karwood Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Hi everbody, I'm trying to replace a stream of income by getting involved with vending part time (at least at first). I figure I'll test the water with a few things (vending-wise, I mean) at first to see what works for me and not put all my eggs in one basket. I've been studying this forum religiously for a few weeks now and am getting ready to pull the trigger. I'm definitely going with the mint boxes as one of the things I'm going to try.(Thanks to all of you who have kindly answered my mint box questions) It seems that several people have a lot of success with Shootin Hoops. Is there still opportunity with Shootin Hoops? I know that they are no longer made, but found about 10 I could buy for about $100 a piece (if I want to drive a couple of hundred miles to pick them up). Do you think it's worth it? I see some of the guys who have them recommend bouncy balls with 50 cent mechs. Good or bad idea? In a decent location, is $50 a month too much to expect? I'm glad I found this forum. It's a TREMENDOUS help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BouncyBalls Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Hi, $100.00 is a very fair price for shooting hoops! I own about 40 of them and they gross anywhere from $20-$100 mo. I would drive 2hrs and get them. If you run bouncy balls you will need the spring adgitater from Beaver. You can also run round capsules in them with .50 mechs These are the most trouble free vending machines you will ever place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayhawk22 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Hi everbody, I'm trying to replace a stream of income by getting involved with vending part time (at least at first). I figure I'll test the water with a few things (vending-wise, I mean) at first to see what works for me and not put all my eggs in one basket. I've been studying this forum religiously for a few weeks now and am getting ready to pull the trigger. I'm definitely going with the mint boxes as one of the things I'm going to try.(Thanks to all of you who have kindly answered my mint box questions) It seems that several people have a lot of success with Shootin Hoops. Is there still opportunity with Shootin Hoops? I know that they are no longer made, but found about 10 I could buy for about $100 a piece (if I want to drive a couple of hundred miles to pick them up). Do you think it's worth it? I see some of the guys who have them recommend bouncy balls with 50 cent mechs. Good or bad idea? In a decent location, is $50 a month too much to expect? I'm glad I found this forum. It's a TREMENDOUS help! I would buy these all day long for $100 each! Keep the quarter mechs and run gumballs. These can make $100+ per month in a good location. I would buy the 10 before someone else snatches them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney69 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I think they can do good, but not as a starter machine. Imo, those are ones you add in after you get your feet wet and have the location for it. But that's me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karwood Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 BouncyBalls, do you vend gum out of yours or balls/capsules? What types of locations seem to work best for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I run bouncy balls in mine @.50. They are all in C stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BouncyBalls Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Please don't listen to Rodney, no reason not to buy! I have these in All types of restaurants, skating rinks, grocery stores and bowling alleys. I run gb, bb and capsule toys. I get more gum sales at .25 than toys and bb @ .50. But your experience may differ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherdsflock Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I have one that sells gumballs at 25 cents. It does about $25-$30/month. I'm getting ready to swap it over to bouncy balls at 50 cents once the gumballs run out. I think it will do around $50/month with the bouncy balls at 50 cents. This is in a busy pizza parlor that sees a lot of families with kids. Used to have a bunch of machines there but they kicked out everything except the Shooting Hoops machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney69 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Please don't listen to Rodney, no reason not to buy! I have these in All types of restaurants, skating rinks, grocery stores and bowling alleys. I run gb, bb and capsule toys. I get more gum sales at .25 than toys and bb @ .50. But your experience may differ Did you buy those first out of the gate? First purchase those can be tough accounts. Just my opinion, get your feet wet first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney69 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 These are mostly with experienced vendors, or people that only have 1 or 2. Find out several opinions from experienced vendors see if you want to tie up that much money for 1 type of equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BouncyBalls Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I bought my first hoops in first 6 months, would have bought them first day had I known about them. I don't understand your logic on tying up too much money on one type of machine. They are just $100/each! They can be considered an entry level machine too because they are "Gumball" machines. Rodney you obviously do not have one of these on your route, these machines will give you years of great service without break downs, I have other Beavers and NW, AA equipment and my Hoops are by far a superior machine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkochan Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I have about 15 Shooting Hoops machines. I vend gumballs in all of them. They do well in rack locations. They also do better than regular gumball machines because they are interactive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetstop Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I kick my self now I could have bought 13 for 600 a couple years ago but didn't and I'm sure he sold them It's was craigslist so I never had an actual email or phone to follow up when the ad went away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I'm about to pick up 10 of them for 500, I look forward to pulling the cash drawers for lovely Residule income. How much is everyone pulling from these every month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorderJerry Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Since hoops are of limited availability, the optimum way to use them is by placing them in all the high vol locations that are in an existing route. Starting from scratch, it will be 'hit and miss' for a while...unless you can be selective and wait for the high vol buffets and such. The good side to having machines that are not very available is you have a way to penetrate into existing markets by being able to offer a machine that not many locations may have already. At least that is the way it is out here in the west...don't know where you are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BouncyBalls Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Will be hit and miss at first with any type of machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainor5251 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 The time to buy shootin hoops is anytime you can get them for $150 or less. With limited availability you got to get them when there available. I only have one but pulled $96.25 out of it yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karwood Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 The time to buy shootin hoops is anytime you can get them for $150 or less. With limited availability you got to get them when there available. I only have one but pulled $96.25 out of it yesterday. Was that for a month? Vending gumballs or bouncy balls? 25 or 50 cent? What type of location? Just trying to absorb all the info I can. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BouncyBalls Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Question was not directed to me but, my best hoops location is a skating rink ($100/mo) Next best is a Pizza location ($75/mo). Both GB's @ .25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick505 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 At best shooting hoops did 180 per month and 110 per month (.50 bouncy balls) This went on for 6 months until I was kicked from both places. I would say 20-40 is average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 That's a bad damn day getting kicked from $180 shootin hoops location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainor5251 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Was that for a month? Vending gumballs or bouncy balls? 25 or 50 cent? What type of location? Just trying to absorb all the info I can. Thanks! 45 days at a seafood restaurant, gumballs at a quarter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrodude Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 ...... I run gb, bb and capsule toys. I get more gum sales at .25 than toys and bb @ .50. But your experience may differ I have only ran gb and bb in them. It would seem that you might be asking for problems "shooting" capsules. Do you have a greater frequency with misvends or busted caps in a hoops machine versus a standard machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BouncyBalls Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I have zero using Brand 1" round cap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BouncyBalls Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 In last 5 yrs I can only remember getting 2 service calls about the hoops, one was a kid broke the "flipper" and another was misvend ing. Come to find out it was the competitions aa machine misvend ing not mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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