Atari2600.com

Includes Atari 2600, Nintendo 8-bit, Sega Master System, MSX and more!

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Has anyone ordered or have any experiance with the store on atari2600.com ? If its good I'll be looking at buing some stuff. Any info, input, ect would be helpful.

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I know the company and they are a very reasonable bunch. I personally think the website could be better arranged for frequent visitors/buyers (I hate thumbing through page after page)


They are very reputable. Check 'em out!

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Instead of start a new thread I thought it would be better to use this one, it already talks about a store.

http://www.vintagefunworld.com/

I found them just wandering around looking for vintage computers. The prices are very competive as listed, but I have no idea what their cost of shipping is though.
vskid wrote:Nerd = likes school, does all their homework, dies if they don't get 100% on every assignment
Geek = likes technology, dies if the power goes out and his UPS dies too

I am a geek.
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Wow, you can get all 3 of the main IC's for the atari 2600 for only $11! And the complete systems are cheap too!
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wow, the cheapest I've seen them for before is $24.
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Their NES systems are nicely priced too! I like this place.
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Do you guys think it would be worth ordering from? I'm just a little ify as I know no one that has heard let alone bought from thrm.
vskid wrote:Nerd = likes school, does all their homework, dies if they don't get 100% on every assignment
Geek = likes technology, dies if the power goes out and his UPS dies too

I am a geek.
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I'll buy I've always wanted a gemeni
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Well, I just ordered all of the atari ICs. It only cost $12.50 after shipping, and I paid with paypal. I have to say, buying them for that price is well worth it. Have you ever tried to desolder those chips? They are almost imposible to desolder.
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Did they tell you what method they were sending it, UPS, USPS, FedEx or some other means and how long it would take?
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Desolder? My atari ICs had sockets...
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Yeah, my atari was made later around 1982, so they're soldered in :(
I had them shipped by 1st class mail, so they shouldn't take too long.
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Ooohhh.... I didnt know that.... (Obviously!)
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Well, I ordered the atari ICs earlier this week, and shipping only took 3 days. They were well packed and stuck onto styrofoam so the pins wouldn't get bent.
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Wow sounds like we might have hit the jackpot on a place to order systems from, from now on.
vskid wrote:Nerd = likes school, does all their homework, dies if they don't get 100% on every assignment
Geek = likes technology, dies if the power goes out and his UPS dies too

I am a geek.
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