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Ok so I started my own vending business this year. I stumbled across this forum and have been reading up on as much as I can. Currently I only have 4 locations with some single head gumball machines and have only pulled a few bucks out of each for the few months they have been in place. I'm placing another machine in a Mexican resturant on Friday and another one next week in a bank break room. I'm thinking about just doing candy for both even though it's less profit than gumballs I think I'll get more sales. I currently have the rhino machines but after reading all the posts on here I called oak and ordered a double head for the new locations. Wish me luck that these new locations will bring in some money or my wife is going to kill me [emoji6]

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Ok so I started my own vending business this year. I stumbled across this forum and have been reading up on as much as I can. Currently I only have 4 locations with some single head gumball machines and have only pulled a few bucks out of each for the few months they have been in place. I'm placing another machine in a Mexican resturant on Friday and another one next week in a bank break room. I'm thinking about just doing candy for both even though it's less profit than gumballs I think I'll get more sales. I currently have the rhino machines but after reading all the posts on here I called oak and ordered a double head for the new locations. Wish me luck that these new locations will bring in some money or my wife is going to kill me [emoji6]

How did you get your foot in the door for bank break rooms?

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It was actually pretty simple. I was stating a business bank account since I have an LLC and while filling out the paperwork I just gave em my pitch about being with NCCS and that it doesn't cost them anything and if corporate would let me put it in the break room. He said he'd ask his boss and called me today and said he got the ok

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Ok so I started my own vending business this year. I stumbled across this forum and have been reading up on as much as I can. Currently I only have 4 locations with some single head gumball machines and have only pulled a few bucks out of each for the few months they have been in place. I'm placing another machine in a Mexican resturant on Friday and another one next week in a bank break room. I'm thinking about just doing candy for both even though it's less profit than gumballs I think I'll get more sales. I currently have the rhino machines but after reading all the posts on here I called oak and ordered a double head for the new locations. Wish me luck that these new locations will bring in some money or my wife is going to kill me [emoji6]

Welcome Gary! Good luck with your journey.  The thing about bulk machines is once you get a feel for what's an average number for your area, you can pull slower locations and relocate. You can always try changing the product too.  It only takes one sugar junkie to make a great spot.

The Oak style machines are great. You'll be glad you went with them down the road.

After 4 1/2 years of hard work I finally quit my full time job to do this full time about 6 weeks ago. The money is out there. Don't let anybody tell you it's not. It's a slow growth but enjoy it along the way.

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Thanks hillbilly. That's is my goal is to get where you're at and be able to quit my dead end job and do this full time. I'm hoping it's only a four year plan. Maybe by this time next year I'll be able to start doing toys and tattoos as well as candy and gum.

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Update: Just placed a candy machine in a CIBC break room (it's a bank in Canada) not sure if you guys in the US have it. Thanks for the tips, currently running PMM and Bubble Gum. I don't think the gum will do good because they have to keep a professional composure so they can't chew gum, but it was the only candy I had left, might switch it out for mike and Ike's or skittles

Thanks for the tips guys :) they gave me the run around for a little while but I got them

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Nice job. I'm putting in pm&ms and skittles cause the same reason with them having to be proffesional. The way I see it. Every place is a possibility

Funny thing was, on the way to the 2nd floor break room, I saw a bag of snack sized peanut m&ms.. Hopefully I can pull something decent next month

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