vendtex Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Today we placed a machine in a restaurant and this is location 100! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehehe Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 congrats! thats awsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendtex Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 ThanksSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Snacks Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Good to hear, how big you trying to get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendtex Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 I'm hoping to put NES out of business. Just kidding. Right now we are probably a little less than half where I want to be to support my sons wages and health insurance. As long as he can keep up I think we'll keep expanding. We have gradually reduced the mint boxes to just 22 now and likely that'll continue to fall. I wanna get help getting racks out but that seems more difficult. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikVend Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Congrats! I'm likely going to follow suit with my mint boxes as well. Im not able to put the time into them now like I was able to when I first started. Had your theft gotten any better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendtex Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 Congrats! I'm likely going to follow suit with my mint boxes as well. Im not able to put the time into them now like I was able to when I first started. Had your theft gotten any better? Thanks. The theft varies a great deal. I've slowly weeded out many. We have one that consistently sells more than expected but then the numbers per month are low and some that we fill twice a week but have about 50% theft but still are profitable. I think if we get a couple hundred more bulk sites though the boxes will stop unless they are low theft and good volume and on the general route as the bulk. My overall theft from the beginning is stable at about 30-31%. That's the information I was trying to get from Karen. To me even if you are profiting it's very exhausting to be buying boatloads of candy every week. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikVend Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Yea, there are a few I would think about keeping due to sa Les volume, but even those are having theft % climbing. My biggest hangup on mint boxes is that even though I might pull $15 from a box and make $8-9 in profit, in the bank of my mind I know I should have $30 and profit $17. I'll give it more time to earn me a few more dollars. I am still planning on being done of my snack honor boxes out there. Brians updates on his routes keep me interested in those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determined Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 You've grown quite fast I think. Are you buying routes? If not what are you doing for machines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendtex Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 I purchased one route that had 15 now 14 locations but mostly have used locators. Machines unfortunately I haven't gotten the great deals many others do but they've come from various sources Craigslist eBay Amazon sams some directly from northwestern before they soldSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Snacks Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I'm with you guys on the boxes. I like that my wife can easily locate them, and service them. But the theft is stupid here, and it takes a lot of time to track and record all the info, count the money etc. My plan is to move mainly to racks for the future. I'm at the point where i'd rather have 80 or so top notch bulk ($30+ a month) and 20 or so racks, even if they're spread out. So I plan to weed out my low earning bulk and locate more racks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendtex Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 I'm with you guys on the boxes. I like that my wife can easily locate them, and service them. But the theft is stupid here, and it takes a lot of time to track and record all the info, count the money etc. My plan is to move mainly to racks for the future. I'm at the point where i'd rather have 80 or so top notch bulk ($30+ a month) and 20 or so racks, even if they're spread out. So I plan to weed out my low earning bulk and locate more racksDo you locate racks yourself or use a locator? I have about 7-8 I'd like to get located but there don't seem to be many options for locating. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Snacks Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Half and half. I used an in person locator for 3 of my racks..he did ok, in that the locations are sort of slow, not his fault really, i'm realizing that city is just not heavily populated. The other 4 or 5 so far i've done myself, and plan to keep doing, mainly going to target restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinator Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Props on number 100! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersvending Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 When you guys say 'racks' do you mean like a 4 or 5 head 'rack' with multiple single head machines all on a rack, 2 or 3 on bottom, few at the top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikVend Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersvending Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Nice! Got it! I learned something today! 'Racks'. What do you call a single gumball machine in a stand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikVend Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 A single. Two on a stand a double and three a triple. The rack with 5 machines is referred to as a 5-way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersvending Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I see where you have 10 full line locations with 18 machines. Full line as in, candy, gumball, capsules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendtex Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 I see where you have 10 full line locations with 18 machines. Full line as in, candy, gumball, capsules? Full line is soda and snack machines Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersvending Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Learn something new everyday! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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