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FS Game Saru prize/vending/redemption imports - UPDATED 7/5 - Significant year update

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9/16 CONSOLIDATED UPDATE:
Tariff rate is currently at 15%. I am eating as much of the cost as I can, and exercising every tool in my kit to keep prices to consumers as low as possible. Listing prices should be more accurate now, but expect fluctuations on the dealing table. There should be no after import surprise costs, should be able to maintain the standard on that. I will still maintain my policy of 100% refund if something significant does change, though. I should be able to keep at least some of my standard discount policies as well.

We are still badly underfunded. 2024 was a hard year with a lot of unreasonably massive expenditures, both calculated and unexpected, a number of poor experiences with large transactions, and revenue was down around 30%. We caught up early this year, and lost every gain within 2-3 weeks of tariffs hitting. Sales is down 50% or more; we're sitting on nearly 300 unsold cabs, revenue approaching $500,000. We're completely out of space, horrendously undermanned, and have had most of us bedridden to deathly ill levels of sick lately, setting us even further behind. This update being nearly 4 MONTHS behind should say something. I DEEPLY apologize to people who have been waiting a long time for service. I don't want to excuse anything on our end, just understand that even our most immediate priority list is over 2 months long, forget everything else. There isn't much I can do with extremely low cash flow, space, and manpower. I only want people to understand where we are, and know that you are not forgotten or ignored.

Hard years happen in all businesses, it's expected, but we're maintaining a few processes to make sure we can come out stable. As such, we are very strongly enforcing our current no-holds policy, and full payment down only. We will also be skipping anyone on the waitlist that is not ready to make a purchase when stuff comes up. Finally, we will not be handling any sales outside of NA.

Moving on to updates. Added image links to most things.

Spoon (スポーン) moved to available now, price reduced to $1,700 (previous set had side lockers)

Moved vending machines to on-hand, keep forgetting to do this

CUBEMALL moved to on-hand, 12 or so available, price reduced to $1,500

Miniccha! (みにっちゃ！) moved to on-hand, last one left

Treasure Road (トレジャーロード) moved to incoming containers, cabs on-hand are sold

UFO Catcher 7 price lowered to $2,500, now 3 on hand

Added Tome Baachan no Dakashiya (とめばあちゃんの駄菓子屋), Triple Catcher Mega DASH, UFO A La Carte, NEW UFO Catcher, CATCHER VOICE-c-ute, ちびサークル

FK4, CLENA WIDE, Conveni Catcher (コンビニキャッチャー) to on-hand

COCKTAIRIUM, TRY POD, UFO Catcher 7 removed from future containers, all sold

Added CAPRICCIO SESAME W, CAPRICCIO BOX to future containers

Removed listing of 8, 10, and 12-slot vending machines to avoid confusion
 
We signed the lease on a new warehouse, which should finally solve our space issues for good. It severely increases our monthly expenses, but it's what is needed to keep things going. While I never expect people to fully understand what it takes to make this import service possible, hope at least someone gets it. It's been hard ):

My crew has been crazy busy for November with back-to-back events going on, and I've been on a breakneck schedule in Japan keeping things going. I apologize to those who've had the process drawn out far longer than normal, and if ever I am long to respond or take care of you. Doing our best!

With regards to tariffs, I've finished doing listing adjustments and estimates on what we sell. There may be light increases on price on some items from what is listed; I'm trying to do what I can to make sure what's listed is accurate, but I can't get it perfectly, and it takes more work to create accurate estimates. It means there may be higher prices when we discuss a sale, or less room for discounts than normal. Just a fair warning in advance. For the most part, it should be accurate, though. Mainly it'll be higher priced items getting adjusted upward, due to how I was allocating costs before.

On-hand Chibi Circle FK4 Sold

Capsule Station 6s are being taken off the market, we're probably going to be operating them

TRY DECK Sold

Treasure Road moved to on-hand

Gacha 2ez Gashapon cabs added to incoming/future containers

Screw Driver moved to on-hand

Spawn reduced to $2,000

Added GEMINI ICE to future containers

Added Capsule Station 4s and 5s to incoming containers

Added Sweet Land 4, UFO Catcher 7 MAX, Capriccio G-1, BELL CIRCLE Shining Blue, and Conveni Catcher 2 to incoming containers
 
Bumping up, everything is flowing smoothly. Had a bit of a do or die month, all sorted out. Will be a while until I can do another list update.

Had one container held for intensive exam, it has since cleared and been unloaded. Two more in customs right now for non-invasive.
 
Hoping to update listings in the next week or so. We've been insanely busy with 5 of 8+ containers in this batch coming in, and multiple large outgoing shipments. We're busy to a point of turning down non-essential requests again, so I'll be putting that note back up soon. It's a pretty strenuous period right now, both workload and recovering from our beginning of year financial strain. Back to stable, but still chasing the goalpost every week, going to be focusing on taking care of all that before taking time to help people with lower priority things! Feel free to keep sending any inquiries, just note that requests may be put on hold, or you may be asked to check in later when we free up.

