Play Meter
Issue: 1984 November 15 - Vol 10 Num 21 - Page 7
Letters to
the editor • • •
Foreclosure
You may drop my subscription
to Play Meter, and please convey
my appreciation to your staff for
the courtesy extended over the
years to keep abreast of an exciting
industry even after I chose to leave
it.
I keep thinking I will write one
last article on how a distributor tried
to foreclose on my house in Arcadia,
after I put it up for sale to pay off
their $13,500 trust deed, which sub-
Pinball mania!
Thanks for including the pinball
story in your recent Buyers' Guide
issue ( "Pinballmania! America
Renews its Love Affair with Flip-
pers," October 1, p . 13).
The contents of the issue are
conducive to increased readership,
and it only promotes the continua-
tion of what we in Philadelphia feel
is so important.
Pinball is constant, and in an
industry plagued with recent
changes and surprises, we definitely
need something to rely upon that is
steady and consistent.
Ironically, our company ran an
advertisement in that same issue
seeking specific pinballs while
offering others for sale. We are very
selective in our choices in games.
Philadelphia players DO know the
difference in quality. Maybe that is
because the pinball machine has
always been a significant part of the
Philadelphia game marketplace,
whereas it was not legal in any other
major city up until the 1970s.
We have seen an even greater
interest in pinball during the past
year. Although video games are to
remain a fixture of the total mix in a
location, I can safely say that pinball
collections account for between one-
third to one-half of our total game
dollars.
Hopefully, the factories will
recognize this growing trend as a
real "shot in the arm" to the indus-
try, and continue to design and
produce quality flipper games.
Sharon Harris
Public Relations Coordinator
Stan Harris & Co., Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PLAY METER, November 1 5, 1984
sequently ballooned to $16,000 after
they filed foreclosure unnecessarily.
(I sold it rapidly and paid them off in
full for the $16,000 to end a bitter-
sweet relationship with the game
industry.)
I have moved to Northern Cali-
fornia and nearer the Silicon Valley
to pursue my robotics interest and
rent, vs. selling, to minimize copy-
ing from competitors and have
more fun.
Gene Beley
Morgan Hill, California
Audio VisuQI
Amusements
Offering the finest
new and used
equipment
REP RES ENTING LE A DING FACTORIES
•
SA LES, PARTS, SERVICE
•
N EW IN CRATE
(Nin.) Donkey Kong 3 $1().45
(Cine.) Dragon's Lair (1000 disc) $1595
(Myl.) M.Jl..C.H. 3 $1695
(Nin.) Mario Bros. $1095
(Nin.) VS Syste m call
(Zaccaria) Farfalla $1795
(Nin .) Punch-Out call
YOU'VE TRIED TH E REST,
NOW TRY THE BEST
''We're Eager To Serve''
1809 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
314/ 421 -51 00
For furth er information, call Pete Entringer (collect)
7
the editor • • •
Foreclosure
You may drop my subscription
to Play Meter, and please convey
my appreciation to your staff for
the courtesy extended over the
years to keep abreast of an exciting
industry even after I chose to leave
it.
I keep thinking I will write one
last article on how a distributor tried
to foreclose on my house in Arcadia,
after I put it up for sale to pay off
their $13,500 trust deed, which sub-
Pinball mania!
Thanks for including the pinball
story in your recent Buyers' Guide
issue ( "Pinballmania! America
Renews its Love Affair with Flip-
pers," October 1, p . 13).
The contents of the issue are
conducive to increased readership,
and it only promotes the continua-
tion of what we in Philadelphia feel
is so important.
Pinball is constant, and in an
industry plagued with recent
changes and surprises, we definitely
need something to rely upon that is
steady and consistent.
Ironically, our company ran an
advertisement in that same issue
seeking specific pinballs while
offering others for sale. We are very
selective in our choices in games.
Philadelphia players DO know the
difference in quality. Maybe that is
because the pinball machine has
always been a significant part of the
Philadelphia game marketplace,
whereas it was not legal in any other
major city up until the 1970s.
We have seen an even greater
interest in pinball during the past
year. Although video games are to
remain a fixture of the total mix in a
location, I can safely say that pinball
collections account for between one-
third to one-half of our total game
dollars.
Hopefully, the factories will
recognize this growing trend as a
real "shot in the arm" to the indus-
try, and continue to design and
produce quality flipper games.
Sharon Harris
Public Relations Coordinator
Stan Harris & Co., Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PLAY METER, November 1 5, 1984
sequently ballooned to $16,000 after
they filed foreclosure unnecessarily.
(I sold it rapidly and paid them off in
full for the $16,000 to end a bitter-
sweet relationship with the game
industry.)
I have moved to Northern Cali-
fornia and nearer the Silicon Valley
to pursue my robotics interest and
rent, vs. selling, to minimize copy-
ing from competitors and have
more fun.
Gene Beley
Morgan Hill, California
Audio VisuQI
Amusements
Offering the finest
new and used
equipment
REP RES ENTING LE A DING FACTORIES
•
SA LES, PARTS, SERVICE
•
N EW IN CRATE
(Nin.) Donkey Kong 3 $1().45
(Cine.) Dragon's Lair (1000 disc) $1595
(Myl.) M.Jl..C.H. 3 $1695
(Nin.) Mario Bros. $1095
(Nin.) VS Syste m call
(Zaccaria) Farfalla $1795
(Nin .) Punch-Out call
YOU'VE TRIED TH E REST,
NOW TRY THE BEST
''We're Eager To Serve''
1809 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
314/ 421 -51 00
For furth er information, call Pete Entringer (collect)
7
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