Table of Contents:
1) Introduction / Order Status
2) Machines For Sale (Available Now)
3) Machines For Sale (Incoming Containers)
4) Machines For Sale (Future Containers)
5) Kits & Parts For Sale
6) Special Requests
7) Information, Rules, & Policies
Introduction:
Hey everyone, I'm Cereth a.k.a. Kenchan a.k.a. David, founder and owner of Game Saru, an importer of Japanese arcade machines and related goods. I have a long time been an enthusiast in the hobby, and my goal with the company is to provide a more in-touch import service for these goods to my fellows in the community, and to provide rental services for Japanese arcade machines to various events. This thread serves to fulfill the former of the two.
Over the last three years, I've built up everything I feel necessary to provide a better overall service in importing these goods to North America. I want to make sure all games purchased meet the requirements of a buyer. I generally try to get photos of the cabinets to show the cosmetic and monitor condition, as well as information about specifics where necessary, and will work one-on-one with you to answer any questions or concerns you may have.
If you would like to ask for anything that is not listed, please refer to "Special Requests". For any information on payment policies, rules, about the process, please refer to "Information, Rules, & Policies".
Order Status:
Sea freight is EXTREMELY backed up. Up until now I've been able to provide accurate general, if not somewhat broad arrival estimates and keep them consistently. Right now every single step of the process is experiencing delays. Some background: currently the US is exporting less, but importing more from Asian countries. As a result, there are a lot of empty containers in the US and not enough in Asia to fill goods with. As a result, empty containers are being shipped out of the US so that enough empties are in Asia to load. With lots of empties here in the US, yards are getting overfull from it, causing incoming containers to be delayed for unloading while stuff is getting cleared out. Additionally, since so much is getting imported, it's harder for trucking companies to book a time to get into the yard to clear out incoming stuff, just making the yards even busier. Adding to all that, there's a shortage of truckers right now. All of this leads to ships being stuck in the harbor unable to even dock to unload because yards are too busy/full. That leads to delays unloading, delays getting stuff out of the yard. Those ships are now only getting back to Asia a week or two late, setting everything even farther back. The whole mess leads to major increases in shipping cost, difficulty getting empty containers, difficulty booking a slot, etc. It started getting bad at the end of last Fall, and has only continued to compound on itself since.
PLEASE, understand this when you make an order with me. I am having ridiculously high volume right now, literally 6x normal, and I'm only one person. As of writing this, I have over 450 cabinets ordered, $300,000 a month going out to cover it all roughly, so delays aside, I have been asking people be prompt with their payment/orders. It's a lot of money to manage and have up front, and there's so many orders backed up that I can't put an unpaid item in a slot on a container; space is at a premium. I'm hoping to clear though this backlog within 3 months, but no promises. Just keep in mind that container delays don't mean I have more time to pay for the containers; they still need to be paid before we can even look for booking slots.
That said, here's our current container status. The container meant for Feb 26 has been pushed back to Mar 24. I no longer am willing to guarantee any timeframes because every week seems to be another delay, and I don't like promising what can't be kept. It is completely out of my hands right now. The next container got delayed by 2 weeks, and is now shipping with the 3rd, those are SUPPOSED to load by the end of March. There's another container ending before the end of March as well. There'll probably be 2 loading in April. After that, there aren't any scheduled per se, they are waiting on booking. I'm having them find booking ASAP, which is why I need to make sure people pay for their orders ASAP as well; I want to make sure everything is paid by the time they are ready to go. I'm going out on a limb to make sure stuff moves as quickly as possible.
In a previous update, I mentioned that the exchange rate was on a steady decline; if you check now, you'll see it actually shot back up again. Since shipping costs are getting so high, I still don't want to adjust prices based on it, so please understand that I still use a ¥100/$1 rate to estimate my prices. It just makes everything easier. As backed up as things are, items people haven't bought/paid for will simply not go on a container at all. Almost everything I have in the warehouse right now or on a container coming in is already sold, even junk items I haven't listed people have taken from me because there's just nothing left. If you want something, even if not listed on this thread, ASK IN ADVANCE. If I don't get you on a waitlist, I can't order stuff for you. Again, give it 3 months or so and hopefully I'll actually catch back up to some semblance of normalcy.
