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Hey all, While I cant find anything illegal about this I still think it is a bad way to generate business. So heres the story: Back in November I see a add in my local paper(chicago tribune) for a 10 machine snack/soda combo route for sale. The add says the route nets 50k per year. So I go ahead and call the number (a new york number) and the person I spoke with (his name and company shall remain nameless for the time being) tells me that the person who owns the route(in chicago) bought the machines from him brand new(x many months ago) had them placed and they are doing the 50k a year net. The problem is that owner of the route needs to sell the route due to a divroce settlement. Now the type of combos are 3k brand new and I go to ask how much they are asking for the route(it never had a price in the add) and he proceeds to tell me that they already have a offer for 50k. Thought this was a little odd since the add had only been in the paper for a few days but am like ok thats cool. He then makes no effort of trying to sell me on the existing route. Instead he goes into his sales pitch of trying to sell me new machines from the factory direct or however he does it. So I give him the ok Ill think about it answer. Ok so now fast forward to the other day. I see the exact same add in the paper and knowing it was from the same people that had the last add I went ahead and called. Get the same guy and ask him if the route he had listed now was the same route from november. Without even answering anything about the route he once again goes into his sales pitch about buying new machines from him. After getting through all of his bs I finally got him to answer on the route and he tells me that no its a different route and that who ever bought the machines from him died and his relatives needed to get rid of them. He then proceeds to tell me that this route (which once again only has been in the paper a few days tops) already has a bid of 60k. After this he goes back once again into his sales pitch about the new machines and I just told him to email the info and that was it. Ok so here is where I think the scam is although cant find anything illegal about it. If this is something that has been posted in the past sorry must not have seen it. Anyways I dont even think there is a route for sale. I think he prints the add and when people call tell them that there is a offer already put in on the route that is so high no one in their right mind would bid on. From that point once he realizes he has got someone interested in the vending biz he goes ahead and pushes off the new machines on them. So is this something that is already known or has anyone had experience with this in the past? Would love to hear feedback on this. Thanks

Hope everyone doesnt mind me asking this. This is more geared towards the people that vend full time or have a rather large route. How did you guys get to where you are now? I am trying to grow what I have but it is getting a little difficult obtaining money for it. The newest line that I got was "since vending machines are not fixtures to a business(i.e. they can easily be moved) we wont loan you the money". Thanks

For those of you that vend red bull do you ever have a problem with the cans getting jammed in the machines? If so how did you fix the problem?

Has anyone ever used merchant services for a locator? If so can I get a review on them. Good or bad. Thanks

Steve or anyone else for that matter, In reply to the 3rd party program by pepsi, can you give me a general idea how it works? Do you pretty much find a location, work a deal out with pepsi and then they ship the machine to the location needing the machine?

http://www.yonaturals.com/ I really want to give this a try just kinda iffy on the price.

Just wondering if anyone in here has done business with yonatural? Aside from the price per machine ($8,400) it looks like a good idea. Would like to hear good, bad or opinions on this. Thanks

Hey guys for those of you that have the snack, soda and snack machine combos have you ever had a machine for example have a short circuit and say catch fire and do damage to a customers business? If you have had this happen what did you do about it? How much were you held liable for? If there is no contract signed between you and the customer are you held liable for anything? or is this something that goes into a contract stating that you are not held liable for? Or are all machines designed where this will not happen? I know this is kinda a out there question. I have never had it happen nor do I expect it to but just want to make sure I have everything covered so I am not held liable.

Thanks much appreciated. Ill give them a try.

Hey all, Just wondering if anyone has any experiences with red bull vending machines or vending red bull in regualr machines? Good or bad? Also if you do sell red bull on average how much do you do in sales per machine per week? Thanks

Hey all, I was just wondering what you guys use to clean your dollar bill changers with and also how often do you clean them? Thanks

Hey does anyone have any experience with the snack shop machines. I was considering buying some that are already on location but these machines dont look like they are in the greatest of conditions?

Hello, I am familiar with that company. While they are not the greatest place in the world they also are not crooks. Their stuff is priced a little to high and probably is geared more towards the experienced vending company owners. Yes they are registered with the better business bureau. Do a search for VPAN in Florida. They got a decent rating.