Texas Pinball Festival

RobZombie · Mar 21, 2018

AlanJ said:
I was amazed - I could have come home with a working EM machine in pretty good shape for $300.
I am tempted to go to the states and buy a load of machines. It costs about £2.5K to ship a full container from USA to UK, door to door. Can probably get 40+ pins in, so about £75 a machine.

Count me in for any group buy!

Tilt_Birmingham · Mar 21, 2018

AlanJ said:
I was amazed - I could have come home with a working EM machine in pretty good shape for $300.
I am tempted to go to the states and buy a load of machines. It costs about £2.5K to ship a full container from USA to UK, door to door. Can probably get 40+ pins in, so about £75 a machine.

I don't think its simple as that... Wouldn't duty and VAT be due on the machines?

Deleted member 2463 · Mar 21, 2018

Tilt_Birmingham said:
I don't think its simple as that... Wouldn't duty and VAT be due on the machines?

yup, but even so its still a lot cheaper than machine costs here (at least if the pound stays its course).

Neil.

Deleted member 2463 · Mar 21, 2018

but you would have to get them to port and loaded etc, which will definitely have a cost.

AlanJ · Mar 21, 2018

Yes VAT to be added. but at $300 - it would work out at around £44 VAT. Unlikely to pay any further duty.

AlanJ · Mar 21, 2018

Neil McRae said:
but you would have to get them to port and loaded etc, which will definitely have a cost.

I've got a "door to door" quote - so it includes road shipping in USA to port, loading, shipping by sea, landing & unload UK, customs clearance, road transport to Uk address. The real issue is getting a full load together - will need storing in a warehouse in USA until you have a full load. It would be logistically better to fill a container with Spooky TNA's & ACNC's ;-)

Deleted member 2463 · Mar 21, 2018

And VAT on the shipping costs.

Bandit Boy · Mar 21, 2018

Great pics, thx for sharing... An incredible amount of EM's.

Deleted member 2463 · Mar 24, 2018

had great fun Saturday night playing Batman 66 on DeadFlip's stream from the show... I managed to beat Jack and the Aussies; and I was winning against Lyman until his last ball and boom! it all then went a bit south with a lot of beer!