Play Meter

newl Greenwald
comet coin chute
with SWitCh.~_
Electrically
impulses
an appliance or
vending machine
when money is
deposited .• Available
in all popular denom-
inations 25¢, 35¢, 50¢, 60¢
75¢, S1 .00 .• TRI-COIN and
" stack" coin chutes avail-
able .• Fits standard co in
chute opening .• Highly
polished heavily plated
casting. and slide blade for
longlasting good looks .• Full
protection, including magnets,
against most slugs .• Convertibility
to other denominations available.
.Can be wired to Greenwald's
Solenoid operated time accumulator
mechanism , Model 5000P, to provide a timed service
of an appliance or machine.
GREENWALD INDUSl"RIES
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1340 METROPOLITAN AVE .• BROOKLYN , N.Y. 11237 • TEL . 212 456-6900
TELEX 1·2281
CABLE ADDRESS GREENCOINS NY
Now more
than ever,
Play Meter,
tJte magazine
operators read
and believe in
(Independent,
honest, and unbiased)
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restricted to those in the cigarette vending
business, is that the cigarette vending business as a
unit is on the decrease. We've noticed that in our
area. It seems to be a no-growth business for
several reasons. As for the games part of the
business, the big problem there seems twofold:
getting better commission arrangements, and, of
course , a lot of operators are having problems
adapting to the solid state games. They don't have
t he personnel. I guess that's one of the reasons the
A.M.O.A.'s service schools are being so well
accepted.
PLA Y METER: What are the plans and direction
for the A.M.O.A. service school programs?
V AN BRACKEL: The intention from the beginning
was to start out with electro-mechanical and then to
develop toward the more sophisticated type school.
Now we have a solid state school. I'm sure that the
areas where we've had schools this past year will
want the school back with a totally updated and
more advanced information. So you can see that
this service school program is a continuing thing.
PLAY METER: What does the A.M.O.A. need
most of all from its members?
VAN BRACKEL: One of the things that makes the
A.M.O.A. strong is the network of strong state
associations. So the first thing someone should do is
get a state association started in his state, if he
doesn't already have one. And if he has a state
association , we encourage him to be involved with
it. We also encourage operators to be involved on
the political scene and get acquainted with their
senators and congressmen. If members do nothing
else they should at least let themselves be known to
these senators and congressmen so that when the
time comes and they need them to represent them
against adverse legislation, they don't walk into
them as strangers. One of the reasons the image of
this industry hasn't been what it should be is that
operators haven't really gotten themselves
involved at the grassroots level as they really
should. I've found that a lot of operators in my home
state, for example, don't even know who their
senators and representatives are, and they really
should.
PLAY METER: How does the jukebox fit into your
overall operation?
V AN BRACKEL: Music has always been the
backbone of my company, and it remains so today.
If I had to single out any individual item in our
operation that we depend upon as our backbone, it
would be our jukeboxes. For us, it's still our single
biggest money-maker.
PLAY METER: Do you find operators today are
beginning to de-emphasize the jukebox?
VAN BRACKEL: Yes, I've found this, and I think
it's very sad. A lot of people feel the jukebox is no
longer profitable, and so they haven't reinvested in
that area like they should. I think that's one of the
reasons the business has dropped off. Unless you do
an analysis of the cost of doing business, it'll appear
to you that the games business is where all the big
PLAY METER , November , 1978