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A Pecos Diary - My Journey to Pinball Operator

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6 years ago


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#18 6 years ago

Best of luck Pecks.
The bottom of the scores aren't able to be seen on Stellar Wars, I have made that better sometimes by raising the whole insert a touch, Getting the displays centered in the window.
Those machines look really nice!

Added over 6 years ago: Sorry for the typo, cannot edit.
Best of luck...Pecos

2 weeks later
#52 6 years ago

That Harlem PF is a beauty!

3 months later
#127 5 years ago

I agree with Volta, and think bars are just fine, and actually better than all-ages locations, where your game is the babysitter. I've been operating in bars for over a decade, and any damage has been small, and very rare.
That said, all ages can make good cash, and could be worth the sticky hands and annoying banging around of the little ones.

3 months later
#214 5 years ago
Quoted from Pecos:

From eBay: Coin door inserts. Looking for more 2 Quarters - 1 Play inserts. They are harder to find than snow in Tucson.

I often take the ones that say X - Quarter(s) - Z - Play(s) and sand off everything but the "quarter(s)" part, then mask off and paint black on the backside.
Turns out OK

1 month later
#239 5 years ago
Quoted from dasvis:

Paint that super-flite ..it looks terrible..

Nah, but switch it to the window side to take the "heat"

11 months later
#394 4 years ago
Quoted from JethroP:

I can't imagine why a store looking to host pinball machines would sign a contract giving the pin operator rights of exclusivity. Typically, the store doesn't put up any capital or pay for game maintenance, right? To the store owner it's all no risk. What benefit is there to the business giving the pin operator rights of exclusivity?

If I put 5-30K worth of equipment into a bar, ie. jukebox, pins, pool tables, arcade, etc..,, you can bet there will be a contract. And all standard contracts have exclusive rights to operate in them. If you want the best equipment, and for ME to take all the monetary risk to help YOU make side money and bring in traffic, you can sign the contract.
I would be more than happy to provide Pecos with a copy, PM if you would like to take a look, you can modify.

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