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Captain Rotundo:
Well I would order mame tokens (say the mame logo on the obverse and a "1 credit" standard thing on the reverse) as well but in doing the math I just don't see how enough people would pay for them to make them worth while.  and believe me I thought about it...  having a spare 4000 tokens that I paid $500-$600 isnot my idea of a good investment :)

maybe I'm wrong, maybe more people would want them... if so we should get a count of how many and how much they'd be willing to pay. at $600 if we could get 15 people to chip in 40$ pluss shipping (I would assume we'd have someone make the order that everyone trusts with thier money, and that wouldn't be me since I'm fairly new here) every one could get 300 tokens, and that leaves 10% (most places have an up to 10% error rate allowed per order)

If you don't want three hundred then maybe you could resell some.... and of course after the outlay for the mame logo die future tokens would be cheaper per 5000 lot.

mp2526:
Just an FYI, I'm seriously in the process of ordering tokens.  They will be .984 which is slightly larger than a quarter (token companies won't make a quarter sized tokens as people might use them as slugs to rip off vending machines).  Since my company does have assets, although limited at the moment, I'm trying to get permission from the Mame guys to use their logo, I don't want to piss anyone off.

As these will also serve a marketing purpose for my company, one side would be my company name/logo, the other would be the Mame logo (I'll eat the $195 charge for my company logo die as a marketing cost).  I have to figure out my budget as I didn't originally plan for this cost, so I can't give you any prices right now, but it will definately be under $20 for 100 tokens (not including shipping).  It will probably be a month before I actually get the order off, so if you guys can wait and you don't mind my company logo on one side, then I think you will be happy with the results.  I might also in the future, be open to the idea of various other token designs as well.

jcoleman:
Would there be interest in .900 tokens as well?  I have been pursuing this for a few days. BTW coin mechs are adjustable (at least some are).  :)

John

Captain Rotundo:
I look foward to your tokens mp2526.  I was not ignoring you, I am simply a hands on person that likes figuring things out for myself, add that to the amount of times I've heard "I/My company will....." with no action and you can understand... I will definately look into your products as soon as they are available, but will also look into my own DIY methods in the meantime.

grafixmonkey:

--- Quote from: Wade on October 21, 2003, 02:56:16 pm ---Try emailing sweetestcocguy@aol.com, I bought 500 used 0.900 23mm tokens from him for $15.

Wade

--- End quote ---

I second the suggestion, the guy's pretty great.  Expect to clean them in some vinegar though.

And yes, Happ is mondo expensive.  I think they come out to $0.16 to $0.18 per token, where the guy Wade mentioned comes out to something like $0.03 per token, depending how easily he gets his current shipment.

By the way, your kid's friends might pocket the tokens too.  Especially if they can be used in a local arcade.  (and I bet they'll try it too.)  I know that I could take my tokens down to the local TILT and play games for 3 cents a pop with the tokens I have.  I'm not going to because that'd be pretty nasty to do, but kids don't think along those lines.

You might also be interested in my current cab addition project...  I'm using the quarter mechs that came with my door, but rigging optical switches at the tops of the chutes so that everything will trigger a credit...  but tokens will return to the reject bin to be reused, and quarters will fall to the piggy bank inside.  The circuit is fairly simple, and I think you can get everything at Radio Shack.

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