Yes, paying PBR is not as straight forward as paying most places. Steve doesnt trust online payments and i dont blame him.. too many scammers. Yep he is a bit old school and YOU the recipient of the goods have to work that little bit harder to pay him.
But lets not forget that once you have set up your account ( which takes 1 order - the first order) and have your account number, you can order parts and they will be sent out BEFORE you have even been to the local Western Union outlet or visited your bank. My parts often arrive before ive sent the cheque off.
He also has parts that noone else has or would even want because they would not sell enough to warrant the stock and lets also not forget that the postage costs for a PBR order are exactly what it costs him to ship. In fact he will quote you AFTER he has made up the box and weighed it so he can be precise in his charging.
Without PBR, many machines would just not be restored... who else makes NEW woodrails for 50's machines? Who has all moulds made for new bumper caps? In fact i wanted "star burst" caps but in a different colour to what was available. Once i had shown Steve that these were in fact an original colour, he had them specially made for me!
I often feel that Steves attitude to getting paid is that if he cant see it or touch it then he cant be 100% sure that its there.... must admit, i wholeheartedly sympathise with this approach
