kierowcabombowca Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 According to nw website a coin drop thru mech for nw 60 is only available in 25 cents. so when it isnt available in 50 cent mech are they still reliable with 50 cent mech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kierowcabombowca Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 But what if someone drop a slug to 50 cent mech.? It will not jam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo Duck Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 The .50c side by side mechs are VERY reliable, more so than the .50c back to back mechs (although this is partly due to the side by side mechs being much newer). It is extremely rare to replace a side by side mech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullyfrog Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I've never had a problem with any of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havending Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Better off getting the Oak deal. Save you a good 40 per head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo Duck Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Price is one consideration when buying machines. There are others. One is total cost of ownership- initial cost, maintenance, service calls/downtime, service life, residual value. I don't have any data to back it up but in my opinion the total cost of Northwesterns is competive with any other quality machines. Mainly because of residual value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullyfrog Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I agree, I've had less problems out of NW than any other I've owned. When I purchase auction lots or routes I've found the NW are typically in better working condition than the rest as well. Beaver makes a quality machine, I just don't come across many of them to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Northwestern for racks Oak for single head charity is what I have found to be the best way to go for lowest cost of ownership. I hate having two different machines but the numbers don't lie. When I talk total cost of ownership its purchase price, repairs, and service cost over the machine life time, which when it comes to Oaks and Northwestern is a human lifetime lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo Duck Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 With Northwesterns you can buy new ones, put them on your routes for 10-15 years, pull them off and rather than spend time, effort and money rebuilding them, you can put them on Craigslist for approx half the cost of new ones and buy new ones for your routes. I live in a large metropolitan area and people are always looking for good quality machines, your mileage may vary. This is for 1" machines, there is practically no market for used 2" machines, quality or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kierowcabombowca Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 When i read on northwestern www that only 25c mech kave drop thru feature i realize that all other coins mechs dont have this feature so maybe all other mechs may be not so reliable. why am i asking about this? Because i live in another country in another part of the world and we have here another currency . So if our currency dont have this feature also? and new nw machines are expensive here. I plan to start in near future with bulk with new nw machines(its not so easy to find used nw here), and i know that they and beavers are best machines ever made...but i wonder if they still best machines with our currency. there are chinese machines new with drop thru all metal machines for half the price of nw but im not so sure if any chinese machine can be good. but on the other side almost all vending operators in my area of my country use chinese junk (even in chain supermarkets or in the shpping malls). What will be if i will spent for new brand machines and it will be jammed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo Duck Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 You're focusing on the drop thru coin mech feature when you should be focusing on the overall quality of the machine. In America the coins used for vending are quarters and they're larger than the other coins, so the other coins drop thru. This may not be true in your country, the coins you're accepting may be smaller than other coins in circulation so a drop thru mech would not even be applicable to you. People put all kinds of stuff into your coin mechs, toothpicks, straws, gum, slugs, wrong denomination coins,etc..., most of the time it will sit on top and be pulled out by them or the next person to come along who wants to buy something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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