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Topic: Mechanical Vending Machine
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Mechanical vending machines have become widely seen in the past 15 years. Whether they are mechanical 7-9-11 selection snack machines, gum dispensers, soda machines or even soup dispensers.
Most of these mechanical machines are marketed through "business opportunity" seminars or exhibitions were you are dazzled more by the profit potential than the actual machines. We owned quite a few mechanical vending machines and they were usually profitable. However, the mechanical vending machine does have a downside. It is easy to "scam" these machines since they don't offer the checks and balances of an electronic coin mechanism. We have found washers, cardboard and stir sticks in the coin tray of these machines from obvious theft.
I love the promotional spin, "These machines will even operate in a power blackout." Who is going to buy a snack if all the lights are out!!
Anyway, mechanical vending machines can be a good way to start out a vending business. You can always upgrade to larger equipment as your locations mature. Just make sure the price for the mechanical vending machine is relative to their quality (i.e., really, REALLY cheap). Please don't buy a "vending package" that includes mechanical vending machines, do some more reading and research first.
You can get mechanical vending machines for mere pennies of what the bizop guys are charging!
If you would like to learn more about the vending business before you invest your hard earned money in vending machines I suggest you read a FREE report I have written entitled "Vending's Dirty Little Secret". To find out some information most vending machines salespeople don't want you to know click here to get the FREE report!
Patti and I started our vending adventure and it was an ABSOLUTE DISASTER!
We recovered, got to work and built a VERY profitable vending operation!
To read more details of our adventure click here- Rob Farnham (author of "Small Change, Vending Insider Secrets Revealed")
An actual owner/operator of a full line, full time vending business for many years!
Testimonial
Hey Rob,
please allow me a couple minutes to thank you for giving credible, interesting, and valuable information. Also, thank you for continuing with your vending business even when things looked slim and scary.
Thank you for your good advice. I am 20 years old and I would be confident in saying that I have looked into every opportunity, idea and concept of how to make money in the way of entrepreneurship. From real estate to stock market, and from franchising to salesmanship I have seen it all "START YOUR OWN BUSINESS!, WORK FROM HOME AND LOVE IT!, GET A FREE CAR, CELL PHONE, AND CLOTHES BY TAKING OUR SURVEY!, SHOP AT THE PLACES YOU LOVE AND KEEP THE CLOTHES FOR FREE!, MAKE $18 AN HOUR BY SPEAKING PUBLICLY".
I have found that the information you provide is more credible than most of the information I have bought and looked into. It doesn't have a lot of or any, "Rah-Rah" jargon, that most opportunity info is loaded with. You know what I'm talking about.
Anyway, thank you again.
Thanks for being the uncle that didn't give up.
Best Wishes to you and your wife.
Sincerely, Brandon. ..(email on file)
Do you know the 3 Magic Questions to ask a "vending bizop salesperson" to find out whether they know what they're talking about? Do you know why it is so hard to find REAL information about the vending industry? Would you like to know a simple way to start a vending business with very little or no money (maybe even FREE machines)? To receive your FREE REPORT Vending's Dirty Little Secret click here..
Today's Vending Business Tip
Don't limit your snack machines products to just snacks!
We did well with putting "other" products in based on taking a broader look at the location. For example, toothbrushes (hotel), laundry soap (trucking company), baseball cards (apartment complex), and other personal toiletries. Be creative!
Vending machine news;
Michael vs. the vending machine (Dothan Eagle)
Tell the author about your vending machine experiences.Sunnybrook tests vending machine for blood services (East York Mirror)
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has become the first hospital in North America to use a high-tech vending machine to retrieve blood, eliminating the need to wait for blood services to fill the orde...Bees swarm New York street corner (UPI)
NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI) -- New York police said a beekeeper was called in after a swarm of bees began forming a hive on top of a newspaper vending machine on the Upper East Side.Namibia: Nored Changes Vending Machines (AllAfrica.com)
THE Northern Electricity Distribution Company (Nored) will install 90 state-of-the-art online vending machines next month to provide a better service to its clients.
Mechanical Vending Machine