cvending Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Does anyone use tokens in their vending services? If so, how do they work? We are in need of a way to provide free sandwich and drink to our customer's employees. Each employee would get one drink and one sandwich per shift worked. Naturally they don't want to give them cash but a token would work. We do use some CoinCo coupons for a few accounts bu they do not seem to hold up very well. That is why we thought tokens would work better. Any thughts would be apreciated Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 If you have card readers on these machines Maybe you could have them use their employee ID and credit that once per day for each of the items you mentioned. I know they do this on the micromarket all the time so I imagine you might be able to do it through the card reader. Please let me know what you work out I'd be interested in hearing the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacanteen Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 The MEI CF7512 changer has a token free vend available to set. It's not hard to set up. You should find an odd sized token to program so you don't end up catching Chuck-E-Cheese tokens. I have done it in casinos in the past for cigarettes, but the casino provided the tokens. I believe I posted the manual here in the download section. If not, I will. As for token sizes, .985 is slightly larger than a quarter and popular in game rooms. A vending distributor that also handles amusements would be helpful in this if you have a relationship with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvending Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 thanks for your responses. The employees do not have ID cards as they use fingerprint scanners. LA- the Cashflow options sounds like what we are looking for. I will investigate further. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendio Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Posted from the duplicate thread: Quote I know Nayax credit card readers (and I presume possibly other companies too) can use prepaid card with magnetic strips or NFC, and can be set up to work with a set number of vends or set value. Can set it up with various different settings from the looks of it. I haven't used it myself, but I keep it in mind for should the need arise. If employees already have an employee card, it could be set up to use their existing card, or you can get NFC stickers of cards reasonably cheaply. Would be worth looking in to if you already have readers, as it would be more flexible and less work than tokens once set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southeast Treats Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Have you talked to PayRange about what they could do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvending Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 The problem is that there is no cellphone reception in the building. Thanks for the input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 5 hours ago, cvending said: The problem is that there is no cellphone reception in the building. Thanks for the input I think there are also a few companies that offer off-line recharge card solutions for staff but am unsure if they are available in the US. I think that NW Global offers something called the MZIP (which may be available thru VEII) NRI also had an offline system but I can't remember what they call it. Sorry... I am busy doing stocktakes at the moment but I may be able to find some more information on them if you are interested and I could send it to you. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvending Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 Thanks Kiwi. The customer does not use employee cards. They use biometrics for ID, I think tokens might be the best way. Enjoy the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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