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Pepsi Machine
I have an old Pepsi machine that I'd like to sell.
Here are the particulars: Vendorator Mfg. Co., Fresno CA., Model No.: H81 D, Serial No.:1045128 41
Any suggestions? Thnak you.

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Hi Gary,

WOW, nice machine, and worth a ton of bucks. You have a good one here Gary! From the book yours has a value of $2,800.00, can you believe it? If it was Completely restored the book gives it a value of $5,800.00. I am not saying you can sell it for these prices but the book lists it's value at this amount! I would be happy to scan this information for you, if you want to email me at Jackpot7@q.com and I'll scan it and attach it to your email, and send it back to you. As for selling it, well I can give you some information about going at this, it's allready been answered in one of the last other questions, that I answered here. See:

You answered this question on 01/03/10

Questioner: John
Category: Collectibles-General (Antiques)
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Subject: antique gottlieb machine

HERE GARY, I will just cut and paste it below here, as all the information is in my last answer except, do a search for Soda machine clubs or soda machine magazines, to be soda specific or brand specific (PepsiCola) in selling it, the gameroom machine is still a good place for this item, see below:


As for your question, "were or how to sell it" well that is a tough answer but we will see if I can give you some good ideas and help here. I would at this point say that exposer is what you need to accomplish in selling this. The more exposure this has, the better chance of finding the right buyer for it, and with some luck maybe someone who has even been looking a long time for this model.

Some good ways to go are, Crags list, as you can advertise it in your local city and state if you want, and for free, and avoid the shipping problems by selling it locally. Go to this link and select your state and city when you get there, it's at: http://seattle.craigslist.org/

For world wide exposure, there is always ebay auction, and there you can post this for auction without a reserve and let the chips fall as they may, or post it with a reserve bid amount and see what kind of bid amounts you get on it, at the same time telling the world you have this and want to sell it. I am sure you know where to find them, but for those who don't, they are located at ebay.com or a pinball link for them is located at: http://collectibles.shop.ebay.com/Machines-/13725/i.html?_armrs=1&_mdo=Collectib...

There are also collectible coin operated machine clubs and associations like the C.O.C.A. club where you can place a free adds I believe, and there at: http://www.coinopclub.org/

If you like the auction idea, besides ebay there are many small and large auctions that  specializes in this sort of machine, some even use the Internet for live bidding which can give you access to 10's of thousands of bidders, a Good auction for this would be this one: http://www.vcaauction.com/ As for fees expect to pay about 20 to 25 percent in fees and now days some auctions are charging the buyers another 10 percent fee on top of this, which is getting way to expensive for my action, but some of them do get a good price on some items, but it's always risky business. On this same line you could try to consign it to a local antique store which they charge around 30 percent or less if it sells.

Then you can also advertise it in some of the trade type magazines, like the Gameroom Magazine located at: http://www.gameroommag.com/ or maybe something in the pinball world of magazines like: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/poa/pplayer.htm or another is: http://www.pingamejournal.com/

These are all items and avenues that I have used in the past, it just depends on how much time you are willing to spend to sell it and trying to get the best offer or price on it. I hope this information for your question of (where and how do I go about selling this) is helpful to you and gives you the ideas that you are looking for. Oh... I almost forgot one, your welcome to post it on my web site for free, its located at http://www.coinslots.com

Thank You and happy new year to you and everyone here reading this, may your 2010 be a Great Year!

Cheers....

Sincerely
Rodger Knutson
http:www.coinslots.com  
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Expertise

I am an expert on old coin operated machines, slot machines, trade stimulator's, jukeboxes, old arcade machines, etc. I have been identifying these for people who respond to my web site listed below, for a few years now. In almost all cases I am able to tell them about their old coin operated machines, the year, the value, and other general information about their machines. I do not know much about soda vending machines, coin banks, or scales, but I will try to help you with these if I can. Please email photo's to: jackpot7@ix.netcom.com My web site is at: http://www.coinslots.com

Experience

I bought my first slot machine, a .50 Cent Mills Black Cherry in 1969 and have been hooked from that time, I still have that Slot machine! Before that I found a open barrel full of old scraped jukebox wall boxes behind a restaurant, I wanted them all but never took a one of them. Anything that took a coin drove me nuts!

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