Hello All,
I've been offered the "oppertunity" to place 2 machines in a local (downtown) Laundromat - don't know anything about the place, never seen it. I'm a collector and have no experience doing this type of this. I can fix most basic problems, so feel confident I could keep them running.
I was thinking that a couple of JAMMA 60-1 cabs with at 25cents a go. Lock bar etc ... Nothing too pretty, I expect they get abused. the owner has offered a 50-50 split.
I work full time, so have no idea how much maintanence would be required on these, or how much I would expect to make.
Would welcome any advice; some thoughts
- What type of machine would generate the most cash - Multi game/ racing/ "newer" type cab
- Would I keep hold of the key? How would the pacticalities of sharing the takings work
- I presume I'd have to decare the income on this.
- What are the general problems I'd expect to see? I assume I'd need two working coin mechs in just one bust/ got jammed
- How liked is it that these are just going to get trashed? I know the location isn't exactly the best part of town ;-)
I'm not really thinking about doing this to earn lots of cash, I'm sure that's not going to happen. I would be interested if my costs would be covered with a bit left over.
Bottom line, is this going to be more trouble than it's worth?
I've been offered the "oppertunity" to place 2 machines in a local (downtown) Laundromat - don't know anything about the place, never seen it. I'm a collector and have no experience doing this type of this. I can fix most basic problems, so feel confident I could keep them running.
I was thinking that a couple of JAMMA 60-1 cabs with at 25cents a go. Lock bar etc ... Nothing too pretty, I expect they get abused. the owner has offered a 50-50 split.
I work full time, so have no idea how much maintanence would be required on these, or how much I would expect to make.
Would welcome any advice; some thoughts
- What type of machine would generate the most cash - Multi game/ racing/ "newer" type cab
- Would I keep hold of the key? How would the pacticalities of sharing the takings work
- I presume I'd have to decare the income on this.
- What are the general problems I'd expect to see? I assume I'd need two working coin mechs in just one bust/ got jammed
- How liked is it that these are just going to get trashed? I know the location isn't exactly the best part of town ;-)
I'm not really thinking about doing this to earn lots of cash, I'm sure that's not going to happen. I would be interested if my costs would be covered with a bit left over.
Bottom line, is this going to be more trouble than it's worth?

