Rowe BC 1400 and credit cards

[Jason Studer]

Hello all,
I want to start excepting credit cards at my change machine, does anyone know of a company that has the capability to add C.C. to a Rowe or convert to a Mars and then add C.C.

I have read a lot of the treads starting to get rid of the BA-50 transport, but my issue with that would be if I convert and then have an issue with the conversion down the road I will not have spare parts, and that would shut down the business until it is repaired.

Any and all thoughts are really appreciated, Thank you, Jason

 

[Randy]

By all means do the Mars conversion to your Rowe. You’ll have far less problems in the long run. The Mars validator is a much better validator than the BA-50 transport. Buy a reconditioned Mars validator it won’t break the bank. Some operators I know have done the conversion and sold their old parts and have recouped most of the cost of the conversion.

A number of operators in my area have added a USA Technologies credit card reader to the front of their Hamilton changer, it’s not all that expensive. It’s kind of a nice setup as it lets you select how many tokens you can buy, $5 - $10 or $20.

 

[MEP001]

I assume you plan to dispense tokens only from your changer when you add credit card acceptance to it?

 

[Jason Studer]

I only dispense $1 token, I made that move 7-8 month ago, should have done it years ago.

 

[Jason Studer]

I only dispense $1 token, I made that move 7-8 month ago, should have done it years ago.