Play Meter
Issue: 1982 May 01 - Vol 8 Num 9 - Page 14
-------------------NEWS BEAT===================
Video "biz op" company finds
rough going in New Orleans
Apparently, video "biz op" salesmen
for Quorum Industries of Dallas,
Texas failed to consult their industry
trade publications close enough.
Dave Madden and friends came to
the home city of Play Meter unaware
that the publication had been pur-
suing a series on "blue sky" sales-
manship.
Quorum managed to contract
nearly $1 million business in a
weekend sales pitch at the Marriot
Hotel on the outskirts of the French
Quarter. But when Madden and his
crew returned the following week-
end to continue their sales work,
they were rudely greeted by local
media and law enforcement officials
who had been alerted to the com-
pany's modus operandi by editors of
Play Meter.
Quorum is being sued in Texas for
selling machines that don't exist.
Fraud, the state calls it, and the
company and all of its current
officers are named as defendants in
the case.
Out-of-state companies doing
business in Louisiana are supposed
to post $50,000 bond for the com-
pany and $25,000 for each salesman
before the!( even ~dvertise their
presence. Additionally, the company
was supposed to have posted a
surety bond with the city and
secured specific transient business
licenses.
According to the district
attorney's office in New Orleans,
none of those requirements were
met by Quorum, nor did they inform
their customers of their legal back-
Our lowest price
solder extractor
isn't cheap.
People get suspicious when they see "lowest priced."
Especially in a precision piece of equipment. They
immediately think it's garbage.
Despite the reasonable price our EX-525 gives you
vacuum by an oiless, piston pump, not diaphram. It
easily removes components from double sided and
multi-layer PC boards. The EX-525 comes with a great
technical manual and 2 year warranty.
The EX-525 is inexpensive, but it isn't cheap.
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ground (a federal requirement) .
But WWL TV-Channel4 in New
Orleans-on the strength of Play
Meter's evidence, told all on a local
telecast which detailed the com-
pany's dealings. In one segment,
Channel 4 even interviewed an
obviously suffering Dave Madden
about his background in the industry.
When the district attorney's office
sent police to question Madden
about his failure to post the neces-
sary city bond and secure the proper
licenses, Madden, it appears, ran out
of his desire to create excuses.
In the midst of questioning by the
city police officer, Madden excused
himself.
"He slipped out the back door and
escaped," the district attorney's
office told Play Meter.
The South's
Arcade Specialists
• Immediate delivery
• Best terms
• Reliable service
And a 50-year r;eputation of looking out
for the best interests of our customers!!
call us
BIRMINGHAM
Vending Company
540 2nd Ave. North, Birmingham, Alabama 35204
(205) 324-7526
16
PLAY METER , May 1, 1982
Video "biz op" company finds
rough going in New Orleans
Apparently, video "biz op" salesmen
for Quorum Industries of Dallas,
Texas failed to consult their industry
trade publications close enough.
Dave Madden and friends came to
the home city of Play Meter unaware
that the publication had been pur-
suing a series on "blue sky" sales-
manship.
Quorum managed to contract
nearly $1 million business in a
weekend sales pitch at the Marriot
Hotel on the outskirts of the French
Quarter. But when Madden and his
crew returned the following week-
end to continue their sales work,
they were rudely greeted by local
media and law enforcement officials
who had been alerted to the com-
pany's modus operandi by editors of
Play Meter.
Quorum is being sued in Texas for
selling machines that don't exist.
Fraud, the state calls it, and the
company and all of its current
officers are named as defendants in
the case.
Out-of-state companies doing
business in Louisiana are supposed
to post $50,000 bond for the com-
pany and $25,000 for each salesman
before the!( even ~dvertise their
presence. Additionally, the company
was supposed to have posted a
surety bond with the city and
secured specific transient business
licenses.
According to the district
attorney's office in New Orleans,
none of those requirements were
met by Quorum, nor did they inform
their customers of their legal back-
Our lowest price
solder extractor
isn't cheap.
People get suspicious when they see "lowest priced."
Especially in a precision piece of equipment. They
immediately think it's garbage.
Despite the reasonable price our EX-525 gives you
vacuum by an oiless, piston pump, not diaphram. It
easily removes components from double sided and
multi-layer PC boards. The EX-525 comes with a great
technical manual and 2 year warranty.
The EX-525 is inexpensive, but it isn't cheap.
AUTOMATED
ground (a federal requirement) .
But WWL TV-Channel4 in New
Orleans-on the strength of Play
Meter's evidence, told all on a local
telecast which detailed the com-
pany's dealings. In one segment,
Channel 4 even interviewed an
obviously suffering Dave Madden
about his background in the industry.
When the district attorney's office
sent police to question Madden
about his failure to post the neces-
sary city bond and secure the proper
licenses, Madden, it appears, ran out
of his desire to create excuses.
In the midst of questioning by the
city police officer, Madden excused
himself.
"He slipped out the back door and
escaped," the district attorney's
office told Play Meter.
The South's
Arcade Specialists
• Immediate delivery
• Best terms
• Reliable service
And a 50-year r;eputation of looking out
for the best interests of our customers!!
call us
BIRMINGHAM
Vending Company
540 2nd Ave. North, Birmingham, Alabama 35204
(205) 324-7526
16
PLAY METER , May 1, 1982
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