1) Introduction / Order Status
2) Machines For Sale (Available Now)
3) Machines For Sale (Incoming Containers)
4) Machines For Sale (Future Containers)
5) Kits & Parts For Sale
6) Special Requests
7) Information, Rules, & Policies
Introduction:
Hey everyone, I'm Cereth a.k.a. Kenchan a.k.a. David, founder and owner of Game Saru, an importer of Japanese arcade machines and related goods. I have a long time been an enthusiast in the hobby, and my goal with the company is to provide a more in-touch import service for these goods to my fellows in the community, and to provide rental services for Japanese arcade machines to various events. This thread serves to fulfill the former of the two.
Over the last three years, I've built up everything I feel necessary to provide a better overall service in importing these goods to North America. I want to make sure all games purchased meet the requirements of a buyer. I generally try to get photos of the cabinets to show the cosmetic and monitor condition, as well as information about specifics where necessary, and will work one-on-one with you to answer any questions or concerns you may have.
If you would like to ask for anything that is not listed, please refer to "Special Requests". For any information on payment policies, rules, about the process, please refer to "Information, Rules, & Policies".
Order Status:
Sea freight is EXTREMELY backed up. Up until now I've been able to provide accurate general, if not somewhat broad arrival estimates and keep them consistently. Right now every single step of the process is experiencing delays. Some background: currently the US is exporting less, but importing more from Asian countries. As a result, there are a lot of empty containers in the US and not enough in Asia to fill goods with. As a result, empty containers are being shipped out of the US so that enough empties are in Asia to load. With lots of empties here in the US, yards are getting overfull from it, causing incoming containers to be delayed for unloading while stuff is getting cleared out. Additionally, since so much is getting imported, it's harder for trucking companies to book a time to get into the yard to clear out incoming stuff, just making the yards even busier. Adding to all that, there's a shortage of truckers right now. All of this leads to ships being stuck in the harbor unable to even dock to unload because yards are too busy/full. That leads to delays unloading, delays getting stuff out of the yard. Those ships are now only getting back to Asia a week or two late, setting everything even farther back. The whole mess leads to major increases in shipping cost, difficulty getting empty containers, difficulty booking a slot, etc. It started getting bad at the end of last Fall, and has only continued to compound on itself since.
PLEASE, understand this when you make an order with me. I am having ridiculously high volume right now, literally 6x normal, and I'm only one person. As of writing this, I have over 450 cabinets ordered, $300,000 a month going out to cover it all roughly, so delays aside, I have been asking people be prompt with their payment/orders. It's a lot of money to manage and have up front, and there's so many orders backed up that I can't put an unpaid item in a slot on a container; space is at a premium. I'm hoping to clear though this backlog within 3 months, but no promises. Just keep in mind that container delays don't mean I have more time to pay for the containers; they still need to be paid before we can even look for booking slots.
That said, here's our current container status. The container meant for Feb 26 has been pushed back to Mar 24. I no longer am willing to guarantee any timeframes because every week seems to be another delay, and I don't like promising what can't be kept. It is completely out of my hands right now. The next container got delayed by 2 weeks, and is now shipping with the 3rd, those are SUPPOSED to load by the end of March. There's another container ending before the end of March as well. There'll probably be 2 loading in April. After that, there aren't any scheduled per se, they are waiting on booking. I'm having them find booking ASAP, which is why I need to make sure people pay for their orders ASAP as well; I want to make sure everything is paid by the time they are ready to go. I'm going out on a limb to make sure stuff moves as quickly as possible.
In a previous update, I mentioned that the exchange rate was on a steady decline; if you check now, you'll see it actually shot back up again. Since shipping costs are getting so high, I still don't want to adjust prices based on it, so please understand that I still use a ¥100/$1 rate to estimate my prices. It just makes everything easier. As backed up as things are, items people haven't bought/paid for will simply not go on a container at all. Almost everything I have in the warehouse right now or on a container coming in is already sold, even junk items I haven't listed people have taken from me because there's just nothing left. If you want something, even if not listed on this thread, ASK IN ADVANCE. If I don't get you on a waitlist, I can't order stuff for you. Again, give it 3 months or so and hopefully I'll actually catch back up to some semblance of normalcy.
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