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Operating pins on location..grab the Novus & soldering iron

By mikedetroit

10 years ago


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    #443 8 years ago
    Quoted from desertT1:

    A few curiosities I had recently:
    1. In a environment where the latest Sterns would be set to .75/play with no value buy, what was the transition game for Sterns where they went from .50/3 to .75/3? For example, the biggest place in town has a few Sterns. RBION is set for .50 and ACDC is set to .75. Does anyone have a single or group of games when that transition was pretty much set?
    2. I might be getting a Capt Fantastic. I like it, and this one is a good route candidate with a decent clearcoat on it. I can get it for $600, but my default pricing instincts say that it is a .25/5 game. That's 2400 plays to pay it off. That seems like an awful lot for an EM with some miles on it. Is it a d*ck move to give .25/3 or .50/5 a shot? There is one of these in town as well and it is .25/5, but gives no PF special or score replay. If I gave a reasonable replay for .25/3, would that make things any better? Looking for input as to what is proper (fair?) to both me and those playing the game.

    here is what i learned. u can always go down in price, but going up again is harder. i mean in regardss to rbion vs acdc pricing, its obviousy that acdc is a more expensive pin so u would ask more per play. also i would think acdc is kinda a bigger attraction so people might play it more even if its higher priced...

    in regards to the em, i never tried ems on location since down here they are just crazy expensive and i dont really know how to work on them. not a dick move at all to ask a higher price for 5 balls compared to 3, thats kinda what i do with older games like system 11 u ask more for 5 balls, cause the game will get more wear that way. i think 5 balls for 25 cent is abit too low maybe.

    #444 8 years ago

    okay here is a tip ill share cause i mean why not... turn match feature off. reason average people who might play it and who are clueless might not even know what it does and will just walk away.
    also i found the percentage to be way off point on bally/williams. i once set the match to the lowest possible on a fish tales and it gave away matches way too often when me and my friend played a couple of games on it to test it. almost so that i figured wow something must be wrong with this game lol.

    also make sure your replay scores are achievable but not so easy that anyone who can play decently can get free games without having to work for it. i myself like getting a free game when playing on location it feels good, but when u operate them dont make it crazy easy todo so. maybe check audits each month to see how many free games are achieved (i should do this myself more often), if its crazy high adjust it to a higher margain.

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