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Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: Wenis on November 21, 2004, 12:19:16 am

Title: Coin mechs ????
Post by: Wenis on November 21, 2004, 12:19:16 am
Could someone tell me how much some coin mechs are worth? The ones in question are 2 Coin Controls 25 Cent and 2 Coin Mech 25 cent. All in working condition
Title: Re:Coin mechs ????
Post by: Thenasty on November 21, 2004, 09:33:11 am
Here is link to HAPPS for all coin mechs.
http://www.happcontrols.com/cc/mechs.htm
usually prices there are from $15-30 or maybe higher.

Usually a used one could go from $5-10 and for the electroni ones, higher.

Someone posted some here in for buy/sell/trade for $5.00 each (.25c) but that waws a while ago.

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if interested later on on how to BYO Ultimate all  in one Coin mech (this mech accepts any tokens/coins) here is a link.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=19200
Title: Re:Coin mechs ????
Post by: Wenis on November 21, 2004, 09:38:53 am
Thank you
Title: Re:Coin mechs ????
Post by: quarterback on November 21, 2004, 02:05:41 pm
if interested later on on how to BYO Ultimate all  in one Coin mech (this mech accepts any tokens/coins) here is a link.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=19200

I had bookmarked that thread previously and it's a very cool step by step.  But I have a question about a really low-tech 'all in one' coin mech.

I swear I saw a thread on this board that had a picture of a coin-door where the back just had a folded-cardboard 'channel' that caused the coins to activate a switch.  There was no real 'mech' at all except for a microswitch that would be activated when the coin dropped down a slot made by this folded cardboard (or something).

Does anybody have any idea what I'm talking about, or did I dream the whole thing?
Thanks
Title: Re:Coin mechs ????
Post by: pcates on November 22, 2004, 09:12:41 am
if interested later on on how to BYO Ultimate all
Title: Re: Coin mechs ????
Post by: paigeoliver on November 22, 2004, 09:28:22 am
Could someone tell me how much some coin mechs are worth? The ones in question are 2 Coin Controls 25 Cent and 2 Coin Mech 25 cent. All in working condition

In all reality they are worth almost nothing. They might COST a certain amount, but they have very little resale value, being one of those things that everyone in the business has more spares than they know what to do with. I probably have 30 extra ones myself.
Title: Re: Coin mechs ????
Post by: RayB on November 22, 2004, 12:38:21 pm
Used maybe $5 each?
(metal or plastic??)
Title: Re:Coin mechs ????
Post by: quarterback on November 22, 2004, 09:01:05 pm
Does anybody have any idea what I'm talking about, or did I dream the whole thing?
You were not dreaming, I remember the same thing, but I think it was on the main site, not in the forums, but it has been a while. As I remember it was nothing fancy, just cardboard to get the coin from the slot to the switch.

Well, it's good to know I didn't make it up completely, but I still can't find it.

I did find this guy  (http://www.licoricepizza.com/fantastic4.html) who made one out of plexi and JB Weld.