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I tell people who are new to the vending business go to A and M vending machine equipment sales you can buy refurbished machines and they finance at a reasonable price

Any idea how old this machine is? It is posted on facebook market place

Wow this topic brings back some good memories ,we had a Rowe post mix machine in the cotton mills they worked great but trying to keep the ants and roaches out of the syrup was a full time job, and do any of y’all remember freeze dried Coffee Mat machines all it had was coffee cream sugar and hot Chocolate they were simple and very reliable. I saw you had the candy shop and pastry shop machines we called them paddle machines the first time I ever unjammed a changer on one took me over a hour it was a nightmare to put back together.

I use a dent puller. I saw a vending machine mechanic pop a lock in less than a minute the same I went to body shop and bought one

The machine is good for small location make sure you check four things 1 is the machine cooling properly 2 make sure the dollar bill accepter works and 3 it takes coins. 4 make sure all 6 selections are working. The machine is old but parts are easy to find for it and if I was buying it I would not give over 400 dollars

I have not bought vending machine’s from Southern equipment.I buy from A and M equipment the refurbished machines look good as new and on there web page they have the monthly price they finance the machines for and if you have a problem with a machine give them a call they will help you get it up and running.

I know this is off topic but why would anybody think it is a good idea to put a bicycle chain on a drink machine.Have anybody on this forum ever replaced a chain on a Royal machine you have lay on the slide look up at the inside the machine hold a flashlight in your mouth And try to put the chain just right or it will not work right I am 60 years old and after replacing the chain I am ready to go to the house.

I have 8 on location they work good I like it because if you run out of a drink selection and do not have that drink on the truck you can switch the selection without having to hunt for a label.The machine should vend 12 16 and 20 ounce drinks

I have around 10 USI snackmart 3 which the led goes dark. I just hit the machine a couple of times and it will come right back on .

I buy Herrs and Golden flake chips from Market grocery in Atlanta the cost is a little higher than Lays chips but sales very well.

The Sam’s club I shop in Georgia has chips buy they are always running out of pastries and they never have Little Debbie products

I have a lot of Dixie 501s I believe it can be one of two things the selection isjammed Open the door there is a white button above the changer and below the control board pull the button out and the machine will clear the homing problem. The second solution is the cams may not be set right for instance they may be set up for 20 oz bottles not for 12 oz cans.Please let us know if this helped you out

Be careful talking to Coke if Coke believes they can make a sizable profit on this account they will sent their Salesman to out bid you. I have seen this happen They are a big company with lots of resources. The way Coke will do this is offer nice new signs and advertising to the fairground. I have been in the vending business for 30 years and have seen the big bottlers take accounts from independent vendors the excuse is while we gave the account all the free signs and the soda machines so we might as while service the Machines our self and please always remember Coke and Pepsi will come to like y’all are best friends their not they are the competition.

I might know a guy who had a lot of lektrovends I will give him a call after I run my route tomorrow it will be good to talk to him again Their is a saying in the South Old venders never die their board’s just burn out!

I wish you lived in Atlanta not only is the rate a100 dollars a machine and their is a wait time of 10 to 14 days. The problem is their is not enough vending machine techs and professional people to move equipment in this area you know as well as I do moving machines is hard work fitting them though doors going up steps and they are heavy It is worth the price I pay I live on the South side of Atlanta and you can not believe the warehouses and large companies moving here the phone calls and emails I receive on a weekly basis is unreal

Coke and Pepsi both raised their prices in the Atlanta area. I offset the high price’s by using Cadbury products as must as possible. The typical set up on 20 ounce products is Coke,Diet Coke,Mountain Dew,Dr Pepper ,7up,Tahitian Treat,Orange Sunkist, A&W Root-beer. An off brand hard bottle 20 ounce water and the multi pack of Powerade sold at Sams Club. Coke,Diet Coke,Mountain Dew,Dr Pepper are the most expensive. 7up,Tahitian Treat, Orange Sunkist and AW Rootbeer are 3 dollars a case cheaper and Powerade price is around 12 dollars a case and I can get a off brand water for 9 dollars a case. If you have a lot Hispanics at your location the best Cadbury product is Squirt.

I use a dent puller the one a car body shop uses the lock will pop out fairly quick

The rate in Atlanta Georgia is 100 dollars per machine

I live in Griffin and have been in the vending business for 30 years I use Mark Sinns and his son Nick they have been repairing vending equipment and moving machines as long as me. Mark number is 706 616 7204

We have been informed that all the accounts where we use USA cc readers are not working and that they don’t have a clue what the problem might be.And don’t know when it will be fixed. In the meantime we are losing money and we have had 11 service calls from people who work on night shift .

The snack machine looks good I have 7 of these older USI snack machines and lots of AP 7600 and 6600 on locations they work and parts are not easy to find but they don’t break down very often I have been in business for over 30 years if the machine looks good and works let it make you money and don’t go out and spend 4000 dollars on a new machine. Kweli save your money for the day you get a big account and use the money on equipment with all the bells and whistles.

Wow peanut butter is one of my best seller in grandmas cookies The one that doesn’t move for me is molasses

I have 2 nursing homes both will not let me service my machines I tried to go Thur the back door at one of the nursing homes a very mean lady caught me and chewed me out all the way out the door. I have one truck line and a tire distribution center blocked me from coming in overall sales are slowing down. The good part is gas prices are less 2 dollars a gallon and the weather is turning warm this is when my business really gets going but the biggest thing is I like having a little more time home with my wife but if I have to watch one more crime show I am going to start back drinking and I don’t mean RC colas.

Wow and I thought we did things backwards down South 😉