Best Electronics

Bikerbob · Post by **Bikerbob** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:37 pm

Anyone else tried to get ahold of Brad at best over the last few months?
I have not had a response to emails since October.

Anyone?

James

darwinmac · Post by **darwinmac** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:32 pm

I would suggest calling him. It’s possible your emails never rearched him. He appears to have an aggressive spam filter. As far as I know, he is still in business.

dhedberg · Post by **dhedberg** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:42 pm

Ordered some stuff from him back in August (by email). He was quick to reply then. Hope he's OK.

Tronic · Post by **Tronic** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:13 pm

I bought some stuff earlier this year but not lately. Brad is a legend!

Sturm · Post by **Sturm** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:36 pm

It seems to be a good shop, but the design is horrible. Never had the courage to try and find something there

Tronic · Post by **Tronic** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:11 pm

Retro 80s dude!

Web 0.2beta3

Post by **mikro** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:32 pm

Well, I haven't seen a reply from him since February... (tried several times during the year, nothing).

rickerbh · Post by **rickerbh** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:39 pm

I bought from them in mid-October. Replies were quick, and shipping was quick.

dhedberg · Post by **dhedberg** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:42 pm

Sturm wrote:It seems to be a good shop, but the design is horrible. Never had the courage to try and find something there

The web site is chaotic. You need to get his catalogue. It's a bible of Atari parts.

Tronic · Post by **Tronic** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:59 pm

mikro wrote:Well, I haven't seen a reply from him since February... (tried several times during the year, nothing).

Try a different email address just in case you're going into spam ?

oraclejedi · Post by **oraclejedi** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 6:30 am

Ordered some 8-bit games 10 days ago by phone, they arrived yesterday.

Brad is just amazing.

af0l · Post by **af0l** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 6:58 pm

The shipping costs to Europe is the only reason why I don't shop there more regulary. The service is great though, great items, fast shipping.

leech · Post by **leech** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:33 am

Ha, I thought for sure the last items I ordered from him were going to cost a small fortune to ship. It was the Wizztronics Falcon rack mount kit, and some smaller things. I think from California to Utah was like 30 bucks.

LevelFT · Post by **LevelFT** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:58 pm

I e-mailed him 31-12-2017 and got an answer the same day.

You MUST put the word Atari in your subject or the e-mail won't reach him....

Sadly....the price he wants for a piece of plastic is out of this Galaxy...

LevelFT · Post by **LevelFT** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:25 pm

Oops,I have to correct this....the price he quoted was for a full HD kit, meaning plastic cover, metal support, HD controller PCB, mounting hardware, installation manual and software drivers....so not just the bare plastic....

Post by **mikro** » Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:59 am

Well, it seems I must have offended him or something. I tried my personal domain email, wrote the email in plain text (no html), had the Atari word in subject and still no reply.

I swear I only wanted to purchase stuff from him and asked him if they are available. :-/

Blur2040 · Post by **Blur2040** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:03 pm

I feel compelled to step in with further anecdotal evidence.

I emailed Best on Sunday evening with a simple one item order with the necessary information to complete it. He emailed me back to confirm a detail (which was my fault) and it was shipped by Monday evening. I'm pleased. I'm in the U.S., so it seems I'll get it before the end of the week.

He says that he responds to all Atari related inquiries and I believe him.

Post by **Gaiyan** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:37 am

Oh, he’s been super quick and friendly in all my dealings with him. Very pleasant to do business with.

Bikerbob · Post by **Bikerbob** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:02 pm

mikro wrote:Well, it seems I must have offended him or something. I tried my personal domain email, wrote the email in plain text (no html), had the Atari word in subject and still no reply.

I swear I only wanted to purchase stuff from him and asked him if they are available. :-/

I guess I am in the same boat.. I have bought a number of things from him, and he has not responsed to me since OCT.

James

ranix · Post by **ranix** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:04 pm

I purchased some equipment in November and he was very responsive and helpful. He might have taken some time off for the December holidays

Post by **mikro** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:47 am

Public plea for help: if anyone can mention my name to him (Miro Kropacek) and ask him whether he can check his mailbox, I would owe you one. Getting a reply like "Yeah, I hate him" is totally OK :), I just want to be sure it's not a technical issue.

DarkLord · Post by **DarkLord** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:46 am

leech wrote:Ha, I thought for sure the last items I ordered from him were going to cost a small fortune to ship. It was the Wizztronics Falcon rack mount kit, and some smaller things. I think from California to Utah was like 30 bucks.

Wait, what? He still had one of those? I thought he sold out a *long* time ago...

leech · Post by **leech** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:39 pm

DarkLord wrote:
leech wrote:Ha, I thought for sure the last items I ordered from him were going to cost a small fortune to ship. It was the Wizztronics Falcon rack mount kit, and some smaller things. I think from California to Utah was like 30 bucks.
Wait, what? He still had one of those? I thought he sold out a *long* time ago...

He did say it was the very last one. I still need to find the time to put it in! Tried at one point, but I think it was sagging a bit in the middle (was trying to put it together on my bed like an idiot). Now that I have a proper 'retro' room, I'm going to try to find the time to set up all my systems, or at least a reasonable amount, I mean I have like 6 8bit computers.

DarkLord · Post by **DarkLord** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:53 pm

The thing is a tank, built to last. I hope you were able to acquire some of the
adapter cables for it as well. Makes life so much easier.

leech · Post by **leech** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:11 pm

DarkLord wrote:The thing is a tank, built to last. I hope you were able to acquire some of the
adapter cables for it as well. Makes life so much easier.

Pretty sure I have everything I need, though I will be wiring up an ATX power supply to the power switch for the PicoPSU. Should be beautiful once it's all set up

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