I don't take too much time to hunt down machines 'in the wild' as it were, but if they present themselves, I will often drop in a few quarters. Over the weekend I was in Ocean City Maryland and stayed at the Grand Hotel. It's a bloody nice place. Nice lobby, great rooms (efficiencies - little fridge, microwave) good rates (because it's off season - during the summer, I can't afford to stay there), clean, nice view of the beach, right on the boardwalk. Overall, an excellent hotel.
We take the kids down to the game room (on the way to the pool area) and my son wants to play a game. The change machine is out of order, and the front desk has no quarters to give. Grammy finally finds a few and so does my wife. After 4 or 5 quarters, they manage to rack up 3 credits and he plays (yea, it took quarters but didn't always register credits. Nice).
We have a quick look around and of 6 or so videos and 3 pins, and I'm thinking that trying to rustle up quarters to put into the rest is a waste of money. (One pin had a bad DMD, another didn't look like the lights were working, etc, etc).
Why the HELL doesn't the OP TAKE CARE OF THIS SHIT! I mean, really, you can't keep the CHANGE MACHINE full and working? It's FALL. The place isn't more than 20% full, even at the lowered rates they charge. And the equipment is allowed to stand dead?
HOW THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT TO MAKE MONEY IF THE GEAR DOESN'T WORK!
I know I don't know anything about operating arcades in the field, but dammit, if you aren't going to have them working, why have them on location at all? What's the point of being in the business, if you aren't going to do business?
We take the kids down to the game room (on the way to the pool area) and my son wants to play a game. The change machine is out of order, and the front desk has no quarters to give. Grammy finally finds a few and so does my wife. After 4 or 5 quarters, they manage to rack up 3 credits and he plays (yea, it took quarters but didn't always register credits. Nice).
We have a quick look around and of 6 or so videos and 3 pins, and I'm thinking that trying to rustle up quarters to put into the rest is a waste of money. (One pin had a bad DMD, another didn't look like the lights were working, etc, etc).
Why the HELL doesn't the OP TAKE CARE OF THIS SHIT! I mean, really, you can't keep the CHANGE MACHINE full and working? It's FALL. The place isn't more than 20% full, even at the lowered rates they charge. And the equipment is allowed to stand dead?
HOW THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT TO MAKE MONEY IF THE GEAR DOESN'T WORK!
I know I don't know anything about operating arcades in the field, but dammit, if you aren't going to have them working, why have them on location at all? What's the point of being in the business, if you aren't going to do business?

