Q. Owning a payphone... how does it work?

A. Small Investment Equals Profit
Owning a payphone is a simple way to eliminate phone abuse and turn loss into profit. Although there is the initial cost of purchasing the phone, you keep all the coins in the box. If for instance you charge 35 cents per a local call, you pay the phone carrier approximately 7 cents and make a profit of 28 cents if the caller stays on line the full period. Installation is easy, just plug into your payphone line and program. Programming is simple with our EZ programming instructions. Remember-owning a payphone is like a passive activity, the phone does all the work: you collect the coins. It's like having an employee that never sleeps.

Profit will depend upon use and charge per call. If your facility has few employees, customers, or members your monthly profit will appear small. However, a pay phone keeps them from making calls on your line so the HIDDEN savings can be substantial. Once they have to pay for the call themselves, they will reduce the time of the call or not even make as many frequent calls as they would on your business line. On the average, pay phones generate about $1,000 per annum.

Price: There are various models, styles, and colors. Price depends upon function and features. Phones that are non-programmable allow only local calls and accept only quarters are priced lower than more versatile phones. The smart phones have features which include being programmable from the key pad or even from another phone, and they allow international calls, card calling, accept nickels, dimes and quarters. Our top of the line CX-96 has a non-jamming electronic coin detection. Our brochure will help you select the right model and style.

Bell Pay Phones: When you have a Bell payphone you are charged a $48-60 per month rental fee and Bell keeps all the money paying you a small commission. But when you purchase your own pay phone you keep all the coins. Furthermore, Bell charges service fees up to $100 per hour if you want to change rates or time of calls. You can easily program our phones.

Non-Profit Organizations: If yours is a non-profit organization by owning a pay phone, you can provide your members with an additional benefit of lower phone rates. For example, charging 25 cents instead of the 35 cents per call currently on a Bell pay phone.

Restaurants and Lounges that provide a phone service keep their customers within their establishment and benefit by the increased patronage that an in-house phone generates.

Maintenance: Although these phones are highly dependable, if parts are broken, wear, or problems occur, we will be happy to provide service and assistance. All our new phones carry a 15-month warranty.