T h e A u t o m a t ic A g e
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HOW TO BEAT LOCATION ROBBERS
A bit of good counsel from a large
operator is taken from a comprehen
sive booklet “ Your Operating Prob
lems Solved,” issued by O. D. Jen
nings & Co. The article is entitled
Instruct Locations on Stunts Used
y Hi-Jackers.” Hi-Jackers use these
J^ctics in robbing machines of all
inds, whether peanut or scale ma
c ines and the advice given here is
Ti Vf^ue t° operators everywhere.
ie booklet which contains hundreds
o lelpful suggestions on the opera-
i°n of all kinds of automatic coin
ac nnes may be had bv writing the
Jennmgs Company.
worst evils the legiti-
the
opeiator has J.o contend with is
bnntlo1 ^aruzed band of thieves or
ttoually 8 Crde°visTnt0rt Who " *
means of
locations
g
^
conT
ew ways and
machines from ” ew
combating thTs ' a ? " operatovs is
structing his W n t
yance by in‘
“ It is vm . , 0ns as follows:
this machine " o'beytakeVer V5 perm!t
one— only the ..eph
, °
Y a" y'
and is the reeuH? II n
0 put
in
of those ™
c°Hector. Beware
officials
Plesenting themselves as
‘ • » e S t e d e n t ^ . they Wi"
sh" " ’
biles ! £ * US,l?a'^ ' corm: in automo-
the mai n&
^ave orders from
chine A
nt t0 Pick UP the ma-
excuse A t 6 IS
or s°me other
to
be t taken
h GVei
LUJ>e
out. l)erm^t this machine
sayW
C&H you over telephone,
after ti
ar.° senchng a man out
whafn 16 ma°hine, giving no excuses
thev Ver’ PU^
machine away so
y cannot get it when they call.
■thJ t
y they make excuses that
beiI
Ve l0St the keys or ,ef<< them,
mone m SU,°h a hurry> taking the
ney, machine and all and will make
^ accounting of it at the office and
th*.
you or tel1 you t ° cal1 at
Sf, and get 5t- This is all
• They are trying to steal your
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machine and your money.
If you
ever know this to happen be sure
you get the automobile license num
ber, the make of the car, a thorough
description of the thief. Call the
company by telephone in case you
are in doubt. Under no circumstances
permit anyone to take this machine
out of your store.
“ W e offer $100.00 reward for the
arrest and conviction of one of these
thieves that are stealing our candy
vending mach'nes.
On Counting Cash
“ Never count cash in presence of
players or customers.
Always re
move render from sight of players in
distributing the earnings. The sight
of a large quantity of pennies, nickels
or other coins might re-act on the
players and customers and future
patronage of the vender would suf
fer.”
It might be said here, also, that
an operator is often made the victim
of designing politicians or others of
the reform element by letting the
stranger observe his collections. An
incident is reported that an operator
was making a collection trip in a
Wisconsin city of some size and was
emptying a scale. A seedy looking
individual chanced to observe his op
erations and remarked “ How often do
you empty that thar thing?” Jok
ingly the operator said, once a week,
whereas in fact he only makes his
rounds every 30 days. In a few days’
time the city council had enacted a
prohibitory tax on vending machines
as a result of this incident. The
seedy looking individual was a “ dem
ocrat” newly elected to the city coun
cil and was doing his bit for the
public weal.
A tagged fish released off Port
Maitland, Nova Scotia, traveled near
ly 1,200 miles in three months before
it was caught in the Maisie River,
Quebec.
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