I just have to say my gut reaction to the question is: You can put the cheapest stuff in it you can get but if they won't buy it, what good is it?

Good point.

501E is to much machine for a 50 employee location. Just my opinion unless its going in a shop with plenty of room its has to big a foot print for a breakroom. You need to check clearances (i.e. door height and width) to get the machine in there. Just a thought.
Vend1ng

When you say too much machine what do you mean?

I'm assuming you mean't that that machine would do better in a bigger account with more employees. If I am wrong please correct me on this. I am not very handy in repairs but can find my way around. I'm going to call around to some of the local mechanics (if there are any) in the area and see if they have machines for sale first. One gentlemen offered to sell me his 501e that he refurbished himself for $800 but he was a long drive away. Another person was selling 501e that were in front of some of the Safeways. All I care about is not getting ripped off and buying a lemon.

I'm new to vending too but, for what it's worth...I contacted a vender (on craigslist) about an old soda machine that I bought (1985 D/N 320) on craigslist and could not fix, he refered me to another vend repair guy, that guy fixed my machine for a very fair price, I found a better soda machine with a blown compressor (1991 D/N 180cc) for free, so I called the repair guy up, he put a new (actually re-built) compressor in, cleaned it up etc..It came out "MINT" ! I saw another broken Pepsi soda machine in a gas station, I called the repair guy again, he looked at the machine and said to me, "Matt I can fix it for you but, Ya throwin your money away", I asked "why", he said "Because, I have soda machines in your price range ($400-500) back at my shop for sale in much better condition"..... You might want to ask the vend or vend repair guys if they have any machines in good shape for sale, it can save you some time and $. Please note that I have "NO LOCATIONS", NO experience, and just have the soda machines for novelty use. My plan was to put them on the boardwalk at the beach where there were no soda machines and tons of hot thirsty people, when I asked the city for permits for them, they said "Yea, YOU WISH...ummm, like, NO" !

Thanks for the tip!

You might finds some answers in here. I'm not a techie but it's worth a read...

http://www.vendingch...?showtopic=2102

Okay guys I'm getting somewhere now. I got the vend motors in the mail today and got them installed and filled the coin tubes up and now all is well on that part. It now accepts dollars and gives change as well as take coins. So one hurdle crossed. The next and probably most important dilemma is the refer system. I'm running it today to see if it will cool the preloaded cans(the ones in the vend bucket) I still think I'm gonna end up with problems in the cooling system though. So If I can at first thank all of you guys that have helped me get this far, and then shift your expertise to helping me sort out the cooling system I'd greatly appreciate it.

100,000,000,000,000.00 THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!

Awesome!