onecent@atime Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Had a location list my rack on Craigslist. I happened to be cruising the sales adds and i see a nice rack and notice hey thats my rack, i call the number and sure enough its mine &is at the location where i it was placed . Never told the guy who i was when i called, i just set an appointment for another time to come check it out, With in 1 hr i was at the location loading up my rack. The nerve of these guys trying to sell my rack. Mind you they are on commission( and get paid) i have printed ownership labels with phone # visible on two large machines on the rack and no one called and they don't seem to be going out of business. I had half a mind to call the cops to meet me there with the Craigslist add. I just got my stuff and was happy i did not loose any equipment . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I was gonna say they're lucky it was you and not me. I woulda called my local P.D. One phone call and they would have been charged with theft by receiving. Nice catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 what did they ask for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasFreemason Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I would definitely call the police and file charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Place an ad trying to sell their business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Schweddy Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What type of location was it? Was there any signs that they were up to something when you were last in there? Anything for others to watch out for. Some people are just terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecent@atime Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 @shane groaning no there were zero signs the last time I was in. I would say stay on top of your route and your individual locations. keep watch on your local craigslist as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrCorey Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 must have been a nice rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumhead Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 You're lucky - he sold my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhfisher Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I also check craigslist for machines that look like one of mine. A big clue, it comes with no keys I've had 3 businesses close up from the time they were first located to first collections. I still try to recover machines if I can. Bart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Had a location list my rack on Craigslist. I happened to be cruising the sales adds and i see a nice rack and notice hey thats my rack, i call the number and sure enough its mine &is at the location where i it was placed . Never told the guy who i was when i called, i just set an appointment for another time to come check it out, With in 1 hr i was at the location loading up my rack. The nerve of these guys trying to sell my rack. Mind you they are on commission( and get paid) i have printed ownership labels with phone # visible on two large machines on the rack and no one called and they don't seem to be going out of business. I had half a mind to call the cops to meet me there with the Craigslist add. I just got my stuff and was happy i did not loose any equipment .I don't think a crime is committed until they take money and allow it to be taken. If it was me I would have gone in during the busiest time of day with a bunch of copies of the ad and really gotten into their faces about it so all the customers could see and hear what these guys are all about and then load and leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 WOW, I like Mission's idea MUCH better. That's fighting fire with fire messing with their bottom line. As an aside, I'd like to add that Mission is a gentleman and a scholar and if I ever do anything to offend you, allow me the chance to apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Vending Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Maybe it was some clever competition?? wanting you to pull the rack so they could put one in? If it was it obviously worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWvend Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 You should have had a friend or relative go in and act like they were interested, got them to help load it , and walked in at that moment with the cops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billnuts Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 If a business ever did try that with me they would face the worst possible enemy they would never want to see Especially if they sold food.. I would plaster Cockroaches in my salad and RATS in the celling tiles so fast.. On Yelp. yellowpages Google Search, Google maps ripoffreport,com you would only have to type the first three letters of their restaurant and all those reviews would pop up first.. by multiple friends and family Along with the occasional paid person to go in during peak hours and put live and dead mice in their bathrooms.. yep...i am evil.. bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 If a business ever did try that with me they would face the worst possible enemy they would never want to see Especially if they sold food.. I would plaster Cockroaches in my salad and RATS in the celling tiles so fast.. On Yelp. yellowpages Google Search, Google maps ripoffreport,com you would only have to type the first three letters of their restaurant and all those reviews would pop up first.. by multiple friends and family Along with the occasional paid person to go in during peak hours and put live and dead mice in their bathrooms.. yep...i am evil.. bill I wouldn't call it evil, its fighting back to protect your business. Its one thing when someone acts unethically to take some business from you, but its a whole different matter to try to steal your property. I usually will let it go if someone lies and cheats to get business from me because karma seems to always catch up to them. However, I wouldn't let theft or attempted theft go unpunished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjvend Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Sounds like the way biz is done here in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrCorey Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 now you see what the soda bottlers go thru. setup someone with free machines, and they decide they don't want to do it anymore, how many do you think call the bottlers and tell them to get the machines, and how many get sold under the table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherdsflock Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Place an ad trying to sell their business. No, just sell their operating equipment. If they're a restaurant, sell their ovens, fryers, dishwashing equipment, cash registers, etc. Or just sell their building. Or just sell their parking lot, or their plumbing, or any of the other things that are vital to the operation of their business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunCandy Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Hmmmmmmm! Not bulk, but I was looking at cold drink machines on e-bay when I came across a picture of a DN 501T that looked just like mine somebody was trying to sell. I investigated and it was my pictures, not my machine. I still wonder where he got my pictures from! I hate a theft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrByte Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Hmmmmmmm! Not bulk, but I was looking at cold drink machines on e-bay when I came across a picture of a DN 501T that looked just like mine somebody was trying to sell. I investigated and it was my pictures, not my machine. I still wonder where he got my pictures from! I hate a theft! Right click on the pic, download it. To give the guy the benefit of a doubt, maybe he thought it was a "stock" photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antoniocinisi Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 it seems a little much and not quite proportional to ruin a guys business over one machine and with dead animals at that??what if they figure it out and press charges??surely that cant be legal either!! restaurant owners/managers tend to know the other owner/mangers in the area, and could fight back by having other machines of yours in town pulled too.was it the owners or an employee that did it?? if there`s punishment to be had it should be done thru authorities and not a personal vendetta.if you wanted to get even,which you had an hour to think it through,you could have easily arranged the sale and had them arrested on the spot.if it was the owners,then, as a consequence the business would have also been ruined without the extra work of searching or killing animals to later plant and risk getting caught with at least a felony. my advice is to forget about them,karma will work that out.I bet they`ll have a walk in cooler go out on them in the near future.focus on your business and how you can become more profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrCorey Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 leave a mouse head on the front business steps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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