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Vintage ticket machines for sale

posted by Michael Zoldessy on March 5, 2009 at 8:05am

Hello,
I have two old ticket dispensing machines and I would like to sell them. I also have some rolls of tickets to go with them.

I am based in Gillingham, Kent. For more details, my number is 077 26 77 88 29

Many Thanks,
George Kasabi

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Looks to be one of those 'automaticket' machines that were popular in the 60's and 70's.
posted by movie534 on Mar 5, 2009 at 8:08am
Thats what it looks like. The motor drives in those make them very heavy ship if you all six in that unit.
posted by William on Mar 5, 2009 at 9:26am
Those are definetly AUTOMATICKET machines!! They came out sometime in the late 40's and were the standard for most theatres until the advent of computers. I would like a nickel for every day through the years I threaded those machines, prior to box office opening time!
posted by larry goldsmith on Mar 6, 2009 at 1:46pm
Add to that the calculations necessary to prevent overselling! They were workhorses though...
posted by Nick Ritota on Mar 7, 2009 at 9:12pm
Overselling yes! However, we referred to them as an "overpunch". New cashiers were great for that. We would end up filling out special overpunch forms for EACH ticket, which in turn had to be submitted with the daily box office report to LA. I can still hear the sound those AUTOMATICKET machines made every time a ticket was punched.
posted by larry goldsmith on Mar 8, 2009 at 8:52am
Would they be able to deliver to Dorchester, Dorset, UK? and would they be under 60.00 UK Pounds?
posted by Dan2 on Sep 4, 2009 at 3:32am
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