Play Meter

Letters to
the editor • • •
Difficult issue
In response to your article published in
the May I, 1982, edition of Play Meter
titled "How To Make Big Bucks And
Not Go To Jail," we fail to understand how
you could ever have included Counter Top
Amusements as a firm associated with or
involved in such outrageous conduct.
Counter Top Amusements is not now nor
has it ever been involved in the selling of
less than a quality product. Since its
inception in 1978, Counter Top Amuse-
ment has always stood behind the products
it has sold with vigor, offering full cus-
tomer service and support well beyond the
expected norm. Nationally, customers in
vast numbers hold Counter Top Amuse-
ments in the highest esteen for its efforts in
honest marketing and innovative sales
support. Counter Top Amusements
strictly complies with all state and federal
laws concerning the sale of a seller assisted
marketing plan, including full disclosure
pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission
rules, as well as total compliance with all
individual state laws regarding the sale of a
business opportunity. This can be easily
verified through the highly-respected law
firm of Freeman, Atkins & Coleman, Ltd.,
Chicago, Illinois, a firm specializing in
such matters.
. .
In the May I , 1982, article, you edtton-
alized a growing industry problem-~ast
buck artists, preying upon uns_uspectmg
investors familiar with the mcredtble
success of video games and the n;any
lucrative investment benefits the vtdeo
industry offers . Counter Top Amusements
applauds your courage to address the
.
W do have serio us problems,
1ssue.
e
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h honest
however' with your assoctatmg t e
marketing of a good product to an eager
business community with the ~nscrupul~-~~
tactics employed by other ft~ms to ~
investors simply on the basts that t _ey
th at~ract the business opport~mty
b o
th of a vtable
investor on the streng
industry ·
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We maintain that the busmess oppor
nity investor has the same right to operate
PLAY METER, July 1,1982
video equipment for profit as does the
long-established operator, so long as he
does so ethically and without harm or
malice to others . Even in yo ur article, you
state that there is a place in the industry for
a n honest company appealing to the busi-
ness opportunity market segment. Counter
Top Amusements is such a company. We
encourage and support the swift enactment
of additional laws to protect the private
investor from harrassment by unethical
firms peddling putrid products for profit
and the funding to enforce the existing
statutes aimed at protecting innocent
people and their money. Unfortunately, as
things presently exist, the potential
investor must act to protect himself by
thoroughly exammmg any company
a pproaching him with a video game invest-
ment opportunity- Counter Top Amuse-
ments invites such an examination.
Don Hale
President
Counter Top Amusements
Nashville, Tennessee
[Ed. Note: The conduct of firms selling
business opportunities in the video game
field is a difficult issue . The presence of
such firms has caused a plethora or image
problems to the industry, led to innumer-
able difficulties for unwary investors, and
theatened the "natural order" of things in
our industry (that is, the way machines
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