Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

1947 SHOW: We're going to discontinue
giving hints on things to come in the
way of new equipment for the mail is
getting too terrific. A surprising
LAST IIINUTI IIPOITS - PIIDICTIONS- POUCASff ■■ti amount of new ideas will be on display
NOD OLD PASHIONID IUIIOU COIIPIISI VHS NIW at the CMI Show and any and all other
IIPOmN• SDYICI OP "THE IIYIIW." THIS ·,A.I IS shows which might be held at the same
WalfflN AS THI FINAL FOIMS •o TO PIISS ON THI 20tll. time. CMI Show is sold out . and rumors
are bot in the east that new manu-
GDERAL BUSIDSS CONDITIORS show ··slight·
facturers are not satisfied with the
improvement. Sales are •way off in job-
CMI Shut Door Policy and will band
together tor a display elsewhere.
bing and distributing headquarters and
Rumors only, but they could be true.
the general consensus ot opinion seems
Anyway, the biggest and best will be
to be to hold tight and see what the
the CMI Show.
1947 Show will bring. In fact one
influential and powerful Music Opera-
SUPPLIES: Short. Lots of complaints
on the inability of factories to
tors• Association declared a 90-day
supply parts to keep old equipment
embargo on new machine purchases
going. Operators claim manufacturers
running from October 1st to January
are holding back on parts to force
1s t-and making it stick, too. Theory
new equipment orders. Fact of the
is that phonos must come down to a top
ot $750. Karket picture is plenty dis- , matter is that manufacturers find it as
difficult to get materials tor paJ-tS
turbed n new games. Jobbers have
as tor components on new units. Due to
been offering machines costing as high
clear shortly.
as $525 tor $375 and not to keep up a
SERVICE MACHIDS: An expansion in this
sales volume front either. They just
field is ahead. The announcement of
won't sell, and operators will not
the new shoe-shining machines has cre-
buy at such high figures. Example: A
ated tremendous interest. Years back
$975 mechanical wonder in a bowling
these machines were shunned. Today
game which is practically going begging
America is coin-conscious and a good
because of the price.
shiner at a nickel a shoe will get the
REW EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES: Slow. As
coin .
stated here previously there isn't much
PHONOGRAPH RECORDS: We told you two
hope ot volume delivery until after
months ago to look for a 75c price.
the 1947 Show. But hearken to this
Two weeks after Victor, Capitol and
prediction: A year from now-:yessir,
Majestic announced a raise from 50 to
October 1947-salesmen will be out in
60 and Decca was reported to be ready
the field selling automatic equipment
to make the jump. Watch that 75c
and there will be a complete reversal
figure-IT'S THE GOAL!
of the buyer-seller situation. Learned
OLD EQUIPMENT: Hang on to it and keep
minds in the business feel it might
it working. We're practically still at
be even earlier, but count on the
war insofar as a sufficient amount of
fall of 1947, and plan your activity
new equipment is concerned.
accordingly. It's going to be
plenty competitive and plenty rugged.
PHONOGRAPHS: Regulars are making
steady deliveries and satisfying most
operators. Rumors are that present
instruments will be continued in 1947,
tor the most part, with the possible
addition of one or two running mates.
Aireon has introduced a hideaway
requiring a very small area. Pac
will formally introduce the
phonograph next month with
advertising program. The P
principle will be incorpora
new instrument. To keep th
straight: In August we me
•Wurlitzer promotion for 19
• be directed toward selling
struments now on location
general public as purveyors
best in popular music.• A
the I. Q. of the operators
for some thought the line
Wurlitzer was going to sel
Nothing is further from th
and hence this enlightenme
concerned the ambitious bi
campaign Wurlitzer is purs
operators win patrons for
music.
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