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AUTOMATIC
WORLD
February, 1933
Modern Growth
How Abo~t 1933 For Operators
By David Robbins, Pres.
D. Robbins & (0 .,
Brookl yn, N. Y.
Dave Robbins
1 hones tly believe that ' 933 is goi ng
to prove one of the best years for
"live wire" operators. This is due to
the fact that a great many cities are
"tol era ting" pin machines which offer
trade r wards for skillful scores. Cham-
bers of commerce in many ci ties real-
ize tha t pin machi nes have been the
means of distributing thousa nds (if
not millions) of dollars worth of pre-
miums (m a nufac tu red in the U. . A.)
a nd thus factories have been able to
keep more workmen on their payrolls.
Many operators are makin g the mis-
take of operating pin ma ch ines only.
My advice to such m n is that they
also operate merchandise vending ma-
chi nes, such as Empire endors for
pistachio nuts, salted pea nuts, etc. ,
cigarett e vendors, weighi ng scales, etc.
An opera tor who wishes to safeguard
his locations from other operators must
install in his pi n game locations all the
other types of merchandise vending
machines which his location can prof-
itably use . Only a little foresigh t is
req ui red to realize that if the merchant
seeks ano ther operator for merchan-
dise machines, it will only be a matter
of time before that merchandise ma-
chine operator will be supplying the
merchant wi th pi n machines.
It costs the operator the same
amou nt of gasoline to service a pin
machin location as it does to service
that same location if it has two or
three addi tional machines..
Today,
new operators are getting into the
field daily and the old operators must
do everything possible to protect his
locations. This ca n best be done by
keeping the locations supplied with
all the machines they can profitably
use. Howev r, it is important that
the opera tor have all the latest ma-
chines a nd that he dispose of ma-
chi nes which no longer are money
makers in his territory. New machines
create new interest and their cost is
q uickly retu rned to the operator by
the amount of increased business. Old
machines can best be- disposed of by
advertising in the classified columns
of this magazine.
Machines which
have "played out" in one territory can
many times be profitably used in some
other terri tory .
For some time it has been our pleas-
ure to watch the growth of one of th
distributors in the city of
w York.
We mean the Modern Vending om-
pany. Here at Cohn who has been
connected with this industry for many
years has built what can be termed
w York's leading distributor.
at
has tried hard for all of his customers,
in town a nd out of town and has
gai ned their friendship a nd approval
to his fine methods.
Back in 1926 at Cohn was one of
our regular operators and in 1932 he
entered into the distributing of ma-
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Dad- "Young lady, do you mean
to tell me you've been carrying your
money around in your stocki ng?"
Daughter- "Why, sure, Daddy.
You told me to put it where it would
draw the most interest."
NAT COHN, President
Mod ern Vending Co.
chines himself and started, ov r in
Brooklyn. the Modern ending Com-
pany, having a partner with him . He
bought out the interest of th a t part-
ner a nd then moved over to hi s pres-
ew
e nt address, 656 Broadway in
York City.
He is a memb r of th Automatic
Jobbers Association. the Coin Ma-
chine Manufacturers Association of
America, is listed and rated in Brad-
street's, and is also a member of many
other organizations of character. His
logan has always been a square deal
to all operators from a reliable jobber.
Har,r y H. Turner, general sale·s
man.a ger of the Dallas Novelty Sales
Company, Inc., who will be at the
show and says: " I wan ' t to meet all
myoId friends and make a lot of new
one.... The Dallas Novelty Sales Co.,
Inc., are makers of that famous twin
,a me, the "All.Ameriean Twin."
•
John: "Don't you think that the
way th e women wear their skirts so
high makes them look shorter?"
Henry : "Yes, and they make the
men look longer,"