I think the licesnig depends on where you live and have the machines. Where I am nothing like that is required.

As for your sales pitch, Get hooked up with a charity it's the easiest way to tug on the heart strings of the owners. I use a charity that takes care of the families of police officers and firefighters that are killed in the line of duty. It's a universal feeling to help out the families of the guys and gals that help yours, so more people are inclined to allow me to put a mcahine in. Charities that help children are also a good one. Be sure to find a charity that has universal appeal. I have had several locations tell me that the only reason they allowed the machine was because of the polic and fire connection. So a good charity deffinetly helps.

My pitch usually goes something like this....

As I hand them a small flyer I had made... "Hello my name is Craig and I am with Support Police And Fire Vending, we utilize candy machines to help support the families of Police officers and Firefighters killed in the line of duty. And I was hoping you might be able to help us out by putting one of our machines in your store (restaurant or whatever)."

The brochure I hand them has more detailed info on it but it too is short sweet and to the point. It has a picture of one of the machines and outlines who we are and what we do, it also has my contact info on the back in case they say no or maybe. I have cold called about 50 locations and I have had 34 yes responses and about 16 no. Pretty good odds if you ask me.

skittles are back at sams!!

I thought I was the only one affected. I drove to 3 different Sam's last month and ended up buying the individual packages and opening tons of them ! What a pain in the butt that was. I am so glad they're back.

need locater work done iam a good locater

REfferences?

Thanks for the offer, depending on what I find Imay take you up on that. Will it allow you to "plan a trip" ? HOw many stops will it allow on the set up?


What I am finding now that I sorda know what to look for is that I can create a list of stops Iwant to make and it will show me the shortest route from stop to stop but it wont organize them for me. As long as I take the time to organize is the first time, I can save the list and reuse it each time and then add or take away addresses as needed. I was looking at a MAgellan 4000 tonight and it seemed like a good unit. Still not sure though, I really wanted something that would organize the stops for me as well.

Yes, the charity is usually what gets you in the door. It's only right to give them their due.