How to fix broken 7800 cart slot tabs for older 2600 games??

[Danno]

The 7800 I recently bought has the tabs for opening older 2600 carts from the cartridge slot broken off, so to play 2600 games, I have to pry them open first.

 

Does anyone know how to fix or replace these plastic tabs on a 7800 cart slot?

 

Thanks again folks....

[+Mitch]

You can buy a new cart slot from Best Electronics, I think they run around $10.

 

Mitch

[Danno]

I don't need a whole cart slot, just the rubber/plastic cover with the tabs that open older 2600 carts with the dust cover.

 

And Best Elec. has some retarded $50 minimum order or something now if you use Paypal. I don't want to pay out $50 to fix something that costs 50 cents.

 

thanks for the reply though Mitch.

[Rockin' Kat]

I don't need a whole cart slot, just the rubber/plastic cover with the tabs that open older 2600 carts with the dust cover.  

 

And Best Elec. has some retarded $50 minimum order or something now if you use Paypal. I don't want to pay out $50 to fix something that costs 50 cents.  

 

thanks for the reply though Mitch.

 

$50? I used a credit card and no paypal to pay them over the phone a few months ago and the minimum was $20... I was only going to get a Pokey for my CC2... but they did have some loose lynx games I didn't have so I bought some of those to meet the minimum.

[Danno]

yeah, it's $20 minimum if you don't mind giving out your Credit Card # over the phone (which I mind), but if you want to paypal the minimum is $50.

 

It's almost as if they discourage people from buying on the net.

 

weird.

[+Mitch]

You could always mail them a check/money order, there's only a $15 minimum order for that.

 

Your other choice would be to get one from a dead 7800.

 

Mitch

[Danno]

Yeah, I think I might just do that. Might not be a bad idea to have one for parts. Probably got on on ebay for 10-20.

 

Even with the check thing...I just kinda get peeved when a company has a "minimum" order amount, but then whacks you with shipping charges on top of it too. If I'm being forced to purchase a certain dollar amount of goods, when in reality I only want one particular item, then I shouldn't have to pay a premium for shipping unless I'm out of country or asking for special shipping(next day or overnight). I mean seriously - UPS ground costs like $3.00 for up to like 10 lbs. But they want to hit me wiht $10 shipping for something that weighs like 8 ounces boxed, on top of a minimum dollar amount order? That's just highway robbery.