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These are gorgeous! I have no idea if there's a market for them, but they would sure do great to set your machines apart from competition.

Without a lot of math and if everything is in the condition you say and you could prove income, me personally, I'd pay 6k+ for your route. I say 6k+ because some people might find the extra machines very appealing. If I was going to pay more than 6k I'd start looking at more details like the previous post mentioned. But i personally would never pay more than 10k for that deal, mainly because that's a lot of capital to tie up. Best of luck, maybe try your feelers online see if you can start at 20k and work from there.

I've only purchased a couple of small routes. And they we're semi organized, and even they were a headache. All sorts of keys, product to figure out and machine parts everywhere. So what you're talking about would be a huge undertaking. Also, why does he have so many machines and only 19 locations? I think i would pass, and ask yourself how much would it costs to just buy brand new eagle machines and place them yourself. 19 locations sound good, but depends on how they're doing, and even after I've taken over locations, just naturally you have to pull some anyway. Places close, change ownership, remodel, you name it, all of which i've experienced.

I believe the higher the count, the smaller the gumball. If you take a certain size box and fill it with 850 GB, then the same box could fit 900 GB's if the GB's were smaller. I don't know the different sizes off hand, I only use the 850 ct ones, which are roughly the size of a bouncy ball or close to 1". If you're having a dispensing issue, it could mean you have a small disc under your gumball wheel that needs to come out, or maybe you need one there, which acts as a spacer to let just one GB in at a time. I've never had the issue your speaking of and I have plenty of oaks, 300's 450's vistas etc. Try uploading a picture, or hopefully someone else comes with a better answer.

It can be very profitable, and I have no idea what your background is, but with only 10 machines you can get a little taste of the pros and cons of the business. Some people think it's super passive, some think it will have no issues, or you name it on the reasons people decide its not for them. But with 10 locations it might be very difficult to get a decent ROI if you have to first get all the licenses and fees that go along with them.

Every state and sometimes even cities are different for what they require. So my unofficial advice would be listen to what other vendors are doing. I'm no lawyer so take that advice with a grain of salt..but in my experience, there's no one going around policing gumball machines. I wouldn't even worry about a license for 10 machines, you might not even want to pursue this business after you get a taste for it.

As an update, My local chase explained that they also accept a bag of change under $500 you just have to fill out the bag differently. I'm not sure how low you can go, but you definitely need a business account, and it's not too hard to set one up. Also it all has to be the same kind of coin, no mixing dimes with quarters or anything.

Chase will take unrolled quarters in their money bags in $500 and $1000 increments if you have a business checking account with them.

I still can't figure out how big I need to get before I can rationalize making the trip. Are you full time?

Not sure about any of that, because honestly i've never seen one in person. I go to a lot of places and have literally never seen one in the real world. Side note, are you making good profit selling wrapped candy at $.25 a piece? I figure without the chance of theft it might work out, but not sure. Either way, there's a guy been trying to sell one over here for about a year. Soon i'll go check it out and see what it's about, now you got me curious lol.

I read bad things about them, I was looking at buying some myself a while back...Lots of issues, a pain to load with candy etc.

Yeah this is my hardest issue with honor boxes. I don't mind turn around as much as the stealing. It's hard for me to not get upset knowing someone is deliberately stealing from me. But the costs of the boxes keeps me going, since it's so easy to get a boxes vs bulk machines.

Congrats! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

Brian, what do you tell a location when you're placing and they ask how long you plan to keep a box there? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

I had some vendesigns at first too. I actually like them, but I'm not sure I've ever had a location that justifies that machine. I like the coin tubes...tho they can jam up sometimes. It to mention they're not flat on the cannister bottoms...so it's awkward to service them (where do you put the canister down?) My favorite is Northwestern because I like the ease factor. Tho for doubles, oak makes a quick collect base too. I read that same book a while ago...some good info but not practical on a lot of points (he makes some things sound easier than they are) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

Yeah, I have a location that warned me about potential theft (only had 13% that week) then all of a sudden only paid $1 out of $7 the next week. I'm thinking about just pulling it because it seems deliberate. I'm not sure I'll have the patience to use the notes method, which is why i'm wondering how successful it is long term. You think if I just use good judgement and pull when I think i'll be doing myself a disservice?

Do you often see the notes solving your theft problems? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

Sweet, do you ever try and revisit locations you've lost/pulled, like maybe a year later?

Hey bhumphrey, two questions. 1. Are you finding it harder to expand as times goes? I know you said earlier you wanted to get to 400 locations.. also 2. since you started, how far distance wise have you had to travel to keep up your route?

Thanks for the update, have fun! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

Hey I was just reading your older, probably the start of your mint box, posts. After all said and done, would you do mint at all, or would you have done some snack, if you had it to do over again?

Thanks for the reply. Is there a big difference in the two from what you can see? I've been reading up on it last few days, they seemed similar

I'm trying to test the waters in honor box vending. Maybe just mints to start for simplicity. If I go the Sheridan route, am I stuck ordering a minimum of 50? That's what it's looking like from their site..I really only want to start with maybe 10 cardboard honor boxes..

Old I know..but did you ever find a work around for this? I have quite a few big oak 50 mechs I would love to put on my vistas...