Comment on How do you feel about the removal of tokens from arcades ?
toomanypancakes@piefed.world 10 hours agoI 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
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
You’re standing next to machine always, I’ve never seen someone in line fuck off.
Godort@lemmy.ca 10 hours 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.
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 9 hours 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.
Chozo@fedia.io 8 hours ago
Because it's an arcade and loading funds is what people do with those cards. Also, those cards are generally accountless, and not tied to any sort of identifying information, so snatching one up and pocketing it is trivial and nobody would give you a second look if you tried using it on another machine.