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[williamsonvending]

hey
guys
i still havent started yet. whats a good way to start. i want to buy the 3 part candy machine and want to get 1 gum machine. so how did you start out??




thanks,
mike

[Guth Vending]

Hello Mike. Go with A&A Global Ind. for your machines. Stay away from the triples (that is what you call a 3 part candy machine BTW). ALL locations will have 2 good sellers, not 3. Plus Triples are big, and bulky, and weigh a lot. There ugly, and just don't have a good presence in normal locations. I use mostly A&A, and they have proven to be the best, machine wise. You will have to get a Sams Club membership for candy and gum. You will have to come up with a locating speech that works for you. If you want, hook up with a vendors charity. The most popular would have to be the National Children's Cancer Society, and Child Search. You can also do commission vending.

I started with 1 double head, and put it in a hair salon on commission (I still have the location). I used Mike and Ikes, and Peanut M&M's. I tested the water with this. I pulled $25 the first month, and bought 3 more machines, and so on. i now have just over 100 machines, all placed in person, without a locator.

One big mistake I made was with triples. I bought a BUNCH of them, and I really don't like them because they work only in very few places. I am limited with factory break rooms with them. There is enough traffic/hungry people there to support 3 selections. Most of the time, product is stale, and gets waste in triples. Double heads are OK, and Singles are the very best.

One thing you must think about is the machines you go with. Stay away from all companies but: OAK, Northwestren, and A&A. All of those are proven to be the best. For triples, I used XYZ.

I hope this helped!

Kyle


http://www.aaglobalind.com/index.htm

http://www.oakmfg.com/

http://www.nwcorp.com/

[elle1]

Hello Mike. Go with A&A Global Ind. for your machines. Stay away from the triples (that is what you call a 3 part candy machine BTW). ALL locations will have 2 good sellers, not 3. Plus Triples are big, and bulky, and weigh a lot. There ugly, and just don't have a good presence in normal locations. I use mostly A&A, and they have proven to be the best, machine wise. You will have to get a Sams Club membership for candy and gum. You will have to come up with a locating speech that works for you. If you want, hook up with a vendors charity. The most popular would have to be the National Children's Cancer Society, and Child Search. You can also do commission vending.

I started with 1 double head, and put it in a hair salon on commission (I still have the location). I used Mike and Ikes, and Peanut M&M's. I tested the water with this. I pulled $25 the first month, and bought 3 more machines, and so on. i now have just over 100 machines, all placed in person, without a locator.

One big mistake I made was with triples. I bought a BUNCH of them, and I really don't like them because they work only in very few places. I am limited with factory break rooms with them. There is enough traffic/hungry people there to support 3 selections. Most of the time, product is stale, and gets waste in triples. Double heads are OK, and Singles are the very best.

One thing you must think about is the machines you go with. Stay away from all companies but: OAK, Northwestren, and A&A. All of those are proven to be the best. For triples, I used XYZ.

I hope this helped!

Kyle
http://www.aaglobalind.com/index.htm

http://www.oakmfg.com/

http://www.nwcorp.com/

I am new, too, and haven't made any purchases. When you say get a Sam's Club card does that mean there is some kind of an affiliation or is that just the store you use and Costco would also work? I am vehemently opposed to giving the Walton's any of my money so that is why I ask. I haven't decided on a company and the only materials I have received are from Vendstar - expensive and they are triples so I guess I should toss those - we don't have a lot of factories here in my local area.

[Guth Vending]

Well, the first thing that caught my eye in your post was the word "vendstar". Vendstar is the scamming, lying, stealing, fraud and WORST company in bulk. Please do yourself a favor, and make room in your trash for there materials: Read of all the people they have scammed:

http://www.ripoffrep...p;Search=Search

You CAN make money in bulk BTW, many buy those vendstar machines and loose ALL there budget. STAY AWAY!


Costco, has nothing for bulk. Sams has all the candy, and gumballs you will every use (ALL KINDS). Costco is not for bulk. You will buy a sams card that will work AT SAMS ONLY. They do work at any other wholesalers, but sams. You will have to leave your boycott at Sams door.

Kyle


http://www.aaglobalind.com/index.htm

http://www.oakmfg.com/

http://www.nwcorp.com/

[williamsonvending]

hey
kyle thanks for the help you helped me a big amount.

[jasonvending]

Hello Mike. Go with A&A Global Ind. for your machines. Stay away from the triples (that is what you call a 3 part candy machine BTW). ALL locations will have 2 good sellers, not 3. Plus Triples are big, and bulky, and weigh a lot. There ugly, and just don't have a good presence in normal locations. I use mostly A&A, and they have proven to be the best, machine wise. You will have to get a Sams Club membership for candy and gum. You will have to come up with a locating speech that works for you. If you want, hook up with a vendors charity. The most popular would have to be the National Children's Cancer Society, and Child Search. You can also do commission vending.

I started with 1 double head, and put it in a hair salon on commission (I still have the location). I used Mike and Ikes, and Peanut M&M's. I tested the water with this. I pulled $25 the first month, and bought 3 more machines, and so on. i now have just over 100 machines, all placed in person, without a locator.

One big mistake I made was with triples. I bought a BUNCH of them, and I really don't like them because they work only in very few places. I am limited with factory break rooms with them. There is enough traffic/hungry people there to support 3 selections. Most of the time, product is stale, and gets waste in triples. Double heads are OK, and Singles are the very best.

One thing you must think about is the machines you go with. Stay away from all companies but: OAK, Northwestren, and A&A. All of those are proven to be the best. For triples, I used XYZ.

I hope this helped!

Kyle
http://www.aaglobalind.com/index.htm

http://www.oakmfg.com/

http://www.nwcorp.com/

Kyle,

Thanks for the informative post. When you locate do you do this via cold calling or door knocking?

Thanks,

Jason

[KEY]

WITH THE TRIPLE HEAD PROBLEM DOES THAT MEAN YOU DONT RECOMMEND THE BIG VENDING MACHINES THAT HAVE DRINKS IN THEM ? USA-CANADA VENDING GROUP OFFERS A DRINK AND SNACK MACHINE IN ONE , WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT KIND OF MACHINE AND THE COMPANY IF YOU ARE FAMILAR WITH THEM ?

[KEY]

WITH THE TRIPLE HEAD PROBLEM DOES THAT MEAN YOU DONT RECOMMEND THE BIG VENDING MACHINES THAT HAVE DRINKS IN THEM ? USA-CANADA VENDING GROUP OFFERS A DRINK AND SNACK MACHINE IN ONE , WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT KIND OF MACHINE AND THE COMPANY IF YOU ARE FAMILAR WITH THEM ?