Thanks guys, what do you recommend for machines? Single, Double, Triple, or stacks? I have one double and a couple singles now I'm just looking to expand.

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I'm reading alot about "charity" in this forum. Would someone explain what this means?
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Charity is when you sign up to donate a certain amount of money from your profits a month to that charity, and sometimes you get a little sponsorship card to put in your machines, and that also makes it easier to get your machines into locations.

I'd pass. Triples are the wrong equipment for most charity locations. You hardly ever find 3 products that sell well in a charity location and you can't break down triples to adjust selections for locations. Tom

Tom- Id have to disagree, when you say that you hardly find 3 products that sell well in a charity location, there are many popular products, and I have a double, cause i couldnt get a triple at that location, but the products that I found most popular are Skittles, Mike and Ikes, and Hot Tamales.

I am looking at placing a few video games, but the one I have so far doesn't do very well. Are there any games that a definite money makers?

One idea that would be worth looking into is retro-games such as robotron, pacman, galaga, or some combo.

Are machines like the DN 2145 "Bottle Drop" worth buying? I can see having multiple problems will all of the different plastic parts, and have seen bottles in them fallen over before.

I like the idea of being able to sell just about anything because the rows are adjustable, how much work is this?

The cheapest I can find one is around $2000 + freight, but with the selections you could have and being able to charge $1 or more for items like red bull, Gatorade, juices, ect. I would think making your money back on it wouldn't be all that hard. It just seems like maint. on the thing could get out of control... and I am worried about somebody breaking through the glass.

Most of the bottle drop machines I have seen dont really have vandalism problems, the only machines I have seen that have "theft" problems with are the drop bottle machines with the conveyor belt.