Let's see if we can gain some insight from this poll!
Commission paid for high volume bulk vending accounts?
Started by Vending Chat, Apr 24 2007 10:16 PM
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Posted 26 April 2007 - 09:26 AM
I always use charity. My high dollar accounts never know how much the take is anyway. So they never want a commission. Besides, most of my accounts are more interested in helping the charity than accepting cash. If however a commission was asked for from one of these accounts I would consider it to keep the account.
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Posted 26 April 2007 - 11:10 PM
I have one location that is a non-profit. I told them that I would provide them a commission. This way people using the machine know they are helping their own charity.
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Posted 13 October 2007 - 02:26 AM
on my few locations(7)Igive anywhere from 15-40%.i need to look at the charity stickers seems i would keep more if i had them
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Posted 28 October 2007 - 10:56 PM
when you say charity do you just mean that the owner doesn't take any commission? Or does that mean that a charity actually gets a percentage of your profits. please explain...
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Posted 29 October 2007 - 04:14 AM
when you say charity do you just mean that the owner doesn't take any commission? Or does that mean that a charity actually gets a percentage of your profits. please explain...
When we say charities we mean that we pay the charity a royalty per month for using their name on our machines. The more machines you have the less the royalty fee.
Check out www.localhunger.org
There will be information on their website about vending and royalty fees.
You can also check my websites charity page for links to other charities that work with vending companies at: Westcoast-vend.com
Gary
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Posted 30 October 2007 - 08:31 PM
i think if you have a high volume place... 80+ dollars per month i'd rather have it charity based.
#1 it takes time to count with quarters up to $80 inside the store and to dispense commissions.
i don't like handling cash inside the store...
all i want the people to see is candy refilling if possible.
but if a high traffic location wants commission then i'd suggest you'd better do it if you know what's good for you.
even if there are a lot of vendors who have commission based high volume locations i don't think this poll would mean much.
My recommendations: Always try and secure locations using charity stickers... your $1 or $1.50 per month is basically 10% of your $10 - $15 per month which i use as a marker if the locations stays or goes...
if a location makes less than $10 a month i move my machine.
i have 2 large accounts over $80 / month both of which are family owned places one is a restaurant, one is a hair salon.
the restaurant one time asked me for quarters for their register and i simply decided to donate a roll of quarters ($10) every time i empty the machine which they appreciated. They never even asked me for commission. They have no idea that some months i'm pulling around $150 out of the machine... slowest it has been was around $90 so i don't mind the $10 to keep them happy and have them take care of my machine while i am gone...
SO IS THIS LOCATION CHARITY BASED OR COMMISSION ??? HAHAHA...
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#1 it takes time to count with quarters up to $80 inside the store and to dispense commissions.
i don't like handling cash inside the store...
all i want the people to see is candy refilling if possible.
but if a high traffic location wants commission then i'd suggest you'd better do it if you know what's good for you.
even if there are a lot of vendors who have commission based high volume locations i don't think this poll would mean much.
My recommendations: Always try and secure locations using charity stickers... your $1 or $1.50 per month is basically 10% of your $10 - $15 per month which i use as a marker if the locations stays or goes...
if a location makes less than $10 a month i move my machine.
i have 2 large accounts over $80 / month both of which are family owned places one is a restaurant, one is a hair salon.
the restaurant one time asked me for quarters for their register and i simply decided to donate a roll of quarters ($10) every time i empty the machine which they appreciated. They never even asked me for commission. They have no idea that some months i'm pulling around $150 out of the machine... slowest it has been was around $90 so i don't mind the $10 to keep them happy and have them take care of my machine while i am gone...
SO IS THIS LOCATION CHARITY BASED OR COMMISSION ??? HAHAHA...
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Posted 06 November 2007 - 04:48 AM
lucky bastard!!
ROFL!!
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Posted 06 November 2007 - 04:51 AM
ROFL!!
