Scucci
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That's right... found out today we have until the end of the month to move all the machines out of the Rivergate Mall location here.
There's a business moving into the mall called "Incredible Dave's"... basically a Dave and Buster's ripoff. Dave wants us out of the mall before they begin construction. Enforcing an "anti competition" clause in the contract they have with the mall... the only thing is, there is no competition... they have all redemption games, we have none. They serve food, we don't allow it in the arcade. Etc etc. At least they DIDN'T. We called the Incredible Dave's in another city and talked to them... they have no arcade machines. Then Dave himself came down to the mall to look at our arcade, came it walked around... probably took notes. So I think this location of Incredible Dave's will have a couple of arcade machines just to enforce that clause.
Needless to say, I won't be frequenting "Incredible Dave's"... another example of the big guy squashing the little guy.
Luckily we still have the Hickory Hollow mall location... and I'm sure we'll be looking for someplace to open a new arcade around here.
Wish us luck, we'll need it.
I say "we", but I don't really work for or own any part of the arcade (minus my Tron machine they let me keep on location)... I have a vested interest in it because 2 of my friends do own/work there. I do tech work for them for next to nothing ($5 for a cap kit, stuff like that). But I've been helping them as much as I can since day one... and this sort of stuff REALLY pisses me off.
There's a business moving into the mall called "Incredible Dave's"... basically a Dave and Buster's ripoff. Dave wants us out of the mall before they begin construction. Enforcing an "anti competition" clause in the contract they have with the mall... the only thing is, there is no competition... they have all redemption games, we have none. They serve food, we don't allow it in the arcade. Etc etc. At least they DIDN'T. We called the Incredible Dave's in another city and talked to them... they have no arcade machines. Then Dave himself came down to the mall to look at our arcade, came it walked around... probably took notes. So I think this location of Incredible Dave's will have a couple of arcade machines just to enforce that clause.
Needless to say, I won't be frequenting "Incredible Dave's"... another example of the big guy squashing the little guy.
Luckily we still have the Hickory Hollow mall location... and I'm sure we'll be looking for someplace to open a new arcade around here.
Wish us luck, we'll need it.
I say "we", but I don't really work for or own any part of the arcade (minus my Tron machine they let me keep on location)... I have a vested interest in it because 2 of my friends do own/work there. I do tech work for them for next to nothing ($5 for a cap kit, stuff like that). But I've been helping them as much as I can since day one... and this sort of stuff REALLY pisses me off.
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