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Getting games from the US
« Reply #75 on: August 25, 2011, 07:44:17 AM »
Hi there,

I was just wondering, as there are many nice cabs in the US, sometimes well priced. Do you guys sometimes do a sort of "group-import"? Like have a container waiting somewhere, everyone has his buys sent to the container, which is then shipped over here a shipping costs split. Or is there some other way you do it?
How much does it roughly cost to bring a cab over here?
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Re: Getting games from the US
« Reply #76 on: August 25, 2011, 08:01:16 AM »
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Re: Getting games from the US
« Reply #77 on: August 25, 2011, 08:45:41 AM »
Oh well then, ok, maybe not...Scary stuff.
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Re: Getting games from the US
« Reply #78 on: August 25, 2011, 09:48:34 AM »
The key to do it is to have someone in the US crazy enough to spend loads of time to organize it on that side. Which is very unlikely, time=money,esp. in the US.
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Re: Getting games from the US
« Reply #79 on: August 25, 2011, 02:00:42 PM »
I told you that a friend of mine is living in Florida and he will Be appreciated to help us !
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Re: Getting games from the US
« Reply #80 on: August 25, 2011, 03:52:28 PM »
Not for me my friend....game room is almost full and will be completely full very soon !
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Re: Getting games from the US
« Reply #81 on: August 25, 2011, 06:22:54 PM »
I've done it before and I think at least one other UKVAC'er has done it before also. In my case it was back in 2001. The way that it worked is that over the previous year or so UK folks would have their US purchases shipped to me in the US. They accumulated in my garage in the US with a plan that the whole lot, 24 or so games plus boxes of parts etc, would go in a 20ft container. The UKVAC folks planned to attend CalEx in September 2001 and the container was booked to load during their stay.

As it turned out, the world changed on Sept 11th and only one UKVAC'er got out before air was shut down. Despite that little bump, me the VAC'er, the truck driver and my dad managed to get all the stuff on the container and off it went. It arrived in the UK OK and a few of the UKVAC'ers managed the drop-off, collection and distribution of the contents accross the UK.

So it's doable, but not for the faint of heart...
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Re: Getting games from the US
« Reply #82 on: August 25, 2011, 06:29:47 PM »
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Re: Getting games from the US
« Reply #83 on: August 25, 2011, 07:06:56 PM »
Hey Paul, you owe me 1 ;)  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Seriously....if you find a Gravitar, let me know !
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Re: Importing cabs from the USA
« Reply #84 on: August 25, 2011, 07:14:28 PM »
if i hadn't missedthat wonderful tapper, you could have jumped aboard with the gravitar. it is still available for 350 bucks. i have found a very cheap shipping company from the usa to germany, but i'm waiting for the right first game to show up to give it a try. that right first game would have to be something like tapper or lunar lander ...
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Re: Importing cabs from the USA
« Reply #85 on: August 25, 2011, 07:16:05 PM »
...only 23 more Zac's to find and that's enough credits to earn yourself a 20ft container  ;D
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Re: Importing cabs from the USA
« Reply #86 on: August 26, 2011, 02:37:25 AM »
I just got a quote of 1700 usd from the States for a cab, that is insane.
I guess a bulk buy would be much cheaper.
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Re: Importing cabs from the USA
« Reply #87 on: August 26, 2011, 07:10:29 AM »
It IS insane because I got that price for a 20' container a couple of years ago when I asked for an offer. That wasn't door to door though but port to port.

A regular cab was about 900 or so a year or two/three ago (US to Belgium, at least that's what a friend payed).
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