20p's and trolley tokens in a £1 vend

[gumball]

If you stop the tokens from going through, then you will jam the mech which in turn stops any more vends therefore , = no sales , better to just accept that you will get the odd token

[dorsetvending]

The mech returns to normal position so the token can be removed

[Quinch]

I tried filing the pawl down a little bit then putting it back in and trying some trolley tokens- they still went through, so I took the pawl out again and filed it down a bit more and tried a few more trolley tokens - they all went through. I did this twice more until the pawl was ultra sharp, but it still didn't work.

I tried at least 20 different types of tokens but they all went through. I did notice the pawl will sometimes stop tokens with a hole in them because it catches in the hole but it did this whether or not it was sharpened.

I know there are probably hundreds, if not thousands of different trolley tokens out there so maybe it works on some. I don't mean to contradict you Dorsetvending because it certainly sounds like a good idea, but I couldn't get it to work. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

I would be interested to hear if anyone else got this method to stop tokens going through? or any other ideas.....

[Coin Operated Group]

Try increasing the pressure on the pointy bit a little

[Peanut]

if you are getting a lot of 20p coins the chances are high that somebody has worked out that if you put two 20p coins together they will be the same thickness as £1 coin and will often fool your coin mech especially if it is a little worn

[Quinch]

if you are getting a lot of 20p coins the chances are high that somebody has worked out that if you put two 20p coins together they will be the same thickness as £1 coin and will often fool your coin mech especially if it is a little worn

Just to clarify, the 20p's don't actually make the machines vend - it's just free cash for me I just thought it kinda weird that I get so many. The trolley tokens are a bit of a problem in a few machines.

[Quinch]

Try increasing the pressure on the pointy bit a little

How do I increase the pressure? I'm pretty sure the screw that holds the bendy spring thing (sorry for the technical jargon) onto the pawl is as tight as it can be anyway.

[Coin Operated Group]

Unscrew, bend in spring a little more and replace

[Quinch]

I tried bending the spring and I think it did increase the pressure a bit on the 'coin reader' part but all I had to do was turn the coin mech handle with a fraction more force and the tokens still went through.

I've tried it on a couple of different machines and with loads of different tokens, but with no success. The only time the 'coin reader' stops a token is when it catches on the hole that is is many trolley tokens so they can be put on key rings.

Thanks for the suggestions anyway.