First Time Buyer

[joeG]

Hi, I happened across a slot machine on ebay that I'm considering making an offer on. It is a Mills High Top Bell-O-Matic 5c slot machine (item number:161053846574). First of all, I am not a "collector" of slots machines, but am one of those who has "always wanted to own one". If anyone could take a peek at the machine in question and offer some suggestions, I would greatly appreciate that. Thanks.

[Dave]

Joe:

First of all, welcome to the forum. You will find lots of folks willing to help here.

You are wise to ask before you buy because there are a LOT of misrepresented slot machines on eBay.

The machine you are looking at is a very late model machine. I would guess it is from the early 60s. I think, but I am not positive, that the machine you are looking at was actually built by a company by the name of Sega which was a Japanese company.

There is no way it is from the 40s like the seller states.

In addition, from looking at the photo is appears the machine has a fake jackpot. That is, the coins in the middle jackpot will never dump. They are only for display.

The starting bid of $1,199 plus $200 shipping seems high to me. You could get a nice restored Castle Front for about the same amount.

Here are photos of the machine you are asking about in case anyone else in the forum wants to chime in.

[joeG]

Dave,
Thanks for the help. Joe