antoniocinisi Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 well Lurstman was right after all,northwestern has doubled thier price on conversion kits for both the 60 and 80 mech.saveings are only about 5.50 per 60 mech if you upgrade instead of buying but it comes with the shiney new faceplate makeing it look new again.not as much but it adds up is simple to do and I would still reccomend it.as far as the 80 goes there is still about a 15 dollar saveings to go from 50 to 75,still a no brainer for me. when I asked here why she said because things were going up,when I asked her why they had to double it ,she couldnt answer me.looks like someone is going to capitalize big time with everyone raiseing prices.kinda pees me off, I can see a price increase but double thats almost takeing advantge of the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Snacks Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Wow! Seems like everyone is DOUBLING their prices now a days. He he he he. As Larry the Cable Guy would say, "I apologize, that ain't right"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Profits Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I've been pretty ticked off about the price increases as well. What I'm going to do is just order less expensive generic stands from now on, to offset the increased NW costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Snacks Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I guess someone did an "analysis" at Northwestern to determine profit margins. The 2-col sticker machines went up to $210 and the NW80 up as well. Management told the staff that they were losing their shirts on those items. I guess that included parts too. I am really glad that I am not getting started today with these crazy prices. Much more difficult today for the new vendor to get started which I guess is a competitive advantage for the older established vendors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dperry Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I've been pretty ticked off about the price increases as well. What I'm going to do is just order less expensive generic stands from now on, to offset the increased NW costs. How much do you pay for stands now? What kinds? This may be my new cottage industry; selling wooden vending stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizugori Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I've been pretty ticked off about the price increases as well. What I'm going to do is just order less expensive generic stands from now on, to offset the increased NW costs. I wouldn't recommend that - I didn't really know much about stands or generic vs nw ones when I ordered my first set of machines (NW super 80s) from cardinal. I asked about stands and they said sure they had single stands so I bought them. Let me tell you, they are crap. Made in china, no qc is evident, the freaking flanges are a pain in the balls to tighten onto the pipes, it is really not worth it... from now on i'm only ordering stands made by nw, beaver, etc. no junk. i don't need the headache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Anybody have the NW part numbers needed to go from .50 to .75? On the 80 machines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizugori Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 I may be missing something here, but I bought a couple of 75 cent coin mechs in case I start selling higher end toys, and I tried one out, all I had to do was unscrew the holding screw and then the coin mech just slides up and out, and the 75 cent coin mech slides down into place where the 50 cent one was. So I think all you need is the 75 cent coin mech itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 I've got some spare .50 mechs. It's much cheaper to convert them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizugori Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 didn't even know you could do that - makes sense, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antoniocinisi Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 Anybody have the NW part numbers needed to go from .50 to .75? On the 80 machines? just call them and tell them what you need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurtsman Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Antonio, I recall some people talking about ordering A&As 50 cent mech, but I wasn't sure if they bought the entire mech, or just the upgrade kit. A&A had a better price than NW on upgrade kits--not sure if anything is different in it. I may buy a few, try some upgrades, and see how it goes. I don't know everything about coin mechs, but I've taken enough apart to understand the basics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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