I ran into a problem today with my machine. Someone called me today telling me that the hot tamales would not vend. When i went there myself to check it out i noticed they were sticking together and needed to tap on it a little to shake them apart. Anyone have this problem?? When the candy did vend out, the temp of the candy was cold, so its not due to the hot weather.

Spead them on a cookie sheet, spray a light mist and I mean light mist on them, spread them around a little and throw them in a big zip lock bag and they will be ready to go. gives them a nice shine too. This works very well
PS you may want to check your wheel in the canister, once this happens it can gum it up pretty good and may need to be cleaned.

Let us know if you need anything else,
Thanks, Frank (sweet stop)

HI EVERY BODY, FIRST TIME HERE, I NEED YOUR HELP, I BOUGHT A MACHINE ON EBAY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO CLEAN IT AND WHAT KIND OF CLEANER TO USE FOR OUT PART, AND FOR THE INSIDE PART OF THE CANDY COMPARTMENT ASWELL (SANITIZE) TO PREVENT CANDY CONTAMINATION.

THANKS FOR ALL. VENDALO.

Vendalo

I started out with 35 machines I bought used, some vendstar and some untravend, Let me tell ya they were pretty nasty, But I got a great deal. I completely stripped them down got a large tub (18gal rubbermaid tote) just filled it with hot water and dish soap, dawn antibacterial i think is best, Let them soak for a bit them just wash the peices off let dry and put them back together, Works great, takes a little time for for what i paid it was well worth it, Except for some light fading on some of the machines you would swear they were new.
Hope this helps!

Haha, from one fellow dreamer to another. Buddy check out my blog http://candyman007.blogspot.com You will find some interesting stuff I promise. I just started a month ago. I have now 30 machines and 23 located! haha, ok so candy. SAMS. Sams has gumballs and they come out to 2 cents each with tax. They also have RUNTS for $5.83 per 5LB bag and M&M Peanuts for $7.89 per 54oz bag. Runts cost about 5 cents per vent, M&M Peanuts about 8 cents, and obviously gumballs cost 2 cents per vend.

$55 is too much for a locator man. I just started using a locator and I have a much better deal. Shoot me an email robertnpatterson@gmail.com and I'll help you out. Shew $55. I mean that is the going rate I guess but it's too much for me! Trust me though, I just started pulling money out of my candy machines and wow, that is exciting!

OK, on locating. If you want to do it yourself you have to get used to the No's. On my blog you will see my posts when I was discouraged. It is damn hard to keep going when people tell you No, No, No! Probably it took me a full week of going place to place to get the No's not bothering me as much. And still they bring you down some. It's a part of business get used to it. That's what one of my blog readers told me, AND I haven't looked back. Don't give up man you got it! I have been doing this a month and I have 23 machines already! I just got a 7k loan to buy more machines, I'm going crazy over here! Come read and comment, well fix you up.

Rob
candyman007.blogspot.com

Thanks so much Rob.
I just started reading your blog earlier today. what a great idea, It will help many of us newbies
I'll be in touch