AUTOMATIC
Twen ty-Six
SERVICE, SUPPLIES AND CARE-
LESS OPERA TORS
By K. H. LANSING
(C ontinued from Page 7)
it apt to mean that the route al-
ready has been abandoned and that
t he operator has faded out of the
picture.
No doubt, your jobber will ex-
te n d you a hearty cooperation and
will do a ll h e can toward creating
success for you, but don't expect him
to play wet-nurse to you.
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Rocky Mountain News
By L. S. FLINT
Coin machine activity in the Rocky
Mountain ,r egion continued to ho ld
up fairly well during the latter part
of October and the early part of
November. While there has been no
general pickUp, a few operators not-
ed SOme improvement. Business as a
whole has been rather "spotty". For
several days there would be a period
of h eavy activity and then a slump.
This condition is thought to be an
indication of the start of a general
change for the better.
Prices Slashed!
Genuine
WHIFFLE
Games
Manufactured by
Automatic Industries Co.
1 to 4 .. . ........... $35.00
5 to 9 ............. $30.00
10 or more ......... $25.00
(NO TAX )
TERMS: One-third cash with or-
der, balance C. O. D. Each game
complete and equipped with
a
Veeder Coin Counter.
Stock Up for FaU Business
NO TAX
The Connecticut Novelty Co.
169 Columbus Ave.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
WORLD
Certainly, there is plenty of opti-
mism afoot. It is generally believed
by Rocky Mountain operators that
conditions will right themselves im-
mediately foI)owing the
national
election if not sooner.
In general, Wyoming seems to be
in better condition as far as the
coin machine industry is concerned,
than Colorado. Manufacturers agents
with headquarters in Denver report
that in spite of the depression, quar-
ter machines are doing a big business
in Wyoming. All varieties of nickel
machines are being well patronized
there. It is also reported that Wy-
oming is almost 100 per cent free
from police interference with ma-
chine operation.
With three exceptions, small towns
in Colorado are p,r actically "wide
open" . The three towns where there
has been considerable difficulty with
police interference are Ft. Collins,
Longmont and Loveland. Although
the Denver police are keeping a close
watch on machine suspected of run-
ning money, they have not inter-
fered with check machines. Because
most operators are wisely avoiding
schoollocations, no trouble is antici-
pated with Parent-Teacher groups.
Sentencing of Byron M. Tressel,
an alleged mint vending machine
thief, to 30 days in the county jail
on a charge of petit larency is con-
sidered important from the stand-
point of establishing the status of
su ch machines as legal property.
Tressel pleaded guilty to the charge
in connection with the alleged theft
of a machine fro-m ... the George Myers
drug store at east Twenty-Second
Avenue and Downing, Denver. Tres-
sel was a companion .of Joe Hartman,
who was shot and killed by Myers
after the trio had run from the store
with the machine.
W. Reiwitz, Denver operator, is
in Chicago on a business trip. He is
expected to return before the mid-
dle of October.
J. W. Hunter, owner of the W ond-
erland Penny Arcade in Denver,
showed his faith in business by doing
November, 1932
some ,e xtra "dolling up". H e has re-
finished all of his machines in a
colorful orange and black combina-
tion. "In these times it's the little
t hings which count," Hunter said.
"Merchandising is required in this
business just as in other, and the
more attractive in appearance any
machine is made, the greater will be
its appeal."
Gano E. Senter, manufacturers
agent for the Mills Novelty Co., re-
ports the new
Official pin game
meeting with a hearty reception
throughout the territory. The new
WOW machine is also on the list of
"best sellers", according to Senter.
Heads of the Stltr Vending Ma-
chine Co., report business holding
up about the same as last month.
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Automatic World Ad
Floods Memphis Firm
With Orders
Repurchase Plan Goes Over Big
The Automatic World
120 Saint Louis Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas
Gentlemen:
We acknowledge receipt of your
letter of October 19, and wish to
advise that we have been delayed
in furnishing your copy for the No-
vember issue because of the large
response we rec·e ived from our Oc-
tober advertising in your magazine
on Steeplechase and Goofy machines.
Weare glad to advise you that the
operators have acknowledged the
money making possibilities of these
two machines and we have been de-
luged with orders since our October
advertising has appeared. It may al-
so interest you to know that we are
offering a repurchase guarantee .on
the Steeplechase and Goofy machines
which provides that should the op-
erator not be satisfied with the ma-
chines after thirty days trial then
he will be refunded 75 % of the pur-
chase money in cash. In sixty days
the machines will be repurchased at
a depreciation of 50 %, and in, ninety
days the depreciation will be 75 %.
This depreciation figure's about $1.00
per week per machine. As you well
know seven 'days trial is not long
enough for the operator to deter-
mine whether the machine is a
money maker but in thirty days he
has a knowledge as to whether the
particular machine will go in his
territory or not.