Ok, so I saw an ad for a route that is in one location. It has 5 machines 3 soda and 2 snack. The owner said it grosses about 7K per yr and nets between 3200 and 3500. I can service the route any time even weekends or nights which is perfect since I have a day job. He said I would need to service the route every week or week and a half. He also has book keeping on the route which is nice. The machines are a National 4 wide, USI 3 wide, and 3 Dixie Narco soda machines, I believe there is a Snapple front, Coke front, and a Poland Spring front. He does not know how old they are. His asking price is 6500.00. It all sounds pretty good to me. What do you guys think? I was thinking if I did buy the route maybe I can get a few combo machines in and sell the other machines to make some more money and maybe save them some space with 4 machines.

I found a guy selling his small route. He has 5 bulk vendingstar machines located in places like a hair salon and car dealership. He said he services them once a month which takes an hr and he nets about 200.00 a month. He donates so the merchants don't take any money. His asking price is 1500.00. He does not have any books on this small route so I would need to take his word on all the numbers. What does everybody think? I was thinking maybe If I buy the route I may be able to get another machine into each location or a largewr vending machine for snacks

Here is an ad I saw. I just wanted opinions on wheather people thought this was a good deal and what to ask the seller.

THIS IS A NEW VENDING ROUTE FOR SALE (STARTED IN JAN)UP AND RUNNING ALL 24 NEW MACHINES ARE LOCATED AND MAKING MONEY ANYWHERE FROM $35-$60ea PER MONTH.I SPENT ALOT OF TIME,EFFORT AND MONEY LOCATING THESE MACHINES IN GREAT LOCATIONS.THESE MACHINES ARE IN LOCATIONS YOU COULD NOT EVEN THINK OF GETTING IN. MACHINES ARE EASILY CAPABLE OF GENERATING OVER $100 EA PER MONTH WITH A LITTLE FINE TUNING.GREAT EXTRA INCOME FOR ANYONE.WORK 1 DAY EVERY 5 WEEKS.MAKE YOUR INVESTMENT BACK IN FIRST YEAR.LOOKING FOR QUICK SALE DUE TO HEALTH AND RELOCATION REASONS.GO AHEAD LOOK AROUND THE MACHINES ALONE ARE GOING FOR MORE THAN WHAT IM ASKING PLUS YOU HAVE ALL FRESH PRODUCTS IN EACH MACHINE AND MOST IMPORTANT THEY ARE ALL LOCATED IN GREAT AREAS.THE GREY PLASTIC GARBAGE VENDSTAR MACHINES SELL FOR $330EA IF YOU JUST BOUGHT MY MACHINES ALONE YOU WOULD PAY OVER $7500. SERVICE THE WHOLE ROUTE IN 3-4 HRS.ASKING $6695 WILL CONSIDER REASONABLE OFFERS.

Long time no talk...... I am looking at another route, this time just one stop. The machine is a sea breeze combo and I think it is the one with 23 snacks. Does anybody know how many items of chips or candy each row holds? I think it's 6 bags of chips per row and 12 candy per row, I really need to go back and look. They have no bookkeeping to look at and when I went to visit they pulled out 105.00, that was for 4 days since they filled up last ( or so they say ) While I was there looking at the machine 4 people came in to buy snacks and they tell me they have to go to this site every 5 days to refill. There were 4 snack slots already empty. It all looked pretty good, but who knows. They tell me I should never net less then 400 a month from this machine and I know the rule of thumb is the net is usually half the gross. I got him down to 5K for the stop and the machine which is 1 yr old. I figure it's a risk, but I need to add some money into my household and if it does not work out I can always sell and hopefully make back my investment. Ok, now that I rambled I am loking for feedback and thru numbers of snack ability on this machine. Thanks everybody.

Hi Everybody. I was looking for info on what people felt are the best type of locations to go after. I have gone after elderly living facilities, with no luck yet. I figure they would be good since it is a 24/7 operation and there are plenty of people going in and out all the time. Lets all pitch in and make a good list