[Jukebox-list] Re: Rockola 1438 Slug Ejector Problem

[Ian Zapczynski]

I recently purchased a Seeburg SMC-1 (still waiting to pick 'er up), and 
mostly because of the high price I paid, I absolutely insisted that the coin 
mech worked before I completed the purchase.   I understand well that this 
is one of the simplest parts of the jukebox, but as Jay said, it is really 
part of the fun.   And aside from that, I'm not paying a high price unless 
*everything* I'm educated enough to test is working.

Currently, my only working juke is a Rowe TI-2 which I do not have the key 
for the cashbox for nor have I drilled out the lock yet.  So in that case, 
I'm manually issuing credits.  But after a while of doing this I realized 
that I was indeed missing out on some of the fun.  My wife still yells at me 
when she sees me put a quarter in the machine.  "Why do you keep doing that? 
   I need those quarters for the bus.  How and when are we going to get 
those out?!?!"

In fact, the SMC-1 I'll be taking delivery on came from a collector's game 
room and never had a bill acceptor installed.   Call me crazy, but I was 
slightly disappointed in that.  Why?  Because I remember as a kid fighting 
tooth and nail at some jukeboxes trying to get them to accept my bills.  The 
memory came back to me that many times I had to ask a complete stranger to 
exchange my wrinkled bill for one that was more crisp, or even worse -- my 
father, who was none too pleased that he had to give me one in the first 
place!   So playing a song on the juke wasn't just making your selection; 
sometimes you had to struggle to hear a few songs.   Put the bill in, watch 
it spit it out.  Put the bill in, watch it spit it out.   Wow, maybe on the 
third try it would work!  :)

In any case, I'll certainly be requiring that coins be inserted into my 
jukes when possible.   Do I have something against the idea of using free 
play?   No, that's one's personal preference.  But for me, the jukes are all 
about the nostalgia.  And hearing that quarter travel throughout the machine 
and see the number of credits increase as a result was all a part of my 
memory.

-Ian


>>     It is interested to note that a customer will insist on the coin 
>>capability be intact at the time of purchase only to call back in a month 
>>or two asking if the box can be put on free play. To combat this mindset, 
>>we will not guarantee any box that accepts coins. Here lies 90% of all 
>>service calls.    Wes

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