Games in public?

[eccs19]

Just kinda wondering if anyone here has ever approached a local store, pizza joint, etc, and asked them if you could put one of your machines in their store.  I don't imagine that anyone would want to put their pristine Galaga / Pacman, etc, but if you had an old beater hanging about.....  Any thoughts?

[versapak]

Just kinda wondering if anyone here has ever approached a local store, pizza joint, etc, and asked them if you could put one of your machines in their store. I don't imagine that anyone would want to put their pristine Galaga / Pacman, etc, but if you had an old beater hanging about..... Any thoughts?

You'd most likely need to have a vendor's license.

[SirPeale]

You'd most likely need to have a vendor's license.

Indeed.  It depends on where you live.  Some places not only have state licensing, there is local (town/city) licenses as well.

I'm lucky enough to live in Vermont, where there is no longer a state license needed.

If I lived in Greenfield, MA, however...it's $100 for the TOWN license, for EACH machine, plus whatever it is for the state.

[Ken Layton]

And here in Washington state you must also pay sales tax on the money in the machine.

Before putting a machine "on location" you better be damn sure the location owner does not already have a contract with another game operator or you will be sued for breaching the contract.

[fredster]

I did.  I have some machines around town.

They don't make much.  I pulled some of them out.

They stay together pretty good.  I haven't had too many "service" calls.

I try and keep one handy to put in place if one goes down.

[ChadTower]

Before putting a machine "on location" you better be damn sure the location owner does not already have a contract with another game operator or you will be sued for breaching the contract.

How could you possibly breach a contract to which you are not a party?

[Stingray]

Before putting a machine "on location" you better be damn sure the location owner does not already have a contract with another game operator or you will be sued for breaching the contract.

How could you possibly breach a contract to which you are not a party?

I was wondering the same. I would have thought that the store owner would be the one in breach. Of course I know nothing about putting games on location apart from the fact that here in OK they have to have some kind of tax stamp on them.

-S

[ChadTower]

It has nothing to do with the nature of the contract, really... only the store owner could breach that contract, and they actually would be in breach if a contract did exist.

What you would get is a nice little visit from the Op's biggest employee, and a nice grape soda down the back of your monitor.

[fredster]

The guys I work with own the stores and I'm the only guy. I don't have a contract.  I just split the winnings 50/50