wow... Well flat fee works for you if the economy comes back. 500 is 25% of gross... thats alot..

This dealership has two drink and two snack machines doing about $2000 per month gross. Dealer wants $500 per month commission.

Sounds a little high you think or about par for the course?

reset the space to sales.

I have my vendo 511 working good but one of my slots wont let the sold out go off. I checked to make sure the sold out paddle is compressed and letting off the micro switch, I even put a piece of wire across the terminals in the plug and it still wont turn off the sold out. I dont know what else to check,thanx for any help

Sometimes... I have some outdoor accounts, machine is cooled but direct sunlight cuts life. I'm also based in the desert area of southern california... so heat is a problem @ 120 degrees... We have to have battery operated freezers in trucks because the interior of the truck can heat up to 100 degrees in less than 10 mins.

Why are you dumping candy? Is from melting in the machines?

JD

Hi Rosy..

You can get a good crane combo for about 1500. I believe the model is National/Crane 424 is the model. These are nice and have real bill validators which are very important in a combo.

I agree with JBL go work for a vending co if you want to be in this business. There is no real good source of info for this business, i'm sad to say, even less for managing inventory and sales, which in my opinion is key to growth.

However, you can overcome those issues if you can sell your butt off...

Hi all!!

Thanks a lot for the advices that I already received, I really want to get into the business and I'm trying to get as much info as possible considering that nobody on my family/friends have done this before.

Now, I have this questions:

What's the feedback of Proffit Vending? I've reading the topics posted and it is not clear for me.

Who manufactures combo machines? I'd like to start with a combo that offers snacks and drinks because I think it offers more selections. First I thought of G620 but it looks like that one is a Genesis and they don't have good reputation? Any advice on a combo machine and from where to buy it?

thanks one more time

If this is your only account. You should expect about 25%... I have over 100 machines and I'm running about 3-5% on chips, but I run a little higher on candy and pastry because of the warmer weather.

We have just begun a route with 4 drink and 3 snack machines in 4 bldgs with about 50-70 people per building. We have been servicing them for about 3 weeks and have some of the chips expiring soon. Just wondering what the usual amount of expired products we could expect. As we are still fine tuning the product line some chips and snacks aren't moving well even when we move them from one building to another. Any advice on this?