ajdistro Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 I've never heard of these but there are some avail in my area for a pretty good deal. Doubles and triples. Anyone have experience with these? Good, bad, ugly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 I've heard crap about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagesVending Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 When I first started my business a couple years ago, I bought a few of them because they were cheap and I was getting started on a very small budget. They work okay, but I won't use them for toys because I've had countless misvends from them. For candy and gumballs they seem to do the job, but you're much better off waiting it out and buying good equipment. Definitely stay away from those green/gold SSF machines. Those have got to be the worst quality machines I've seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I've never heard of these but there are some avail in my area for a pretty good deal. Doubles and triples. Anyone have experience with these? Good, bad, ugly? Fixed your post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 @ Gage's vending Ssf's are really the worst? How bout the vendstars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havending Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 @ Gage's vending Ssf's are really the worst? How bout the vendstars Anyone attend a SSF presentation in the 90s? They were proud of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagesVending Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 @ Gage's vending Ssf's are really the worst? How bout the vendstars I've had better experiences with Vendstars than with SSF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremybnb Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I have two SSF and they look the same as the tpico and lypc but they are definatly made cheaper but I have had no problem in over 2 yeas with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimoutside Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 A local route is for sale with TPico machines-- claims to have 270 established locations. Owner hasn't said what he wants for the business, but I cringe to guess. I'm sticking to my guns of what others have said on this forum that a route is rarely worth more than $100 / machine, or the amount it is expected to earn out in a year. So I'm guessing $25,000-30,000 would be going price for this route, ish. He probably wants more, though. He emailed me back and said to call him--maybe I will this afternoon, but I certainly don't have that kind of money hanging around--would have to get a friend to finance it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 What does it make? These are maybe worth 5 dollars without location. PS: Next time, start a new thread so you don't hijack and revive an old one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimoutside Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Sorry, orsd, in other forums I'm a member of, they yell at us if we start a new thread when there's already a perfectly good one started on it. (If you keep the number of threads fewer, it's easier for new members, and old members, to go back and find old information, without having to hash it out afresh every few years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainor5251 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 hope his name is not tim ricci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimoutside Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Anyway, I talked to him, and he says he's selling the route because his full-time job (in medical field) keeps him too busy now-adays to devote the time. He says on a bad month he takes in $3500, and on a good month $5000. He says it's about ten hours a week. He says he built it up from scratch over 4 years. He says he services each account once per month and is careful to maintain a positive relationship with each location. He donates 10% to local charity. He says it's rare to find less than $8-10 / month in a location, and if it's consistently less he moves it or checks with the people to see if there are other products they would prefer. But he says he wants $40,000 firm and that's what he paid for his machines, and that's more than I can handle and seems a bit on the high side. hope his name is not tim ricci No, it isn't, but I'll keep his name private out of consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Does he have proof of earnings? Distance? Can he split the route up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney69 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Or take payments on balance. I would also want to know the settings and how much cost there is. I can make a lot on every location if they're opened up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimoutside Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 He says he wants to not split the route up, but then again, as we talked, he said if he didn't sell the entire thing before too long he would consider splitting off a small part for me to start out with. He said he would be happy to show me all the books, take me out servicing with him, etc. if I became truly serious about buying it--says he doesn't have anything to hide and would be happy to show and explain everything he does if I got the money together. Also said he might be able to work with me if I got half the money together and he could finance the other half of it. Said he would teach me everything, and if I bought it, he would take me over the entire route the last time he services it, meeting the location providers, which he assures are quite happy with him, and teaching me everything. He does want full price he's asking. The route is local to me here, right in my area, and distance is not a problem. There is one section a county away, which I could decide what to do with when the time came. I have friends in the other county who might be able to spot for me over there if I had problems. Or might split that county off as a smaller route for someone else. But it isn't really too far--I would just do all those on the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajdistro Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hey, I started this thread almost 2 years ago! So thanks for keeping me in the loop, vendiscussers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimoutside Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Or take payments on balance. I would also want to know the settings and how much cost there is. I can make a lot on every location if they're opened up He did say he might work out some sort of payments terms if I came up with a sizable downpayment. He is selling mostly candy and gumballs at the .25 setting. He also said he might consider splitting the route up, but would prefer not to. Also, the TPico machines are quite new and replaced his older machines, whatever they were, I can't remember. He already sold his old machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimoutside Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 He has reduced his price to $30,000 from $40,000. Says he has meticulous records (which I do realize can be fudged). I'm supposed to get together with him this week. (Anybody have any amphibian-repellant? I been feeling a little jumpy lately from another thread. . . . .) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Yes, it's called block user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserri Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 (Anybody have any amphibian-repellant? I been feeling a little jumpy lately from another thread. . . . .) I must have missed it. Is Toad playing his tired old games again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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