caserri Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Just wondering what you guys thought about this. When placing a machine in a location that has machines already, how many other machines need to be there before you take a pass on the location. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-man422 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Competition makes it fun. Thats all I have to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vend LLC Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I think 1 other machine is enough just as long as I have the best spot and have the first pick on the products I sell. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmuseStar Vending Co Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I have a spot with 12 other vendors. Pull about $17 with Flipin Tops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land14 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Anyplace where there is more than 3 or so vending operators and you pushing your luck. Either you must have the lowest price or are selling a better/higher-quality product, otherwise competition will inevitably steal too much profit. But hey, its a good strategy to force a competitor out of the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joehop Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 THATS A GOOD QUESTION FOR SOMEONE JUST GETTING STARTED I WAS ASSUMING THE BEST CANDY WINS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer980 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I wanted to vote for one machine but I had to pick two. I am exclusive in 5 of my 6 locations. That other location is a Dentyne Ice competing with a 5 rack in a sports bar. I still manage to pull $13 a month from there. I plan to make it a DI/Certs double real soon to see how that will do. I got a location from a locator in an auto repair place. When I went in there were 4 other machine already in the wating room. It was a charity machine buffet. That was 1 machine for each chair plus a big snack machine and a soda machine. He said to put it anywhere so I started to look around. There were plain M&M's in 3 different machines and 2 machines had Reese's pieces. I started to write everything down and realized I did not have anything different and passed on the location. Sometimes you just can't compete with all the machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T BIRD Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 This is interesting. Last month, I put a DI machine in a car dealership service area. There must have been six different candy machines there! No DI machines though. I may pull from that machine today and see how I did for the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deldal Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I've placed soda machines in two places that had at least one other soda machine at the location. My first question to the customer was to ask them how satisfied they were with the service on the other machine. Both times the answer was "not satisfied at all." After about 5 months I have the only soda machine at both of those sites. I love competition but don't want to tangle with more than one competitor per site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towelie Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Can you imagine the look on the other guys face when he walked in and saw your machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepavend Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 As long as I can place a different product I am confortable giving any location a shot. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raredory Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I don't see many vending machines in my area. Hopefully this bodes well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shvend Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I will place about anywhere. As long as the owners a good with, normally I will have something different to place to keep the competition fair. But hey that is bulk vending there is and always will be competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-Son Vending Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I think it should qualify ..Based on the condition and the service the other machines have/appear to have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shvend Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 yeah that is a good point jay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drvend1@yahoo.com Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I look at what the other vendors are doing and what is the weak points to what they do. maybe i can place stickers and tattos maybe interactive baseball game or better toys in one inch etc etc. if i can do a better job i might even be able to get the all location. i dont think that too many machines is a reason to walk away from most locations Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shvend Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Very good point Simon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlander Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Personally I don't like to place a machine in a location that already has a vendor in it unless the location has a lot more potential than the vendor is making use of or they are not servicing their machine. I would rather place a machine in a new location and secure it with good service. Competition is good, but if you think about it, it is only good for the customer. The vendors are beating each other over the head trying to get most or all of the business all the while settling for less profit and more cost in time, effort and wasted product not to mention gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarter Master Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I think it's a touch and go situation. If you can offer something the others don't have, don't really see why it matters how many machines are there. But,with too many, you take a risk of the owner saying "it's too crowded-take'm all out". Just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris harris Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I use to think that you could not make any money when a location had more than one machine. One of my best locations has three machines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-Son Vending Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Good Day All, More than one machine is fine..As long as it is not overdone...The BIG question is product and service...One machine is easily lost in the background If you keep on top of these locations...change out the poor producing products you will likely make a good income from these...If you keep your machine clean and to be sure that the "powers that be" see you taking care of the machine and keeping his location looking good..THEN..if the decision is made to have some of the machines removed ..you stand a better chance of keeping yours in place. ALSO...Keep in mind...Retailers are used ot having "salespeople" move stuff around...SO..If your machine is "not placed" for best use...take the chance to move them around...make yours stand out a bit..If the public see's yours as the best..(and perception is half the battle) then you should do better than those with you... This business is all about YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendnoob Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 im new to all of this but imho if i can make a profit who cares how many machines are there...ill try anything once. if it didnt make any money then pull it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendingdelaltiplano Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 The quantity of machines that we want to place depends of where they will be placed. For example, in a small store, two or three machines is good enough, but in a mall, I would place one, two or three NW Kiosks or Sentinels (with 9 machines each one). The experience will teach us what, where, and how many machines to place. Abdón Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendingdelaltiplano Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Last week I met a good man that has being in the vending business for about nine years. He told me that he is running almost 1000 NW machines in four states of Mexico. It was amazing for me to hear that, but I know that it is truth, because I have seen many machines with the name of his business. One thousand machines are too many? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nam Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 If it is a good location my only concern wouldn't be how many other vendors were already there but would I have something different to offer? I have alot of unique machines and wouldn't give the other machines a second thought. I have a machine that talks when you walk by the machine. It actually says "hey, don't go over to that other machine - come over here and play with me". My machines are fun and entertaining so another machine just vending candy is not much competition. I would on the same line of thinking place a sticker/tattoo machine regardless of 4 other vendors with gum and candy. If there were 4 other vendors with sticker/tattoos then I would be worried. lol I just want to make sure I've got something new and different to add instead of joining in with the same type machines. nam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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