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Date: May 23, 1990 15:42
From: BERT::HAYES
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
ALERT !! ALERT !! ALERT !!
USA Today is running a "Phone in Your Opinion" -- "Should we replace
dollar bils with dollar coins?"
PLEASE CALL THIS TOLL-FREE NUMBER 1-800-255 5463 TODAY between 6:00 am
and midnight (EDT) to leave a message!!
"USA Today will publish as many of your "letters" as possible on this
page Friday". (two guest columnists views appear on todays issue page
10A -- phone in letters should appear on Face-Off or Inquiry on Friday).
Please pass this phone number to anyone in the industry you might talk
with today.
This is a good opportunity to get our message out!! Please call.
Regards
Shane Breaks
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Date: May 23, 1990 16:49
From: BERT::HAYES
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
ALERT!! ALERT!! ALERT!!
My last message was not very clear..... PLEASE VOTE FOR THE DOLLAR COIN
Our industry needs this change from dollar bills to dollar coins. We need
to start charging more per play and if we have the dollar coin it makes
it somewhat easier. We need all the support we can get.
Thank You
Shane Breaks
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Date: May 31, 1990 10:11
From: MIKE::SMITH
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
Does anyone in VAX Land know the results of the USA Today phone survey about the DOLLAR COIN ?
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Date: May 31, 1990 10:52
From: BERT::BENZLER
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: BENZLER
I wouldn't call the survey anything close to statistically significant,
but the phone in replies that were printed were about 66% against and
33% in favor of the dollar coin. They didn't report any complete tabulation
of the results, they just printed the actual verbatim replies from about
25 of the phone calls.
Consumer perception is that the coin is bulky and heavy, paper is much
easier to handle. There is also a lot of negative feeling about a dollar
coin due to the failure of the S.B.A. coin.
It is this negative consumer response that we (the coin-op industry) are
fighting and it is going to be an uphill battle. Write your congressman!!!
--Linda
May 23, 1990