As y'all know, the Arraking arrived with the hopper unseated in its rails causing it to flop around during shiping and breaking the 24v power connector.

I contacted Eric right away, told him the problem and that my nephew could repair it. I phoned Monday and word arounnd the shop that Eric had a meeting and told everyone to watch their "Ps" and "Qs"!

Bless his heart, he is even sending extra tokens for my trouble!

While talking to Joseph I asked if they ever got in brand new, unused machines. He told me that once in a great while they do. I have a sneaky hunch this one is for a couple of reasons. Check these pics of the inside.

http://images9.fotki.com/v175/photos...00_0240-vi.jpg
http://images2.fotki.com/v16/photos/...00_0239-vi.jpg
http://images8.fotki.com/v154/photos...00_0241-vi.jpg

Of course the children had to check it out too. King Kat inspecting.

http://images8.fotki.com/v154/photos...00_0231-vi.jpg

Then Dammit had to check things out.
http://images2.fotki.com/v10/photos/...00_0235-vi.jpg

Another thing that makes me wonder was the token slide. It would NOT accept tokens. Kyle did some checking and founnd that there is a plastic(?) bar above the bent token ejector that was never set for tokens!

If this machine had been used before that couldn't have happened in my book. The piece was NOT loose so it couldn't have slipped during shipment.

What do you think, new or used?