brendio Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Hi all, I've just discovered this forum and spent all night poring over various topics. I am in the process of purchasing a run in Australia of pool tables and jukes and looking at a soda/snack run too. Thanks in advance for all the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Hi all, I've just discovered this forum and spent all night poring over various topics. I am in the process of purchasing a run in Australia of pool tables and jukes and looking at a soda/snack run too. Thanks in advance for all the info. Welcome to the forum - you'll find that we already have at least two members from Down Under, Reel and Falls plus Kiwi across the ditch. I think there are at least a couple more from Austrailia. When Reel and Kiwi start going at it, it always a riot but not very informative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunCandy Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Well if we throw a cajun in the mix, I can translate! Welcome to the board! cajun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldstar Vending Service Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Hi Brendio, welcome to the best vending forum around. I am also from Australia, are you west or east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendio Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Hi Brendio, welcome to the best vending forum around. I am also from Australia, are you west or east. I'm in the east. I took over one existing business on Monday and a small vending run (some full line, some bulk) last week. My rumpus room is chokers with stock and the shed full of spare parts. It's been a full on couple of weeks, but hoping that once things are set up and I am in the swing of things I'll be able to do it all a day or two a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldstar Vending Service Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hi Brendio, have you got an update on how you are going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendio Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Sure, here's a quick update: After my initial purchase of a run of snack and drink machines, I saw an advertisement for a larger run covering my town plus towns about 120 km away. The seller was prepared to split the run. At the beginning of the year I bought the local machines, and I have now gone in with family members and bought most of the other machines from this guy at the beginning of the month. I now have about 50 sited machines and 20 in my shed. The amusement business is ticking along. I have learned how to re-cover the felt on pool tables, and added a skill tester to one of my sites, which has done really well, and I have had another site ask for some different machines so I am looking to put one in there. Still trying to decide between plush (for which I already have a machine) or a football crane. I am also in the process of reviewing suppliers for plush and deciding whether to venture from generic into licensed toys. I have lost a jukebox from a site (part of a chain, who are trialling a national supplier) and lost a few sites for vending machines. Two of them were such slow sites that product went out of date, so I wasn't too worried, but one of the sites was one from the newly acquired run and from the sellers figures had done pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldstar Vending Service Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Good to hear you are doing well Brendio, I have taken over some more machines and now have nineteen. Have stayed with full line at this stage. May look at bulk but not sure. So far I have kept the machines to within 25km of home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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