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[rizzla37]

An arcade in town has been doing promotions to get more players in.This weeks is cash match, spend £5 on 50p play for £5 free, £10 on £70 jackpots for £10 free and £15 for £15 on the £500 jackpots, plus raffle tickets for cash draws. Is this a sign that arcades are feeling the pinch or just a gimmick to get you in knowing you will probably spend at least twice as much?. I took advantage and stuck £15 in a £500 monkey business and got £15 free,and stuck it on 50p play. I came away with £27.50 after £30 of play so a nice £12.50 profit.

[Liverpool2008]

If this is for the showboat?

I got the booklet and you can play on 10p/25p/30p ones aswell

[rizzla37]

If this is for the showboat?

I got the booklet and you can play on 10p/25p/30p ones aswell

Quicksilver is the arcade, i got the booklet to and that finished on sat, they started a new one today

[ziggy]

One of the things that pi$t me off about Quicksilver is that they always stick the % for hi-techs at about 86% for about the first 6 months then its right down the rock bottom 70% for the rest of its life.

And their tea is like fairy liquid.

[rizzla37]

One of the things that pi$t me off about Quicksilver is that they always stick the % for hi-techs at about 86% for about the first 6 months then its right down the rock bottom 70% for the rest of its life.

And their tea is like fairy liquid.

your not kidding either on both counts lol

[yorkie07808]

Are quicksilver still doing the 5 'o' clock special where you spend 5 pound to get 5 pound and a snack.

[todd1970]

Yeah they are always trying to entice you to stay that 'wee bit longer'..

My local Quicksilver used to have a trolley type thingy full of sandwiches..mars bars..crisps..pot noodles..cup a soups etc.

The guy or woman used to say tea or coffee ? I was always like 'nahhh no thanks' although i did take a coffee once and Ziggy is right it does taste like wee-wee..but it was 'Well ok..if theres anything ye want just gimme a shout..and help yourself to anything ye want off the trolley'

Ye could have yer breakfast..lunch and dinner in there if ye wanted..although i think thats thier gameplan if yer hungry and want to go get summat to eat it means leaving the arcade.

The last time i was in there about a month ago they didnt have all the food out on offer anymore so they must have binned the idea.

[hurricane]

The one i go to is 'Reel Time' when you go in you get a raffle ticket thats goes into a draw that takes place on a saturday for £25. On a sunday its £5 match and play. Plus theres the odd game of bingo, full house for a tenner that goes into a machine of your choice.

[lincs1]

this type of thing has been going on for years even in the days of token machines

thomas's in leicester and quicksilver always does this promotion to attract money spenders.


in token days it was spend a fiver and get £1 worth of tokens free.

tea and coffee is free anyway for customers who spend

[ForYouToEnvy]

I called in my local nobles the other week and was asked for my mobile number.I asked for what and they said they will be sending promotional text messages out for cash matches on their machines.I asked what kind and they said anything from £5 up to £50 cash match but the £50 cash match and £20 cash match can only be done on the b3 machines i just said no thanks your ok:eek: just another way to get ya to spend your money.

Take them up on the offer, pick a barcrest B3, put your money in, let them put there money in, push the start once to have one spin then push collect........the barcrests let you collect the credit bank after one spin;)

[nails]

i used to give £5 worth of credits to everybody who spent their initial £20. I thoiught this was a fair system that gave you better value for money.

in addition, every 10 jackpots (whether they be £5 £25 £35 or £500) and you got that value again in credits.

was I mad to give away £500 ??? how mach money do you think it takes to win 10 x £500 jackpots ?

[CoasterDesignerpro]

i used to give £5 worth of credits to everybody who spent their initial £20. I thoiught this was a fair system that gave you better value for money.

in addition, every 10 jackpots (whether they be £5 £25 £35 or £500) and you got that value again in credits.

was I mad to give away £500 ??? how mach money do you think it takes to win 10 x £500 jackpots ?

...and one guy did just that, didn't he Gary.

[brucegeorge]

First time i went in my local quicksilver some guy come up to me and said would you like the chance to win a playstation 1 this was many years ago so i said yes and i had to look at a photo of a baby and say what day was it born well not that arsed i just said my own birthday and a week later i went in and he run up 2 me and said you won the playstation nice touch lol they dont do stuff like that now only at xmas but i always get £5 free plays in there not that they have machines i wanna play now plus most machines are 80% payout now

[lincs1]

I called in my local nobles the other week and was asked for my mobile number.I asked for what and they said they will be sending promotional text messages out for cash matches on their machines.I asked what kind and they said anything from £5 up to £50 cash match but the £50 cash match and £20 cash match can only be done on the b3 machines i just said no thanks your ok:eek: just another way to get ya to spend your money.

if it was a chick that asked for your number then i guess u have pulled lol

if anyone asked for my number giving an excuse of a promotion then i would tell em to fook off

its bad enough with random callers asking if i wanted double glazing ect without nobles and clan adding to it

[lincs1]

i used to give £5 worth of credits to everybody who spent their initial £20. I thoiught this was a fair system that gave you better value for money.

in addition, every 10 jackpots (whether they be £5 £25 £35 or £500) and you got that value again in credits.

was I mad to give away £500 ??? how mach money do you think it takes to win 10 x £500 jackpots ?

why did you give up the arcade business nails?

i'm sure there was great demand in the right area surely?

[Liverpool2008]

Quicksilver in Liverpool only have 1 feature machine on 10p which is called back to the features everytime they put £7 and i put £7 i always end up with more than £15 cos it gives a good play on saturdays mornings

[shaun2097]

my local arcade in truro, cornwall is Camalot Casino Slots.
if you become a "member" you get a loyality card which you can use once every day on a computer terminal that houses around 5 diffrent games (video scratch card, fortune wheel etc) top prize is £500 which has been paid a few times, but on the whole you win nothing or £10 free credits on any machine.

I am a member but i refuse to use my card as i think is a way to keep tabs on who is in the arcade and when.
I dont like that!!
In fact i tore up the card as soon as i got it. the only reason i became a member is to have free tea and coffee, because under there old system, you had to pay if you was a nobody off the street.

[voodoomau5]

my local arcade in truro, cornwall is Camalot Casino Slots.
if you become a "member" you get a loyality card which you can use once every day on a computer terminal that houses around 5 diffrent games (video scratch card, fortune wheel etc) top prize is £500 which has been paid a few times, but on the whole you win nothing or £10 free credits on any machine.

I am a member but i refuse to use my card as i think is a way to keep tabs on who is in the arcade and when.
I dont like that!!
In fact i tore up the card as soon as i got it. the only reason i became a member is to have free tea and coffee, because under there old system, you had to pay if you was a nobody off the street.

yeah they have/had them around here, they used to have a terminal in the cat d section but never saw anyone using it. dunno if they have one in the over 18s.