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    Default Newbie with a question

    Good morning everyone, I am firing up with Pachinko as a new (old) hobbie,
    I was thinking abouy trying to collect and refurbish different styles of machines to sort of represent a history.

    I was looking at these two machines on eBay,

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEBI:IT

    They look similar, I was wondering if one was missing the top tray? The seller claims it is manual feed and I was gonna believe him until I saw the similar machine with what looks like a plastic tray installed in the outside glass slot. What do you think?

    Great forum and thanks in advance. (signature coming soon)

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    Default Re: Newbie with a question

    They don't exactly look like the same machine from the face at least. The first one seems to have decided to not show a picture of the back of the top of the machine to let you know if a top hopper exists or not.

    The second looks like the better choice but at the price that's on it. I'd pesonally stay away from an old single shooter for that much money.
    Meanwhile, somewhere in Oklahoma.

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    Default Re: Newbie with a question

    there are better buys out there
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    Wow, the auctions took a big jump from last night. I think you guys are right about finding better deals, that and I've got 3 to work on right now.

    Thanks all, now back to reading all these posts!!

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    Default Re: Newbie with a question

    The machine without the part on the front isn't missing it, it just wasn't added on. Compirate's website shows a converted machine.
    http://compirate.home.mindspring.com...ransition.html

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    pachi_sloter, thanks for the info. That site answered questions I didn't even know I had.

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