That said, a lot has gone out, some longer-term orders are being fulfilled. If anyone feels I may have missed you or forgotten something, please reach out and let me know. Thank you all for the patience!
 
Honestly there's still a lot more to be done, but it's already taken me over 3 months to make a substantial update as it is. Throwing up what I have to say to start out, working from there.

Added Sweet Land 5 to future containers

Moved BELL CIRCLE, Capriccio G-1, Conveni Catcher 2, Gacha 2ez, Sweet Land 4, UFO Catcher 7 MAX to on-hand

Added Chibiccha! to incoming containers

Added COCKTAIRIUM to incoming containers

Sweet Goround sold

CAPRICCIO BOX added to on-hand, price updated to reflect current costs

Chinana Go added to on-hand
 
Bumping up, will be stateside end of the week to look over anything anyone needs looked at
 
We've reduced the container load for the last few months for some breathing room and it has helped. We have no intention to increase this rate right now, as sales are rock bottom at the moment. We're pretty overstocked and underfunded due to this. Generally any time estimates I give are accurate within a one month variance. There still won't be too much of desire in the on-hand section, and we'll be moving stuff only if there's demand to load those containers.

7/5 CONSOLIDATED UPDATE:
We're changing direction with the company. We were aiming high; museum, opening multiple arcades, merch, other imports, etc., but in this economy, we simply cannot survive if we're aiming to fulfill those dreams. I'll be starting to list/sell a number of things that don't normally get sold; very rare games, personal collection, candies, etc. There will be periods where I have an open offer for people to ask about anything. Don't expect listings to change fast. There's still a lot of groundwork to be laid for this path we're choosing to take.

Miniccha! and Chibiccha! sold

Capsule Station 4s moved to on-hand and downpriced to clear inventory, they are outdoor use, photos will be provided upon request

COCKTAIRIUMs moved to on-hand
 
Cereth said:
Machines For Sale (Available Now):

Everything in the warehouse now, and a few items within a week or two of arrival. They are close enough to not put in the "Incoming Containers" section.

BARBER CUT R - $2,100 - 2 available
BELL CIRCLE Shining Blue - $3,000
CAPRICCIO BOX - $2,250 - 2 available
Capriccio G-1 - $2,000
Capsule Station 4 - $300 - Price is for each 2-stack
COCKTAIRIUM - $2,750
CATCHER VOICE-c-ute - $1,500 - 4 available, price FIRM
Chinana GO (チンアナGO) - $4,000 - 1 available
CLENA WIDE - $3,000 - 2 available
Conveni Catcher (コンビニキャッチャー) - $2,500 - 2 available
Conveni Catcher 2 (コンビニキャッチャー２) - $2,000
CUBEMALL - $1,500 - 3 available, no internal shelving
Gacha 2ez (2-Stack) - $450 - MANY available, shipping a few to start, more at request
Gacha 2ez (3-Stack) - $700 - 3-9 available, shipping a few to start, more at request
Gashapon Station - $1,350 - These are brand-new top of the line Gashapons from BANDAI NAMCO, 2 units in a stack
NEW UFO Catcher - $2,000 - 2 available
Screw Driver - $1,750 - 1 available
Spawn (スポーン) - $2,000 - 8 available
Sweet Land 4 - $1,500
Tome Baachan no Dakashiya (とめばあちゃんの駄菓子屋) - $2,250 - 2 available
Treasure Road (トレジャーロード) - $4,000 - 1 available
Triple Catcher Mega DASH - $3,000 - 1 available
UFO A La Carte - $2,000 - 2 available
UFO Catcher 7 - $2,500 - 2 available
UFO Catcher 7 MAX - $2,000

Brought in a half container of vending machines. The options are 4 and 6 slot; 8, 10, and 12 slot sold out, and there will not be another order for probably 1-2 years. All of the machines are used, freshly repainted, and serviced by a vending machine company in Japan. They fit 350ml and 500ml cans.

There won't be brand names for them, as that apparently changes based on the company that orders them and a lot of other factors; there's something like 20+ suggested ones they sent us. There won't be any digital manuals to share either. Some example model names are below:

ABR-C4X-D4
ABR-C6X-C
ABR-C6X-D
ABR-C8X-D
FB-10B-D6
ABR-C6X-D5
FRA12BSSPD4-AB

These do not do hot, only cold. Coin and bill acceptors are up to you to figure out, we can't really help with that. The bill acceptors will not accept the new 1,000 bills that just came out, though.

4-slot Vending Machine - $1,525
6-slot Vending Machine - $1,575
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Are the NEW Ufo Catchers recapped? Would be a shame to get one only to find that the boards have been ruined by leaky 1991 caps!
 
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