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[mikepn]

I have a route that I bought from someone with a bunch of junky 9 selection mechanical machines. (Actually, they seem to be well-built as far as things go, just the fact that they are mechanical is junky. However, it makes sense given the nature of their locations.) Anyhow, the prices on the machines are set way too low. Chocolate is still selling for $.50 a bar, which is only pennies more than what it costs, and after tax, I'm barely making a thing. So, I need to increase prices on some items. However, since these are mechanical machines, it's not as easy as flipping DIP switches or moving around pins. So, I need more parts to accept quarters. The machines look approximately like this:
http://images.craigs...3483fd71626.jpg

So far, I have found no suppliers of such parts. Does anyone know of any? (Otherwise, I'd probably just find someone who knows how to cut metal and have a few custom parts made, which shouldn't be too bad.)

I think, but I'm not sure, that the machine is made by Edina, which as of the last day of 2008 is now out of business. This leads to another topic, which is, I think Edina made the actual machines for Planet Antares. Does that mean that Antares will die too? Or will they continue to sell their business-in-a-box and never even deliver machines? That would probably be better than their current offering, where you end up with a pile of debt and a bunch of machines in your garage. (It's much better to have a pile of debt without the machines messing the place up:-D).


-Michael

[snack dude]

I have a route that I bought from someone with a bunch of junky 9 selection mechanical machines. (Actually, they seem to be well-built as far as things go, just the fact that they are mechanical is junky. However, it makes sense given the nature of their locations.) Anyhow, the prices on the machines are set way too low. Chocolate is still selling for $.50 a bar, which is only pennies more than what it costs, and after tax, I'm barely making a thing. So, I need to increase prices on some items. However, since these are mechanical machines, it's not as easy as flipping DIP switches or moving around pins. So, I need more parts to accept quarters. The machines look approximately like this:
http://images.craigs...3483fd71626.jpg

So far, I have found no suppliers of such parts. Does anyone know of any? (Otherwise, I'd probably just find someone who knows how to cut metal and have a few custom parts made, which shouldn't be too bad.)

I think, but I'm not sure, that the machine is made by Edina, which as of the last day of 2008 is now out of business. This leads to another topic, which is, I think Edina made the actual machines for Planet Antares. Does that mean that Antares will die too? Or will they continue to sell their business-in-a-box and never even deliver machines? That would probably be better than their current offering, where you end up with a pile of debt and a bunch of machines in your garage. (It's much better to have a pile of debt without the machines messing the place up:-D).


-Michael

Mike
I inherrited one of those a couple of years ago. If I remember right you can pull the coin mech out and take the metal cover off and there is some white plastic pins that is inserted in the rows that the coins drop into. I got rid of the machine and thats all I can dredge out of the cobwebs. But I do think I was able to change the price by moving those pins around.

Good Luck

[mikepn]

It seems I've been Spammed.

Unfortunately, I don't have the particular coin mechanism that you can change by moving pins. My dumb mechanism requires new metal disks. (Probably the least expensive mechanism ever made.)

I'll keep looking around, of course.

-Michael