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Q*Bert_OP:
3 balls.
Q*Bert_OP:
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--- Quote from: Q*Bert_OP on November 02, 2011, 01:19:58 pm ---3 balls.
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THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! :lol
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This is 2011 ;)
smartbomb2084:
This is none of my business but do you own the location this game is in? If not, are you splitting the revenue with the location at the customary 50-50 split?
At a dollar per play this $5000 beauty will need 5000 plays to break even if you get all the money and 10,000 plays if you split 50-50.
What kind of shape will this game be in after 5000 or 10,000 plays? Will it make it to 5000 games played without any serious malfunction?
This scenario is why location pinball is so scarce. It is just too hard to make any real money at it.
I can barely get 50 cents for a 5 ball game on our pinballs around here and I keep them in tip top shape.
People are too cheap to play a game of pool for 75 cents but they will hit a boxing machine bag ONE TIME FOR ONE DOLLAR!!!!!
How does that make any sense?
Pinball Wizard:
Do you offer 6 plays for $5? About how long will you expect to make your money back?
Q*Bert_OP:
--- Quote from: Pinball Wizard on November 03, 2011, 10:24:07 am ---Do you offer 6 plays for $5? About how long will you expect to make your money back?
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$1/1 play
$2/3 plays
And no, I don't own the location...so with a 50/50 split, I have to bring in $9200 to break even. At approx $1000 a year, that would take almost 10 years, once we add $600 for licenses over those 10
years.
Also, the game needs to be moved to another location at least once a year, or the income will drastically drop.
I also have a newer pinball in another location that brings in over $80/week @ $.50 play, but that is one of my rougher locations...but around $4200 a year, that game will pay itself off in around 2 years, and junked within 5 years.
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