I am re-thinking what my game plan should be on Long Island. I am now leaning more towards acquiring locations paying a commission. I would locate myself if that is the case. I guess time will tell. I will locate the 7 machines I have thru charity first and see how that goes.
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Posted 26 December 2007 - 07:41 PM
Hi,
I think using a charity as a placement tool is a crock. I never use them. I always give the locations a percentage of the profits so that they can give it to the charity of their choice.
I even use the charity sponsorship against the vendors who use them. When I show the location the real way the charity sponsorship works they usually get mad at the other vendors and throw their machines out of the location, then I get the location all to myself.
Using a charity’s name like that is totally dishonest. I will never use the charity programs the way they are set up now. By the way, locations owners talk to each other and once one of them gets upset about the charity scam, they will tell the other locations about it and the vending company who are using this scam and all of a sudden there are a lot more stops that want my machines. Sorry guys but you know what they say: The truth hurts. Business is Business and the truth will set you free. (In this case it will get you locations). If you’re using charity sponsorship, Stop!! It’s most likely a scam and you are guilty of being dishonest. You may not think of it that way but charity sponsorship is a gray area. If in any way you or the charity card gives the impression that all the money from the machine go to the charity then you have committed fraud. If you imply to the location or their customers that all or a percentage of the profit goes to charity and your definition of profit is what money is left after you pay for gas, labor, product cost and machine depreciation and anything else you can think of then you’re being dishonest. All you have to do is be honest because if you are not then someday, someone like me will expose you for the fraud that you and your vending company are. I will say that there are a few vendors who truly give large amounts of money to charity, but the ones I have found don’t use charity sponsorships to get locations. I’m sure I’ll get a lot of negative feed back for this posting but if it not true then why do I keep getting location after location where Charity sponsored machine have been removed because the person placing the machines were not honest.
FRANKIE D.
I think using a charity as a placement tool is a crock. I never use them. I always give the locations a percentage of the profits so that they can give it to the charity of their choice.
I even use the charity sponsorship against the vendors who use them. When I show the location the real way the charity sponsorship works they usually get mad at the other vendors and throw their machines out of the location, then I get the location all to myself.
Using a charity’s name like that is totally dishonest. I will never use the charity programs the way they are set up now. By the way, locations owners talk to each other and once one of them gets upset about the charity scam, they will tell the other locations about it and the vending company who are using this scam and all of a sudden there are a lot more stops that want my machines. Sorry guys but you know what they say: The truth hurts. Business is Business and the truth will set you free. (In this case it will get you locations). If you’re using charity sponsorship, Stop!! It’s most likely a scam and you are guilty of being dishonest. You may not think of it that way but charity sponsorship is a gray area. If in any way you or the charity card gives the impression that all the money from the machine go to the charity then you have committed fraud. If you imply to the location or their customers that all or a percentage of the profit goes to charity and your definition of profit is what money is left after you pay for gas, labor, product cost and machine depreciation and anything else you can think of then you’re being dishonest. All you have to do is be honest because if you are not then someday, someone like me will expose you for the fraud that you and your vending company are. I will say that there are a few vendors who truly give large amounts of money to charity, but the ones I have found don’t use charity sponsorships to get locations. I’m sure I’ll get a lot of negative feed back for this posting but if it not true then why do I keep getting location after location where Charity sponsored machine have been removed because the person placing the machines were not honest.
FRANKIE D.
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Posted 26 December 2007 - 11:33 PM
Frankie, how much commission do you typically pay?
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Posted 27 December 2007 - 06:20 PM
Frankie,
I disagree. The only scam in charity vending is if the operators fail to give their charity the amount due or they mis-represent themselves. I'm sure this happens more often than not but I take offense to your broad statement that all charity vendors are crooks. I certianly am not one of these crooks you speak of.
Steve
I disagree. The only scam in charity vending is if the operators fail to give their charity the amount due or they mis-represent themselves. I'm sure this happens more often than not but I take offense to your broad statement that all charity vendors are crooks. I certianly am not one of these crooks you speak of.
Steve
