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New style refill keys
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:25 am
by JG
Tubular style refill keys.
Anyone got one?
I notice a few big chain arcades have tubular slots for the refill key as a pose to the'normal' style ones.
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:46 am
by aaamusements.co.uk
You won't get a common key for that type!
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:20 am
by Martal~Wombat
aaamusements.co.uk wrote:You won't get a common key for that type!
i take it that these are an independent style key for that particular site then Alex?

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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:26 am
by JG
Oh well, guess I'll just have to put the machine through, rip out the hopper, count the coins, put them back in the hopper, put the hopper back and then decide if I want to play it or not. What a nuisance.
Cheers for the info Alex.
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:41 am
by 6502
Not seen the Tubular type, but had a few where my key wouldn't turn al all, might have been one of these feckers !!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Replacement-Fruit ... 240%3A1318
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:27 am
by Spyder
hahahaha
pretty good idea that...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:06 pm
by anfield road
Yea some independent companies change the locks!! they are basically just cutting off any sort of entry point for any joe public!
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:56 pm
by pager
Take Showboat for example.A year ago they were all keyable here (well 95%) now they all have the said refill locks.
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:18 pm
by dannyedge25
[quote="""]Not seen the Tubular type, but had a few where my key wouldn't turn al all, might have been one of these feckers !
no ya key wouldn of even fitted in it mate
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:30 am
by aaamusements.co.uk
Martal~Wombat wrote:aaamusements.co.uk wrote:You won't get a common key for that type!
i take it that these are an independent style key for that particular site then Alex?

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Yep some are new Camlock ones that are only obtainable by the company that buys them, and some are just flat keys cut to a random number.
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:06 pm
by DJJPurple
You'll all be stuffed soon! LOL
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:27 pm
by trayhop123
doesn't affect me , i dont key nowt anyhow ,,,,,
play the program , not the balance
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:40 pm
by CrosbyRules
nothing at all lee, i went in for a moley tonight, no note, no refill...why pay 8 for a board that blocks at a fiver, when you could have keyed it to see it was 85 off...(was 3 off btw, made 25 on it)
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:04 pm
by trayhop123
ive never said they were totally useless crosb m8, for non note changers , but be honest , that can only be ( and im being generous ) about 5% of machines in existence .
on anything else ????? a key , at best can only tell you half truths .
there's been loads of posts on here , about reds redding up from outta nowhere when the low balance suggested otherwise .
ok so now and again , i get unnecessarily stung 5-20 quid testing a red , that a key maybe would have avoided ( and i emphasise maybe ) ,
but then you have to accept that the flipside of this means you have to ask yourselves how many times has your reliance on your key made you walk away from a flying machine with a huge potential profit .????
a key can only tell you part of the story.
and not forgetting the current shit hot on toppage of most pubs these days , its another reason not to have one on you .
each to their own , but i dont carry one , use one or need one.
like i said , play the program , not the balance .
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:05 am
by CrosbyRules
I try not to use one...I must admit, but...I like to have one on me...Had an indy today, note off, didn't key, was 25 for 70. IOU 31 quid...would I have played if I had keyed?