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[caserri]

2 months ago I placed a single head in a small pizza place. This place is so small it's take out only so I didn't hold high hopes for it. Boy was I mistaken. When I placed this machine I put my standard 1 bag of PMM in the machine. (cost $7.88) One month later I went to service it and it was completely empty! I pulled $37.25 out of it and put in another bag, (again, cost $7.88) I asked the owner to please call me if it empties again. Well today I got the call from him, "It's empty again." He proclaimed, almost as if he were proud of it. This time I pulled $35.15 out. Yeah someone tried to feed it a dime and a nickle. I love drop through mech's. I guess it's time to consider a double head.

So to recap, **cough**todd**cough**

$72.40 - $15.76 cost = $56.64

I just dont know if this is worth it.

[Guth Vending]

O dang. The powers of vending my friend!

Kyle G.

[Dutchboy58]

Wow,
that seems to be a great location. I was just curious. I did a little math and if you vend 1/2 ounce of pm&m's you should only get $28 from a 56 ounce bag. How many pieces do you vend? I figure that about 7 pieces is 1/2 ounce.
Ken

[caserri]

Ken,

As a rule I always open my machines all the way. I used to fiddle around with vend size and such, but after building my route so large I just started opening things up. I still make quite a bit of profit. To answer your question though the amount varies depending on the brand of machine. That particular machine is an Amerivend which has a smaller hole when set to wide than others. When I test vend, I get 5 or 6 pcs. That is smaller then I like to vend however no one has complained yet. It is the only machine in the joint though. My Seaga's generally vend 6-7 pcs wide open and my NAV's vend 7-8.

[Guth Vending]

And my GMW / XYZ vend 10 to 11 opened up!

Kyle G.

[caserri]

Kyle,

Do those have the plastic vanes or metal?

[Guth Vending]

Thay have plastic. All machines I have bought have plastic.

Kyle G.

[caserri]

Yea, thats what I figured. My NAV's have plastic and those have the largest openings. The metal ones don't open as big.

[Guth Vending]

So your seagas have medal? My seagas had plastic.

Kyle G.

[caserri]

Oh yea. My Seaga's are metal.

[Guth Vending]

How odd. All thee seagas around here have plastic candy/gumball wheels.

Kyle G.

[caserri]

I'm talking about the vanes. Not the wheels themselves. All my wheels are plastic. The vanes are the adjustable pieces that control the portion size. I believe some companies call it the "adjuster plate" as well.

[Guth Vending]

O yea, Mine are plastic.

Kyle G.

[clvending]

I also use the Seaga Millennias. My candy wheel has a metal candy adjuster as well!!!

Lee