GideonF said:

So far as I know it works fine. Most vending machines now are probably mostly using credit cards or paper money, but when I was younger we had lots of vending machines all using coins.

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I imagine they've thought it through. Still, kids... rare earth magnets... :lightbulb: ...

Price reduction!!!

straightline said:

How's that work for the vending machine business?

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So far as I know it works fine. Most vending machines now are probably mostly using credit cards or paper money, but when I was younger we had lots of vending machines all using coins.

GideonF said:

I don’t know about the US. In Canada, our nickels, dimes and quarters are all magnetic.

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How's that work for the vending machine business?

jasonlaus said:

Money and skill have no bearing on one another

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OK...

My point, which might have been missed...

You could put on an exhibition event and through sponsorship money pay both players an appearance fee. Say, $15k each. Then put another $15k in the middle, so they will play hard.

Then one player is losing, badly, and decides that he'll take the $15k he was given (perhaps plus travel expenses) and start to mail in his effort instead of grinding like a champion.

SO...

Any idea if they were paid an appearance fee to participate in this event?

Mensabum said:

I'm sure PJ or Bob or Dr DAVE, one of those guys, could tell you if a fore weighted cue would be of any benefit to newer players, vs same o.
Just seems to make sense to me.

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I can't think of a physical reason, but it might feel better to some. How does it make sense to you?

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heater451 said:

I usually try to read through a whole thread before I post, but did this time, so forgive me if it's been mentioned.

I used to see Valley tables in bars which had a vendor sticker on them--as in like a vending machine company. So, my thought was that the tables were rented or leased from such a company, and Valley/Dynamo has simply provided tables for that industry, and it's those companies which then provided the tables to the bars.

No real evidence, just conjecture.

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Yes, but….

Vending companies use different brands but they are the ones that generally put tables in bars along with jukeboxes, pinball, etc… they may use different brands- Global as I mentioned above. Diamond. And the traditional leader in that market, Valley. I don’t know the details of that business. Vending companies have Diamonds too, but it is a newer brand than the longer established Valley.

I mention it because I played VNEA for the first time and heard things like VNEA has to be played on Valleys. It doesn’t, but the tables have to be owned by the charter holder which is typically a vending company. Valleys do have features which make a lot of sense for a vending company though, and it is no surprise that company started VNEA.

i guess i mis understood what you were saying then. sorry. lets end it.

so they cant improve without buying the latest equipment. news to me.

anything over the basic equipment is all you need to reach pro speed. if you have the talent and the right eye hand coordination and drive.

just to get decent it is all about playing time, and some thinking.

all the past greatest only had a cue stick. no videos, no doc dave, no worthwhile instructions, just pool room equipment.
played with shafts, tips, high deflection everything. and still would play at the top speed as those now.

only the very few top players now might be better than the ones of the past.

think efren, lassiter, segal etc.