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Bill Acceptor Service
- Thread starter Mr. Clean
- Start date
I.B. Washincars
Car Washer Emeritus
I've been using Mars for about 8 years now. I think I have 21 or 22 of them. I doubt that I have spent $1000 total on them in the whole 8 years.
Indiana Wash
Member
I had Rowe bill acceptors and spent at least $100/unit/year in my Rowe BC-1400 changers. I replaced the internals with MARS bill acceptors for $700 each. Since then, I have spent $0/year on them. My Hamilton XE validators have cost about $25/unit/year, but they are only in my acw IV's.
So, my $0.02 is go to MARS! I know I am happy with it.
So, my $0.02 is go to MARS! I know I am happy with it.
I repair a lot of bill acceptor/validators and it all depends on how and where they are used. A validator at is in a high volume bill changer would need more maintenance than a validator in a coin box or vacuum cleaner. I see Mars validators that haven't been touched in over 8 years come in pretty regularly. The validator of choice would have to be a Mars validator.
pitzerwm
Active member
Why doesn't some happy people with Mars, go to Customer Reviews and add them???
I like CoinCo. Low cost; low maint. I have needed service at $100,000 worth of bills, and I have had some go for $200,000 worth of bills. ( I recors counts at changes so I know how many $ worth of bills go through. Avg. maintenance about $200. I dispense all $1 tokens, so stringing is not an issue.
Same here. We give them a good cleaning and replace belts, etc. ourselves. Parts are available from online sources. I use http://echangemaker.com/store/html/index.html
pitzerwm
Active member
Please review them in the customer reviews, it will help all of us and them too.
