Play Meter

Issue: 1984 March 01 - Vol 10 Num 4 (reused #)

Letters to
the editor • • •
you solved your own problems
without crying on my sleeve.
I have my own problems.
Bored with yours!
Sheldon Abrams
Eskin Vending Amusements
East Brunswick, New Jersey
AVMDA editorial reply
While professionalism as well as
propriety inhibit me from making
AOE support
I want you to know that I and all
my operator friends, here in Wichita
and all over America, support you
and AOE in your battle against
AGMA.
I,
In fact, I prefer AOE over the
AMOA Show. My company has sent
at least three of our employees to
every AOE.
Your editorials in the February l,
1984 Play Meter (p. 6-7) really hit
the nail square on the head. The
manufacturers , some worse than
others, are so arrogant and dictator-
ial it is not surprising they also do
not negotiate in good faith. It seems
these same manufacturers are not
participating in AOE 1984. Good! I
won 't miss them in the least.
I wish you success in your battle-
the operators ' future will be ad-
versely affected if AOE and Play
M et er lose this fight, which was
initiated solely by AGMA.
Stan Chilton
President
Chilton Vending Company
Wichita, Kansas
Solve your
own proble ms!
I'm not really interested in the
internecine problems of AGMA-
AOE/ Play Meter. ( Play Meter,
February 1, 1984, p . 6 )
It does nothing to help me as an
operator, and it wastes my time
reading about it.
I think that the industry and your
magazine would be better served if
PLAY METER. March 1. 1984
the kind of reply that is really neces-
sary to an "editorial" appearing in
the recent issue of Play Meter ("Up
Front," Play Meter, February 1,
1984, p. 6); nevertheless, to allow
this sort of one-sided tirade by
Ralph Lally to stand without
response is, in my opinion , a dis-
service to the entire coin-op indus-
try. Cutting through the obvious
literary license and temerity con-
tained in the rhetoric of Mr. Lally,
one is led to believe that Ralph Lally
not only single handedly created the
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industry (or at least the coin-
operated amusement device portion
thereof) but, also, was responsible
for every operator related success
notwithstanding Space Invaders,
Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Centipede,
and every other video and pin game
ever introduced into this industry.
It has often been said that one of
the greatest advantages to a pub-
lisher involved in litigation is that
he may " try his case" in print and
without the impediment of opposi-
tion or the "ot her version" of the
facts, let alone having to satisfy the
basic requirements of the judicial/
legal system. The foregoing is
clearly evident in the editorial in
question, being that a literal reading
thereof gives the impression to the
reader that it is the "inherent right"
of Play Meter and its partner, Con-
ference Management Corporation,
to run a trade show unshackled by
competition-or at least without
competition from segments of the
industry which Mr. Lally character-
izes as "bad guys ."
While this matter may be, unfor-
tunately, ultimately decided in the
courts, nevertheless, it is encum-
brant upon the readers of the
various trade publications, most
importantly the operators, to
understand that it was and continues
to be the intention of AGMA and
A VMDA to provide to the operators
a new industry show-run by the
industry, for the industry, and with
the support of the industry.
If Mr. Lally is truly interested in
the industry-and that segment
generally referred to as the opera-
tors-as he continually states, one
would think that his efforts would
be better directed in pursuit of
obtaining better and more accep-
tance of the operators, their busi-
nesses , and their locations, parti-
cularly when faced with increased
and more prohibitive zoning, licens-
ing, and taxation laws. Inferring as
he did (in the now dismissed law-
suit) that this industry-specifically
the manufacturers and distributors-
are violating or have violated the
law, is hardly keeping with the spirit
of a publication supposedly dedi-
cated to the coin-operated enter-
tainment industry. We would there-
fore suggest to Mr. Lally that he, at
the very least, attempt to provide
unbiased and candid information
concerning his dispute with AGMA
PLAY METER, March 1. 1984

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