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Offline beaky

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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2009, 10:43:55 PM »
my god man
now that was a nightmare.
i did see a driving arcade video game a couple of weeks ago going cheap on ebay (well half of it was) the seat half of the machine was stolen or lost in transit.
so all he had was the stearing wheel half, which with the way it was made it would have been near impossible to play without sitting down.


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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #16 on: March 27, 2009, 04:09:04 PM »
Lucky you could actually track that one down arcadoz  ^&^
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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #17 on: March 27, 2009, 04:27:00 PM »
it would be so much easier if still i lived in melbourne.
i would just latch a trailer to the car and pick up my pin.
the worst thing now is that it will be raining most of next week so on with the tarps.
then im sure the tarp will start flapping away when im on the motorway.
so ill have to pull up under a bridge and tie it all down hopping  to the all mighty pinball god that the water hasn't got to the wood or electronics.
owe well gives me time to make more room in my garage for it.
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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #18 on: March 27, 2009, 04:35:53 PM »
Its not so good living in Melbourne and within a driving distance to Mark & Geoff's....Always seem to be buying pins and when I'm not I am down there looking at my next purchase!

Anyway, last time I picked on up, it was a rare day and a little bit of rain in Melbourne.  Mark kindly wrapped the machine in plastic - looked like a jumbo roll of gladwrap...round and round up and down on the pin.  I then had a couple of tarps of it too.  Tarps got wet on top, dry as underneith.  Probably didn't need the plastic but you dont want water on a machine....!

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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #19 on: March 27, 2009, 04:41:02 PM »
unfotunatly its about a 100k round trip to the depot and back.
but its a lot cheaper for me to pick it up then to ship it from brisbane to here.
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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #20 on: March 27, 2009, 07:24:06 PM »
It was raining when I picked my pins up, too. A big tarp plus some blocks of wood to lift the pins off the tray did the trick.
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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #21 on: March 27, 2009, 09:58:05 PM »
Quote from: ktm450 on March 27, 2009, 04:09:04 PM
Lucky you could actually track that one down arcadoz  ^&^

Yes, big breakthrough was a courier's signature that was actually legible!
Another annoyance was the machine passed within 1Km of where I lived and travelled a further 40 Kms to their depot. ^&^
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« Reply #22 on: March 27, 2009, 10:21:09 PM »
i hope i never have to go thru an epic journey to retrieve a pin...

It's pretty bad when the seller practically has to fit a temporary GPS transmitter beacon inside the pin so you have 1/2 a chance of tracing it's wherabouts ;-(

MM.
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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #23 on: March 27, 2009, 11:31:59 PM »
looks like i will be picking up 2 pins on monday.
just scored another project pin.
bought it from brisbane.
williams jokerz
you all probably saw it on ebay
actually make it 3 pins.
my nephew has a last action hero he wants me to restore.
i will be picking it up from the gold coast.
no more pins for me for a few months.
i now have 4 pins to restore.

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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #24 on: March 28, 2009, 08:46:00 AM »
Quote from: Beaky on March 27, 2009, 11:31:59 PM
looks like i will be picking up 2 pins on monday.
just scored another project pin.
bought it from brisbane.
williams jokerz
you all probably saw it on ebay
actually make it 3 pins.
my nephew has a last action hero he wants me to restore.
i will be picking it up from the gold coast.
no more pins for me for a few months.
i now have 4 pins to restore.



LAH rules!  I did mine up, but sadly sold it for a Getaway.  My missus is still angry at me for it!
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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #25 on: March 28, 2009, 02:55:58 PM »
No Beaky its no easier living near Marks and Geoffs as each time i leave i'm still thinking i want to fit one more on the ute while im here lol.  But with 4 pins to restore you should be busy for a while now
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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #26 on: March 29, 2009, 12:15:07 AM »
hey beaky was the jokerz from max driller aka All pinball in morningside, brisbane?. I hope this transaction goes well, plenty have been burnt! !@#
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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #27 on: March 29, 2009, 05:49:49 AM »
yeah it was, well sort of, the pin is owned by another fellow who i have spoken to he just got max to list it for him.
plus it was bought as a project.
 i will keep you informed on how big the fire is (the bigger the fire the worse i get burned)
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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #28 on: March 30, 2009, 11:22:55 AM »
pinbot has finaly arrived at the transport depot $#$
now ive got to go and pick it up & yes it is raining ^&^

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Re: SLACK transport company
« Reply #29 on: March 30, 2009, 03:55:20 PM »
bugger its forecasted to rain all week in brisvegus??
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