New 10p's

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:31 am

Is it me or do the new ones not go in any mech???!!

Have they released a slightly different coin or something?

eddiesdad · Post by **eddiesdad** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:45 am

new 5p and 10p wont work as different metal content.its worse with parking meters as you end up having to pot excess in as a lot wont take small change

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:48 am

they can't be arsed to go round sites with a mech reprogrammer to sort them all out , would have been done a piece of piss if the pounds changed though

streakseims · Post by **streakseims** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:30 am

Exactly.

Oscar · Post by **Oscar** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:50 am

I've known machines to take those shiny new 10's and give 50p credit.

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:32 pm

regarding the old/new 10p's ,,,,,,,,,,, one picks up with a magnet , one doesn't , defo dif compound

dakky · Post by **dakky** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:41 pm

The mech's just need reprogramming. A company I used to work for charged like £10-£15 to do it per mech. Some places did it/will do it and others won't bother.

Any coin/token can be programmed in on the majority of mechs afaik.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 1:50 pm

Oscar wrote:I've known machines to take those shiny new 10's and give 50p credit.

Used to wrap surgical tape round 10ps and the machines thought they were 50s.

eddiesdad · Post by **eddiesdad** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:55 am

even worse when they bring out new notes every few years,costs a fortune to prog every validator,and its not just fruit machines you also have vending machines etc

bubbles · Post by **bubbles** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:29 am

used to file old 5 ps round the 20 p template when i was a kid to play the video machines! double dragon, gauntlet etc!

davy22 · Post by **davy22** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:31 am

I have a phil the power taylor barcrest machine, which has the same issue. what would I need to use to reprogramme the machine? is there a manual available anywhere?
thanks
davy

Roll_With_It_Russ · Post by **Roll_With_It_Russ** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:44 pm

The old old 10p the size of a cartwheel used to work on machines where the mech had not been updated... Could never find a good supply of them though and once the cash box was loaded after taking the hopper it was the case you only got one hit per machine/arcade