Author Topic: My Opinion on Pinball Importers.  (Read 1565 times)

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Offline Strangeways

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Re: My Opinion on Pinball Importers.
« Reply #30 on: December 13, 2012, 09:05:25 PM »
i have bought pins from many interstate busineses.none have been taged.this is sort of getting off topic. and will scare buyers away from the industry if they think a pin is not safe.
I can now see that prices will need to go up for machines that have been safety tagged as it will cost the seller to provide this before sale.not good. ^.^

Actually, it is VERY much "on topic" as it highlights the many corners that are cut by importers. Once you become a Business, it is entirely up to the owner to provide a reliable and honest product. It is THAT serious that it is LAW.

From January onwards, any games brought into my workshop that are NOT tag and tested will have to be before I work on them. Especially after the problematic games I've seen recently. I think that a Tag and Test is around $35 per machine, and is it mandatory if the power cable has to be replaced. Changing a power cord or fitting requires a license for a business, and then the item has to be tag and tested. I don't care how much it costs me, I'm covering my ass, and protecting my premises.

It is not a matter of new owners "thinking" that a pin is not safe, it is "knowing" it IS safe. Why don't charities accept second hand goods ? Because they have to be electrically safe.

Tag and Test is cheap. Cheaper than the margin importers charge for replacing a power cable (which I'm told one charges $250 !).
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