gumball machine info needed!
Started by benzimm86, May 22 2010 08:15 PM
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Posted 22 May 2010 - 08:15 PM
just looking for some info on this gumball machine i bought today. The gumball dispenser door says oak so im guessing that is the manufacturer. however i cannot find any info on it anywhere. Also looking for a ball park price range of what this thing is worth. Its about 6ft tall give or take.
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Posted 23 May 2010 - 10:25 AM
Variations of this style machine were made by several different manufactures back in the 90's and primarily sold through the warehouse clubs or biz-ops. Many manufacturers use certain parts of others rather than design and manufacture themselves. An example is the of this is the Bounce-A-Roo's manufactured by OK. They use front plates made by A&A Global and coin Mechs from Beaver.
I owned a pair of these in the early 90's made by Victor. They are not that valuable and would maybe fetch about $100.00 in great condition to a seasoned bulk vendor. The problem with this machine is that when the dispensing wheel jams from broken gumballs you have to empty the all of the gumballs to get access to the wheel. Not something you want to go through at a customers location. To avoid the jams, vendors learned real quick to only fill it about 1/3 full to reduce the amount of weight and volume of product.
I owned a pair of these in the early 90's made by Victor. They are not that valuable and would maybe fetch about $100.00 in great condition to a seasoned bulk vendor. The problem with this machine is that when the dispensing wheel jams from broken gumballs you have to empty the all of the gumballs to get access to the wheel. Not something you want to go through at a customers location. To avoid the jams, vendors learned real quick to only fill it about 1/3 full to reduce the amount of weight and volume of product.
just looking for some info on this gumball machine i bought today. The gumball dispenser door says oak so im guessing that is the manufacturer. however i cannot find any info on it anywhere. Also looking for a ball park price range of what this thing is worth. Its about 6ft tall give or take.
