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[VendingWannabe]

Hi,

I am starting vending machine business and plan to buy used vending machines of known
brands. Here are my concerns.

I don't know if currency of my country (PK) is acceptable in those used machines.

I have contacted Pyramid and they told me that their bill validators have the ability to
accept my currency (PKR).

If I buy used machines, how easy it is to program the bill validators to accept my currency,
can any technician do it or I have to send it back to the manufacturer to program it to accept
new bills.

I don't think if dispenser will have problems dispensing my country's coins to give change.

I am also thinking of buying bill validators from a good brand in US, ask them to program it
according to my currency and then replace the system in used vending machines with the new validators.
I don't know how easy this task would be as every machine has diff dimensions.

Expert opinion on this issue will be appreciated.

JK

[marks_vending]

You arr correct, each machine is different with dimensions. You don't want to get stuck with a validator that doesn't fit. Are you able to see the machines you want to purchase? You can go and measure the dimensions and then see if your validator will fit. Programming of a bill validator is often done through a manufacture, as there is usually different software involved.