I saw a couple of new things at the ICA convention that were worth taking a second look at.
The Coinco Vantage validator coupons can now be printed from the Coinco web site.
[B]http://coupons.coinco.com/[/B] They have made it very easy to add your art work or any other information before you print the coupons. I think these would be great for weekend specials etc. They charge 15 cents per coupon or 90 cents per page.
The most interesting new system was the high speed
credit card system from Genesys.
[B]http://www.getcryptopay.com/[/B] It’s a wireless
credit card system that is encrypted at the reader. There are only 3 wires to connect in the
coin box, 24 volt Hot and Common and one wire to the timer. No computer in the equipment room. Total cost for a 4 bays car wash $1750. Genesys Technologies has been making electronic parts and times for the car wash industry for years.
I looked at the Mars Recycler validator and found it to be a nice unit. The only problem I see with in a car wash environment is security. You need to have a 3 1/4” X 4 1/4” hole in your equipment for the bezel to stick out of the equipment that it’s mounted in. The recycler only comes in MDB, it will only work in
vending machines and bill
changers that are MDB.
Nothing else really jumped out and said buy me first.
Kleen-Rite had there show specials.
Hamilton had a few specials on ACW's, HTK's and DAN systems. .