JNC’s Mike Smith and Brent Namco’s John Brennan give us their views on the benefits of used equipment in the coin-op amusement market
Mike Smith, JNC Sales
We recognised a number of years ago that the used machine market was heading for a change. As more manufacturers have started operating machines as well as selling them, the industry has seen the quantities of new machines being developed reduce, which has had a knock-on effect on the number of used machines available. We have had to start looking further afield for those key used pieces of equipment particularly as global economy trends have seen this sector become more desirable.
Fifty per cent of our used product range now comes from international markets and over the years, we have built up strong relationships with suppliers across around 40 countries to make sure our product range is as good as it can be. Working with so many different suppliers means we have an extremely wide range of products to choose from.
Video games/redemption are two of the most highly demanded used product types and make up the largest percentage of our business at present. A lot of this can be attributed to the price of new video equipment, however customers are looking for the whole package these days - price, availability and presentation. At JNC we are the global distributor for Global VR’s range of video games and we are able to fully re-furbish these classic titles in-house,
