Cereth
Legendary
UPDATED 1/20/2025
For general arcade sales, please refer to the sales thread here.
INQUIRIES THROUGH EMAIL WILL BE IGNORED. It is archaic and horribly suited to these type of sales. For more direct inquiries, please do so through the Facebook page, or request Discord contact via PM. Phone calls and text will be ignored as well, it doesn't work for us.
For inquiries with regards to inquiries and ordering cabinets in Australia, please contact Blue Spring Express. My listed inventory is generally for import to the US. Other regions are serviced on an extreme case-by-case basis only, but almost all cases will be a flat no. We simply do not have the manpower to handle a lot of extra logistics.
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) Vending Prizes, Extra Items
6) Special Requests
7) Information, Rules, & Policies
Extended Reading
Introduction:
Hey everyone, I'm Cereth a.k.a. Kenchan a.k.a. David, founder and owner of Game Saru, the largest independent importer and distributor of Japanese arcade machines and related goods in the world. I have for 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.
Since 2018, 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:
We've reduced the container load for the last few months for some breathing room and it has helped. We'll probably start picking up as soon as I can provide more regular listings. 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. We're pretty overstocked on a few things and underfunded atm besides.
1/20 UPDATE: We are still underfunded, and I estimate around 6 months to actually catch up; 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%. 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. The exchange rate is good right now, but container costs are still around triple or quadruple what they are normally. Price updates and whatnot reflect that, and take away a lot of our flexibility as the market changes too fast these days. Will probably need to adjust prices on the fly a bit.
I AM CLOSED TO ALL NON-STANDARD REQUESTS. Anything not listed or not common for import is not being handled right now. I am recovering from major stress, but I'm not taking anything on until 2026 to fully catch back up. I will not hold cabs for people unless there are extenuating circumstances that lead to it being beneficial; all cabs are sold first-come first-served. I am not ordering B1/B2 frames, TAITO benches, or stools, and currently not taking waitlist. I'm also not down to go through an extremely lengthy sales process beyond our norm, we don't have the energy or time to meet exceptional requests. If I say there's something we'll not do, please respect it and don't push. You don't have to buy if you aren't satisfied, and we're not going to push stress levels over a manageable amount to meet someone's needs. I understand this is going to put some people off, but I gotta draw a line right now for our own well-being. Most likely I'll be coming back with a better quality of service overall in 2025-2026.
For general arcade sales, please refer to the sales thread here.
INQUIRIES THROUGH EMAIL WILL BE IGNORED. It is archaic and horribly suited to these type of sales. For more direct inquiries, please do so through the Facebook page, or request Discord contact via PM. Phone calls and text will be ignored as well, it doesn't work for us.
For inquiries with regards to inquiries and ordering cabinets in Australia, please contact Blue Spring Express. My listed inventory is generally for import to the US. Other regions are serviced on an extreme case-by-case basis only, but almost all cases will be a flat no. We simply do not have the manpower to handle a lot of extra logistics.
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) Vending Prizes, Extra Items
6) Special Requests
7) Information, Rules, & Policies
Extended ReadingIntroduction:
Hey everyone, I'm Cereth a.k.a. Kenchan a.k.a. David, founder and owner of Game Saru, the largest independent importer and distributor of Japanese arcade machines and related goods in the world. I have for 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.
Since 2018, 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:
We've reduced the container load for the last few months for some breathing room and it has helped. We'll probably start picking up as soon as I can provide more regular listings. 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. We're pretty overstocked on a few things and underfunded atm besides.
1/20 UPDATE: We are still underfunded, and I estimate around 6 months to actually catch up; 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%. 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. The exchange rate is good right now, but container costs are still around triple or quadruple what they are normally. Price updates and whatnot reflect that, and take away a lot of our flexibility as the market changes too fast these days. Will probably need to adjust prices on the fly a bit.
I AM CLOSED TO ALL NON-STANDARD REQUESTS. Anything not listed or not common for import is not being handled right now. I am recovering from major stress, but I'm not taking anything on until 2026 to fully catch back up. I will not hold cabs for people unless there are extenuating circumstances that lead to it being beneficial; all cabs are sold first-come first-served. I am not ordering B1/B2 frames, TAITO benches, or stools, and currently not taking waitlist. I'm also not down to go through an extremely lengthy sales process beyond our norm, we don't have the energy or time to meet exceptional requests. If I say there's something we'll not do, please respect it and don't push. You don't have to buy if you aren't satisfied, and we're not going to push stress levels over a manageable amount to meet someone's needs. I understand this is going to put some people off, but I gotta draw a line right now for our own well-being. Most likely I'll be coming back with a better quality of service overall in 2025-2026.
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