Mechanical Memories Magazine

Two weeks later they both appeared on Ebay as a buy it now, for £160 (price increased),
of course, some unsuspecting punter snapped them up. The next news I heard was that
two had turned up at one of Jerry's auctions. I was unable to attend that particular event,
so guessed that both machines went to a new home. My next step was to try a full page
ad. in that superb monthly, Mechanical Memories Magazine (no, Jerry hasn't paid me
to say that)! Stating 'Must be in full working order'. Six months later, I had heard
nothing. Hope was dwindling again, then one dark night a 'phone call out of the blue
from a chap in Walsall, reckoned he saw my ad. in MMM, and he had two Derby Days.
One was working, the other wasn't. "I want £250 for the two" he said.
About thirty minutes of chatting on the 'phone, asking various questions, like does it
pay out correctly on all winning numbers, I decided to make the 160 mile round trip to
Walsall to view and hopefully do a deal. So the following Sunday I set off with my
courier friend, and we arrived at his home at about 9 am. The excitement was building as
I entered his house, I saw them in the room, he opened them up. Nol No! They were the
same two machines that I had initially refused from Cambridge! Gutted! My courier,
who had seen them in Cambridge, also recognised them as being the same!
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