jay22 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 i just put a gumball machine in at a restaurant and the owner told me wants to bring in his own arcade machine. he asked me if i knew the best place he could get one as he wasn’t having any luck finding anything. any recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 That's his problem. Why help him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay22 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 30 minutes ago, AZVendor said: That's his problem. Why help him? because he just let me put a gumball machine in his business… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay22 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 Just now, jay22 said: because he just let me put a gumball machine in his business… that’s not the point anyway. is there a place you’d recommend for affordable machines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brmorr Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 What AZVendor is trying to say is why help him find an arcade machine because if he finds a source, he can easily find a gumball machine too and boot you out. Offer to revenue split a machine in his business and you buy it. Also, do you or the owner know anything about repair on video/pinball machines? I highly doubt the owner does since he doesn't even know where to get one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay22 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 18 minutes ago, brmorr said: What AZVendor is trying to say is why help him find an arcade machine because if he finds a source, he can easily find a gumball machine too and boot you out. Offer to revenue split a machine in his business and you buy it. Also, do you or the owner know anything about repair on video/pinball machines? I highly doubt the owner does since he doesn't even know where to get one. i have no desire to buy an arcade machine, or do anything other than gumballs/bouncy balls, and i doubt he’d kick me out. dude did me a solid letting me put one there, helping him find an arcade machine just puts me on better terms with him off the jump. i’m not sweating it, i have plenty of locations, and can always relocate in a rare chance i’m kicked. being good and helpful to others usually doesn’t hurt, that’s how i am, it often pays off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumball guy Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, jay22 said: i have no desire to buy an arcade machine, or do anything other than gumballs/bouncy balls, and i doubt he’d kick me out. dude did me a solid letting me put one there, helping him find an arcade machine just puts me on better terms with him off the jump. i’m not sweating it, i have plenty of locations, and can always relocate in a rare chance i’m kicked. being good and helpful to others usually doesn’t hurt, that’s how i am, it often pays off. I get your point and understand it. If someone is a bulk operator it really doesn't make a lot of sense to buy just one or two arcade games if that's not your business model. I'm not sure what kind of game he is looking for but since you have no skin in the game I would just refer him to Betson https://www.betson.com/arcade-games/ or The Pinball Company https://www.thepinballcompany.com/ . He'll probably look at the prices and abandon the idea. He can also troll Craigslist and see if he can find a deal on a game but at the end of the day, like someone else brought up in an earlier post, what will he do when the machine needs service? I've been doing this a long time and actually have several local amusement companies that I refer customers to when they make requests like that. If you ever run across an amusement guy servicing equipment in any of your locations, introduce yourself and ask him if he has any cards for referral. If you have a customer ask for video games then you can actually call the amusement guy and give him the lead. The location owner and the amusement guy will both appreciate your help and the odds of you getting shown the door after helping them is close to zero. I've actually had amusement guys call me and give me leads on places who want bulk equipment because frankly, many of them don't even mess with bulk vending any longer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Vigilance Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Tell him to search the word "arcade" on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tblake05 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 A cheap multicade sounds about right for this location. Dopes take good repairable arcade machines, gut them, and install a million-in-one POS game board and LCD in them. Then they realist them on Craigslist or fb marketplace for 1500.00. Have him get one of those to get it out of existence. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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