Is this morally correct?

[JJ]

when the kids were younger and we'd go to CEC any tokens left over from the day got bagged for use the next time we went. I can only remember once that a guy said something to my wife noticing them in her hand when we went in. As he stamped her hand he just asked if they were their tokens stating others wouldnt work and we couldnt use them.

pondering.. a guy has one game and sold 100 tokens for the day, if he opens the game and only has 80 tokens in it did he make money? does he open the cab to look for the missing tokens? but if he has his 100 tokens in the coin box when he checks it and the coin counter says 120 went through, did he loose money? or does he need to have the machien checked out?
personally if I started the day with 1000 tokens and at the end of the day had 1100 tokens all my brand, I would be content that I made money by having extra tokens to rent out later and saved money by have 100 more I didnt have to replace later..

many a time I've listend to guys bitch about spending ten bucks on tokens for a thirty nine cent toy, and used to explain to them that they spent 10 on the kids having fun with an incentive to get better at the games win more tickets to get better prizes, it was a bonus..
kinda like when I was a kid our local pizz joint would give a free small pizza and soda to whoever held high score for a week..
And what about the places that have the games on free play and charge like 5.-10. dollars for and wristband to play for a few hours or all day.. how is that tallied up..

 

[LyonsArcade]

This whole argument is bullshit because operators can refuse customers for any reason. I can tell a customer who comes in an arcade that I don't like the way his hair looks, get the hell out of my building and legally, there's nothing he can do about it.

All this armchair lawyerese is why the consider gamers nerds.

 

[JJ]

All this armchair lawyerese is why the consider gamers nerds.

well that may not be the only reason, ha,ha

 

[JamBurglar]

This whole argument is bullshit because operators can refuse customers for any reason. I can tell a customer who comes in an arcade that I don't like the way his hair looks, get the hell out of my building and legally, there's nothing he can do about it.

All this armchair lawyerese is why the consider gamers nerds.

Just out of curiosity, what type of tokens do you take in your arcade?

 

[skibobo61]

Not long ago at a Chinese restaurant I asked for change of a dollar so I could put money in the meter. I got 2 American quarters, 1 Canadian quarter and a 1 deutschmark coin. I used the American quarters……Damm those Chinese.

 

[kb0jjn]

I've actually heard of people having done this back in the day to get free games. I've heard it referred to as the "Atari Shuffle" where if you built up enough static electricity, you could use it to trigger a free credit from the coin slot. Can anyone shed some light as to whether or not this actually worked, or is it just an urban legend?

If you bought an atari arcade hits 1 or 2 Nolan talks about this and other things that have been done in the past. something about a q-ball etc.

It is on the cd and is on the faq's section.

 

[kb0jjn]

Don't try to pickup a token off of floor at a casino and put it in one of the slots.

You will be asked to repay the value of the token and to leave. It is theft!

Also, I used to send $1 tokens from a local casino to every one I bought from. I sent them with my money orders, remember those.

My thought was they could use them when they visit.☺

 

[noice87]

Great thread. I hardly check this section anymore so here I am posting on page 5. I sell tokens as a side business. I have sold to people who I know are going to take mixed tokens to there local arcade. Nothing I can do about it. I also sell CEC tokens to people who I know will take them back to CEC. CEC doesn't like people selling their tokens on ebay. I have sold lots and lots of CEC tokens on ebay and only once got a auction taken down. I have also sold mixed tokens to operators and have been to a arcade-fun center that used mixed tokens.

Would it be ok to use mixed tokens at a place that uses mixed tokens? What about a place that uses stock -generic tokens (Ie eagles)? I think it is ok to use CEC tokens at CEC. A guy I met at a auction who owns a place simular to CEC said he didn't care if other tokens come in as he makes his money off food and drinks.

As far as arcades not using tokens any more. I can't keep enough tokens in stock for my operator customers. I don't sell on ebay any more and most sell to repeat customers who are mostly operators-business owners.

BTW I have a lot of tokens coming in if anyone needs any tokens.

 

[AlkalineJay]

I'm pretty sure that most of the tokens you see for sale online in bulk were acquired in exactly this manner. Chain arcades are very careful about their tokens. They're not going to leave a whole coinbox full of them when they sell the games. The tokens are treated like currency and kept track of as such.

Has anyone here actually purchased a game, from an arcade, that contained a coinbox full of that arcade's tokens? I've never once heard of it happening. Arcades (especially chain arcades) have pretty set rules about selling off their games. They usually keep the coin mechs and the locks (if for no other reason than that their coin door locks are keyed alike and they want to re-use them - and they sure as heck aren't giving you that key) and they will obviously empty the coin box. Sure, you're likely to find two or three strays in the bottom, but they're not going to just sell you a game containing a bunch of their currency - it has to be kept track of.

And yes, I agree, the foreign tokens found at some arcade are perfectly valid to be used at the arcade they came from. SOMEONE paid for that token, and it still has value - and the arcade it came from would be happy to accept it as payment for a game play. Especially considering that the token itself does have some value, and they can turn around and sell it again.

-Ian

Namco seems to be bad about this in my area, I've bought several games that came from namco and there were more than a few tokens inside each game.

 

[mattosborn]

Hey, we haven't reached 200 posts yet....

Here's an interesting old thread:

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=33700

 

[SuperSprint]

I saved some people money. I made some money.

And that makes it all better....