funkillers.  :'(


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Re: US Ebay, I hate it
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2009, 08:40:00 PM »
Games need to be imported by the container to keep it a little bit cost-effective....

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Re: US Ebay, I hate it
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2009, 08:53:09 PM »
I know several people who imported cabinets from USA to Europe... and I can tell you they paid a lot of money for that : First the shipping cost, but also HUGE incoming taxes and other fee impossible to list or even to explain here :(

Like says AndrĂ©, container and a lot of games are the key for a 'reasonable' price...  :-\

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Re: US Ebay, I hate it
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2009, 09:25:21 PM »

Like says AndrĂ©, container and a lot of games are the key for a 'reasonable' price...  :-\

Probably true, but almost impossible to organize from here, and that's too bad because the costs to ship a 40ft. container to Europe are pretty low thanks to the economic crisis.

But you would need good contacts in the USA, storage space (for a considerable period in order to collect a container load of games), overland transport services and packing services, a transport agent to handle the export and shipping docs and to guard loading on board, etc., etc.

Will never happen.

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Re: US Ebay, I hate it
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2009, 10:23:27 PM »
It's been done before by some UK guys and I know some people who do it.

But you are right, exactly those things you mention are keeping me from even trying.