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Real vending requires a commission to be paid to a location about 1/2 the time. Some vendors claim they never pay a commission. Honest vendors say they do. Bulk vending can be sold as a charity with proceeds (maybe) going to a charity. Or it can be no commission or something in between. Amusements are generally a 50/50 split with the location. All is between you and the location and whether you wish to pay or not. It's up to you. There. Are you happy now?

$200. It's also a giant, heavy machine and there is no need to have that in a location. Labels aren't easy to get either as they are proprietary to Coke.

This company will only tell you what you want to hear.

It's a scam so please don't buy from them.

You probably need to update the board eprom.

You have to buy a 30 lb cylinder of MP39. It was never sold in one pound cans. It also could be dropping by the wayside too.

They all have R134 to my knowledge. You can search the model of the compressor (on the side of it) and see what oil it's charged with to determine which gas is in it.

Yes. That is all I used unless I encountered R404 or R22 or any other odd freon. It's a blend that mixes well with the two different oils that R12 and R134 compressors use.

Most machines after the 80s have model numbers on their serial number plates. But you can just post a photo or two of the machine and serial number plate and we can tell you what it is. Keep in mind that a lot of older soda machines don't have serial number plates any longer as those are often removed when the bottlers sell off their old assets.

+1 on avoiding it. New vendors need to focus on simple machines.

Here is an example of the setup for wide and narrow E columns for 16.9 oz Coke bottles: https://rc.cranems.com/Uploads/2001-954-02.pdf

My first moving truck was a new '85 1/2 ton Chevy that handled everything I put in it though I rarely did 3 machines at that time due to the scary liftgate I had. I will admit I never went back to 1/2 tons after that though. From there I used a '93 Ford F250, a '03 Ram 2500, a '08 Ram 3500 and then a Chevy 2500. All worked very well and I still have the last Chevy with 258000 miles on it. I also got the largest platform gates I could buy at the time and remote power cables as well for one man operation.

You guys all need to get a pickup with a Tommy Gate on it.

That is a USI HR40 more than likely. It has a Snackmart 6 (SM6) logic board in it which is MDB capable and it had I-Vend (drop sensor) when it was new. That may or may not work now. It's generally a good machine. I'd give maybe $500 for it in it's nasty condition and knowing nothing more about it. Does he have a key for it?

@Vendo Mike to the rescue.

First of all, set your bill acceptor switches to short pulse and then the bill acceptance to $1 only because the AP logic board is not capable of accepting 5s. You would need to put an InOne Technologies board in it to take more than 1s.

There is a cup drop test to see if the motor moves. They usually do and I've never seen a cup motor go bad but they are about 25 years old now. Otherwise, cup drop problems are due to incorrectly sized cups or rather, incorrectly set cup rings. These cup rings can't be stocked willy nilly with just any cup you choose to put in it. The cup ring always has to match the cup you use so you should always buy the same cups each time to avoid problems. To adjust the cup ring you will loosen the adjustment lever on the outside of the ring and put just one cup into the ring. You want to adjust the ring so that the white cup pawls extend into the ring just far enough to hold the rim of the cup but not so tight that the cup is held tight in the ring. Once it's adjusted then test the cup by pulling on it a bit to see if it falls out or can easily be pulled out from below. If so then adjust it just a bit tighter so that the cup moves and spins but isn't tight in the ring. Then lock the ring adjuster down and put a short stack in to test through the test function. If the cups don't drop then adjust the ring again. You also need to make sure the rims of any cups aren't damaged. If they are then throw them away.

What the heck are you talking about? Airbnb will not produce profitable vending sales. Don't bother us with it.

No, you just have a used soda machine.

Ha ha. Autocorrect gave you two options, both wrong.

Then there is a broken wire that opens when it flexes.

You went about this all the wrong way. You might have had low freon in your old unit, or it had a bad evaporator fan or fan wiring, or your door doesn't seal and air leaks in which could still be the problem. Make sure the machine is level so the door can seal correctly but check that seal too. Check the manual for a defrost cycle. If it has one (I never worked on that model of National machine) then yours might be set up wrong or you have a bad defrost element. Your cooling deck might also not be sealed correctly or it's installed wrong. Keep the machine away from the wall and make sure the vend screen underneath is kept clean.

Nothing wrong or illegal with that at all. Just don't do laundry products or anything that smells in it. No scented deodorant, soap or ladies products. I also wouldn't give up on the snacks selling unless you already know the hotel would be competing with you. You'll need hasps and padlocks on it to prevent breakins. I also wouldn't do the snacks if I couldn't do the soda. Soda is where the money is. Try merchavend.com for sundry products.

Just stick to the mainstream flavors and they will sell. Just remember that the teacher's lounge is the worst place to put it and you're putting a 10 or 12 selection machine in there. That's where a lot of machines go to die. Teachers aren't paid well and bring their food and beverages from home. That's one location I always regretted doing. I would do them only when we got all the machines that the kids used too, otherwise no bueno. But you're new to the business and you need to learn this all yourself.

Let's see.... let me find a machine designed for 12 oz cans and 20 oz soda bottles and then see what oddball, non-conventional products I can cram into it.....