Like most of you, I would LOVE to be able to locate our machines myself but with my husband serving in the US Army and my full time job, it is literally an impossible feat. I've settled on a locator called Advance Placement Services so far but have not sealed the deal as of yet. They want 1/2 down for a deposit and they will send me an in-person locator. Here is their website http://www.vendingplacement.com
Has anyone worked with them yet? I would love to hear some feedback. The last thing I need is a locator scam.

Hi, everyone. New both to this forum as well as to the vending business. I am a US Army spouse and my husband and I chose to invest part of his enlistment bonus (for selling his soul) into 25 triple vend machines from XYZ Trading. We are still waiting for the delivery but in the meantime, I have been trying to locate the machines myself. I figured that hiring locators would be a waste of money when I could do telemarketing as well as going to locations myself.
Is this the right way to go? I made phone calls yesterday and did not get very good responses. I even mentioned the charity which is the National Children's Cancer Society. Either they had machines already or I had to leave messages (mainly at car dealerships) or some locations think candy machines are too messy. Called about 20 locations. Maybe going there personally would get better results? Any suggestions? Has anyone tried vending gourmet mints at bars?