CoinOpCollectorForum.com

To All:
Just out of curiosity, I was looking at our current membership of 1361, and scrolled back a bit,
to notice that there has been a pretty steady sign-up, on average of 11 to 17 new members a
month, since the beginning of this year. That's an impressive amount, even if they don't join in
on regular daily topics. Hope it keeps up. Several of the new members have been seeking advice
on what to look out for, before a purchase, as well as restoration, and fix-it tips. This is what
one of our main purposes is for having this site.

Dave has done a fantastic job, of keeping this site up-and-running, with many new additions,
since it's introduction in Nov. 2004. It is a lot of work, and should be commended for doing so.

Welcome to all of our new members. Hope you continue to join in on many subjects.
Oh, and two other things: Please keep your avatars as small as possible, to allow more space
per page, and please list where you are from, (at least the state), in the event there is someone
nearby that needs help with a machine, or maybe has an item for sale, or needing a part, that
can be picked up, rather than shipped.
Thank you, Bill

Bill:

Thanks. It took a while for the forum to gain traction but it is doing well and that is because of members like YOU and others who are always there to answer people's questions and willing to help people out.

Dave

YES! Good points, Bill.

This forum is very valuable to the hobby;
it adds a great deal of information, entertainment and enjoyment to coin-op collectors.
We all owe a big debt of gratitude to Dave for making it available to us.

I hate to think that it will be lost if, for whatever reason, Dave is no longer available to maintain the forum.
You would think that COCA would be prepared to keep it going, but I doubt that they are.
I think they started a forum as part of their web site years ago, but it never took off like this one did.

There is a lot of good info available here that can be found no where else;
to save it for the younger collectors, it would be great if, before the forum deletes it or loses it,
it could be saved to disc (do the geeks still use discs?) or whatever in a searchable format for future collectors!

I would to express my thanks as well. It's great finding such a wonderful resource as this site. As I was trying to educate myself prior to purchasing a machine I was getting a little frustrated as 90% of my searches turned up folks just selling restored machines or happy to restore one for me. Finding good advice was very hard. Now that I own a machine this site is even more important. My hat is off to all who respond in a constructful courteous way!