Comment on How do you feel about the removal of tokens from arcades ?

• toomanypancakes@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I dunno, a quarter or a token isn’t a big deal if it gets lost, but if a card has fifty bucks on it its staying on my person at all times. Also, I’m not sure many people still know what it means in the first place lol

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  • plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You’re standing next to machine always, I’ve never seen someone in line fuck off.

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    • Godort@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Sure, but you also aren’t paying super close attention to the DDR cab either if you’re in line. You’re looking at things around the arcade and maybe pacing around a bit so that you aren’t just hovering over the other people playing.

      Not only that, but losing a toonie is absolutely not the same as losing $50 on a card.

      Also, where were you that the machine took toonies? Every arcade I’ve been in was loonies until they switched to the cards.

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      • plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        How’s the person supposed to know there is even anything on the card…?

        $2 is a lot more attractive than a empty piece of plastic mate.

        Lots of machines take up to 5 coins, air hockey has always been $2-3.

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      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The other 6 people in line keep an eye too, you can look away for a little bit, but you also use a blank card so nothing is lost.

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Why on earth would you use a loaded card?

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