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ors - Um, I paid a professional locator a lot of money to "follow through" with several locations, several different times for months. Trust me when I say that some places show interest initially but they ultimately just don't bother. You must work for the backrubber.

AzVendor - No problem. People like to read about real life experiences before investing their money. Fr Corey - The chairs I bought are actually voice activated so that when someone sits in them without paying a voice will say "Please Insert Money" You can set the frequency & volume level. I watched a couple sit in my chairs one day for approximately 30 minutes while the voice was constantly telling them to insert money. Some people are just determined to NOT pay but the majority of them will spend money on a good massage. Gvending - I have a goal of $100 per chair, bring home. Unfortunately I can't control how much money people spend or how often they get a massage. That's why location is critical. If you can find a good, high traffic location where people tend to hang out for a while, you can make decent money. Try to find a place such as a fun center (bowling alley, mini-golf, lazer tag, kid's inflatable center) where people tend to hang out & relax. Changing locations was the difference between making hardly any money to nearly paying off my chairs in 1.5 years. BTW, not everyone will take the chairs. I was surprised at how many businesses flat out did not want to bother with them. A lot of places would say that were interested but never would follow through with anything. My locator did a pretty good job but he can only do so much when it comes to convincing people.

The massage chair industry is just like real estate in that location is indeed everything. I've also been in the business part-time for about 1.5 years now. I currently have 6 chairs that do well considering that my ROI is almost complete. I had to move my chairs around a few times to find a few good locations but since my last move they've done well. My goal is to bring home $100 per chair, per month & I usually make more, depending on the month. My route takes up most of the day but it's only once per month. Industry standard is pretty much 50/50 so you get 1/2 the money. You need to be half way mechanically inclined in case you run into any problems. So far I've had to replace a bill collector (not hard) and replace a drive shaft after a few months (very unusual, I think) The drive shaft took some time to figure out & thankfully a mechanic just so happened to be at the store that day. Bills get stuck from time to time but there will always be some kind of maintenance issues when dealing with vending prodcuts. Compared to drink/food machines which require inventory & stocking time, it's a no brainer. I would like to say that I bought my chairs from thebackmassager & the owner has been pretty good to me so far. Whenever I needed a part or advice he has always been willing to help ASAP. I initially got in touch with the backrubber but was competely turned off by one of the salesmen there. I can't remember his name but he was extremely rude & completely unprofessional. I told the owner about everything & he was relly nice but he kept saying that was just his salesman's personality. Well, I don't know about everyone else but if one of my employees was causing me to lose potential customers, they'd be shown the door real quick. So, I decided to go with the backmassager & I'm glad I did. If you decide to buy some chairs, save yourself the trouble/time and go with the backmassager. You'll be glad you did. Start small & go large. By the way, I'm not affiliated with either company, just telling my story.