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Why prices vary
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games
Tax article
Regarding your article on
taxing ("A Taxing Situation,"
August Play Meter), please keep
going after the information. It
could really help us all in our
battle against taxes.
Dennis R. Hilligin
Pioneer Vending, Inc.
Cincinnati, Ohio
We need to see more and more
information on microprocessor
games, also a better way of
testing ram sections in games.
The way of testing them now is
not 100 percent perfect.
Glenn W. Morris
Majestic Amusements Inc.
Asbury Park, NJ
I would like to take this
opportunity to respond to Mr.
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Champion's letter (Play Meter, .-_.~.~.=--.=--.=--.=--.=--.=--.=--.=--.--=.--=
Sept., p.6) concerning the differ-
ent prices on new and used
equipment.
Variances in the prices of
equipment between distributors
throughout the United States can
be for many reasons. Some of
those are as follows:
(1) Some distributors give the
operators more support than
RAMTEK Hit Me ..•....•• 1245
others by maintaining a larger
SEGA Road Race .•....... 995
ALLIED Street Burner ...• 595
parts inventory; delivering and
SEGA Fonz .......•...... 1095
ATARI Jet Fighter .••..... 845
picking up equipment for the
SEGA Tracer ......••.... 1145
ATARI Tenk II ..•••......• 895 U.S. BILLIARDS
operator thereby saving him
ATARI Cops n' Robbers .. 1045
time; stocking advance replace-
Shark (new) •••.....•... 495
CHI COIN Speed King ••... 545
ments on monitors and logic
CHI COIN Twin Skeet .•... 495
CHI COIN Speed Shift .... 645
boards which is extremely costly
CHI COIN Rifle Gallery •.. . 595
EXIDY Oldtime Basketball 795
and nonproductive profit-wise,
CHI COIN Shoot Out .•.... 895
EXIDY Car Polo ..• •.. .... 3195
and maintaining large facilities
MIDWAY Top Gun •...... 1045
EXIDY Destr. Derby ••..... 945
with an adequate staff to service
EXIDY Death Race ••..... 1345
and repair equipment as quickly
EXIDY Attack .••••...... 1145
as an operator needs it.
FUN GAMES Tankers ....• 695
(2) Depending on the closeness of
FUN GAMES BI-Plane •• .. 795
the distributors to the manufac-
GREMLIN Blockade ....•• 995 U.S. BILLIARDS Survival. 395
turer's location, there is a large
'G REMLIN Hustle •....... 1095 DIGITAL Ping Pong •...... 395
difference in freight cost, which
MEADOWS Drop Zone-4 .. 595 ATARI Goal-4 ...•......• • 395
has become an extremely expen-
MEADOWS Cobra Gun .•. 995 UNIVEX Electro Dice ..... 595
sive part of the cost of equip-
MEADOWS Lazer Cm'd .• 1145 FUN GAMES Take-5 ....•• 745
ment.
MEADOWS Bonkers ...... 995 BAILEY Fun-4 ..........•. 795
(3) Every piece of equipment
MIDWAY Gunfight ...... 1145 UNITED Video 5 Plus 2 ... 1045
manufactured is not a winner and
MIDWAY Tornado
sometimes proves to be extreme-
SEGA Tic Tac Ouiz ........ 995
Baseball ...........••. 1125 MIDWAY Gunfight ...... 1245
ly costly to the distributor. Most
PSE Maneater .........•.. 495 ATARI Tank II ........... 1095
distributors take two samples of
PSE Bazooka ............ 1195 EXIDY Score ........... • 1295
every game made by the manu-
RAMTEK Trivia ..••....... 595 ATARI Breakout ......... 1295
facturer and a lot of these
samples end up in the warehouse
as unsalable items due to their
inability to produce satisfactory
Over 100 late model flipper pinballs. ready for locationl
revenues.
Finally, the variances in prices
NSM SALES, PARTS, SERVICE IN THE U.S.A .
between distributors most gen-
erally can be an indicator of the
amount of service and back up
ADVANCE DISTRIBUTING CO., INC.
that an operator can expect to
receive from the distributor that
2820 N. Grand Blvd
he purchases from.
Saint louis, Mo 63107
James W. Frye
call collect:314 / 652-1600
Brady Distributing Co.
Charlotte, North Carolina 1 - -_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - '
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