[Jukebox-list] Cheap juke buyers (Was: trade-in for a 200 select?)

[Jens Hultgren]

One of the first jukeboxes I restored and sold was a Wurlie 1900. Ten years
later I got a phone call from someone who turned out to be working at the
advertising firm that had bought it. Someone had broken the dome glass, and
they asked me if I could fix that. I went by a few days later, replaced the
glass and did some minor service on their machine. They told me that it had
worked flawlessly ever since they bought it, and they had used it for
countless partys over the years. Evevry Friday afternoon after work they
would sit together in the bar where they kept it and have a few beers and
listen to the jukebox. They were very happy with it.

I was a total beginner when I first restored that machine and can't take all
the credit. I attribute it to the sturdiness of the 1900 and the fact that
it was in very nice shape when I first got it.
Thank you Wurlitzer!

And thank you all jukebox makers for all the joy you have given to millions
and millions of people through the years.

        Jens


On 5/7/06, Jackie <etreble7 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Lanway,
> don't dispair!!!  I am teaching my kids to love and respect my Jukebox, I
> really think at least one of them will carrry on and they all think it's
> very cool, even though they all have IPODS.  I have been careful to put in
> records they remember and love, my son is into Classic Rock so he gets 5
> selections, my one daughter is Country, she gets 5, my husband has his
> "Cream" and "Moody Blues" section...................you see why I need
> another Juke?????
>
> I think Music lives on and the Jukebox is such a wonderful machine, my
> guess
> is it will continue to be a Hobby and love of many for years to come.
> Jackie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Oregon Jukebox" <oregonjukebox at comcast.net>
> To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 2:58 PM
> Subject: [Jukebox-list] Cheap juke buyers (Was: trade-in for a 200
> select?)
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Rich" <ronnnrich at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
> > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 9:08 AM
> > Subject: Re: Re:[Jukebox-list] trade-in for a 200 select?
> >
> >
> >>   I have been called to "adjust" many "Craig's list/Ebay"
> > machines--usually winds up in MAJOR amount of work--ie:  Big
> > $$$$$$$$$$$!!!!
> >
> >
> > That's why I no longer repair jukes.... why is it a "customer" will
> insist
> > on believing some jerk that just suckered them out of hundreds of
> dollars,
> > and not someone in the business?  "The seller told me it just needed
> > adjusting, why are you trying to cheat me?"  I basically got to where I
> > would tell them they had to bring the juke to my shop. After that I'd
> get
> > phone call after phone call, begging, whining, pleading. Then cussing.
> Odd
> > thing is, out of the dozens of used jukes I bought and sold in the short
> > time I had an actual store, only two ever required a service call after
> > delivery, both because they owners ignored my basic instructions.
> >
> > I get the same thing in heavy equiment too, customers buy a machine at
> an
> > auction, don't bother to service it, run the wheels off of it... and
> then
> > when it dies, they call the dealer hoping for a cheap fix, and whining
> for
> > a
> > discount on parts, because they "paid less than that for the whole
> > machine!"
> > Like that makes any sense... I can buy a dead car for fifty bucks, does
> > that
> > mean the dealer should sell me a complete new engine for forty?
> >
> > The jukebox hobby is destined to die out, because they're too big, too
> > complex, and require maintenance every few years. The average person
> > doesn't
> > have the patience or skills,( and are too cheap to have it done) and the
> > younger kids don't even know what a jukebox is.
> >
> > In the end, there will only be a few collectors with pristine restored
> > jukes
> > in a museum like setting. That's okay though, I'll be in the ground by
> > then
> > and won't care....
> >
> > Lanway
> >
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