jb5580 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Sports bars can be great spots. You may want to reconsider that decision. Heres my thinking though. The rack was all candy, no toys including everything that I have my triple set up to vend,skittles, GB's, and PMM. Isnt that going to make the vends twice as hard to get? They will look at all the 7 heads in a row, and then my triple sitting to the side of it, maybe they pick mine maybe not. Also, this location is 7 miles out 1 way from the far edge of my route so I want it to be really good to be 14 miles round trip for this one machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb5580 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 jj5580, don't call the businesses. If you do that, why are you using a locator? Just show up. If rob is not working for you, then don't do it if it takes you 7 times to locate a spot. PM me if you need something more consistent. Ive already paid for 3, Ive only gotten 1 so far. He has my money. Im kind of stuck until I can get my final 2 and then I wont be playing this game anymore. If I just showed up as you say I would have been sent home 3 more times in addition to the 2 I already got turned away from. I would much rather make a 1 minute phone call to verify than to spend all the time and gas involved in going out to a location, especially given my current experiences. I just don't have time to be wasting it driving around with machines in my truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainor5251 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Heres my thinking though. The rack was all candy, no toys including everything that I have my triple set up to vend,skittles, GB's, and PMM. Isnt that going to make the vends twice as hard to get? They will look at all the 7 heads in a row, and then my triple sitting to the side of it, maybe they pick mine maybe not. Also, this location is 7 miles out 1 way from the far edge of my route so I want it to be really good to be 14 miles round trip for this one machine. If it was all candy you should have placed a single or double toy machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlock Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 If it was all candy you should have placed a single or double toy machine Single or Double TOY machine in a sports-bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainor5251 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Single or Double TOY machine in a sports-bar? isn't beef o'bradys considered a sports bar cause parents bring their kids there all the time, and toys sell great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlock Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 isn't beef o'bradys considered a sports bar cause parents bring their kids there all the time, and toys sell great Never heard of beef o'bradys, so I can't answer that. There are none around here. I would never take my kids to what we consider a sportsbar around here...and I'm no prude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havending Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Serviced a BBQ joint today LRU got me 6 wks ago, it is a double gumballs & mystery mix @ .50. Total was $86.50. The owner asked me if I had temporary tatoos, long story short this location is getting upgraded to a rack. Good going that's how you do it. Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb5580 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Serviced a BBQ joint today LRU got me 6 wks ago, it is a double gumballs & mystery mix @ .50. Total was $86.50. The owner asked me if I had temporary tatoos, long story short this location is getting upgraded to a rack. Thats good stuff Kelly! My Mom just landed me a nice BBQ/Rib Restuarant today, maybe mine will do good as well, I can only hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainor5251 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Serviced a BBQ joint today LRU got me 6 wks ago, it is a double gumballs & mystery mix @ .50. Total was $86.50. The owner asked me if I had temporary tatoos, long story short this location is getting upgraded to a rack. hell yeah, that's what I'm talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Snacks Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Serviced a BBQ joint today LRU got me 6 wks ago, it is a double gumballs & mystery mix @ .50. Total was $86.50. The owner asked me if I had temporary tatoos, long story short this location is getting upgraded to a rack. That's a beautiful thing. U da man!!! Add a hoops for good measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadmill Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Heres my thinking though. The rack was all candy, no toys including everything that I have my triple set up to vend,skittles, GB's, and PMM. Isnt that going to make the vends twice as hard to get? They will look at all the 7 heads in a row, and then my triple sitting to the side of it, maybe they pick mine maybe not. Also, this location is 7 miles out 1 way from the far edge of my route so I want it to be really good to be 14 miles round trip for this one machine. If I was handleing this situation I would find out what this vendors pc per vend was and I would make mine vend more than his and see if I could take away his business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick505 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Just wanted to let you guys know Locators R Us is still showing great results for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecent@atime Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I had a uturn terminator come in on one of my triples and try and pull that mess, he vended what I had and double the quantity. I got the owner to let me put in a rack and after my 1st payment got the terminator terminated and now I have my rack and two triples in there. If I were you I'd get better candy that is different. If I was handleing this situation I would find out what this vendors pc per vend was and I would make mine vend more than his and see if I could take away his business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadmill Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I wouldn't double the amount of pcs per vend but I would increase mine to the next level. That vendor was just plain stupid and not business saavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLM Vending Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I had a uturn terminator come in on one of my triples and try and pull that mess, he vended what I had and double the quantity. I got the owner to let me put in a rack and after my 1st payment got the terminator terminated and now I have my rack and two triples in there. If I were you I'd get better candy that is different. What do you mean you got the terminator terminated? you actually booted another vendor? U gotta have some respect for other vendors too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 What do you mean you got the terminator terminated? you actually booted another vendor? U gotta have some respect for other vendors too. Nothing wrong with taking an account.... thats what competition is all about. If you offer a better product and/or service you win the battle, simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakevending Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Kickstart got me locations and LRU didn't. At least they got back to me within 3 days of starting to work on my order. It took Kickstart 3 months and a friendly nudge to work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garnaout Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I am sorry guys I am new to this, but do you get ANY guarantees from kickstart or Locators R Us? I used to hear of locators offering $20 / month guarantee for 2-3 months ... Anyone doing so? Just making sure I wil receive a prime location with the high locator prices. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adog Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 LRU has some guarantees'. Replacement if your location doesn't make enough. I have found 20+ locations are pretty good in my book! As well they have a guarantee if you get kicked out as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagesVending Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I am sorry guys I am new to this, but do you get ANY guarantees from kickstart or Locators R Us? I used to hear of locators offering $20 / month guarantee for 2-3 months ... Anyone doing so? Just making sure I wil receive a prime location with the high locator prices. thanks Kickstart will replace the location for the "platinum" package. LRU will replace for like $15. The problem is is that they cannot guarantee you a great location, they can only hope to get you one (under charity). Many of the great locations you have to locate in person and agree on a commission. A lot of those prime established locations already know how bulk vending works and they are interested in making a little money too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Kickstart will replace the location for the "platinum" package. LRU will replace for like $15. The problem is is that they cannot guarantee you a great location, they can only hope to get you one (under charity). Many of the great locations you have to locate in person and agree on a commission. A lot of those prime established locations already know how bulk vending works and they are interested in making a little money too. LRU has replaced my unsatisfactory locations (multiple times) free of charge. I think that $15 fee is the LIFETIME gaurantee. If it's been more than 60 days and you get the boot or decide the loc has become unstaisfactory yo get a replacement for the $15. But if you decide right away they don't charge that fee. (That's been MY experience anyway, your mileage may vary). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagesVending Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I ordered 3 double head locations from them, but none were any good, so I paid $45 ($15 each) to replace them. Do you think they'd replace these too then, since the new ones aren't great either? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garnaout Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 when you say not good.... how much per head are we talking about? less than $7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagesVending Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Yeah, I either placed a double head or a triple head (depending on what I had on hand at the time) and I pulled around $7-12 total, over a 4-5 week period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garnaout Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Yeah to be honest guys, I did my first trip today to like 20 stores and got rejections left and right lol I also tried a little on the phone with no luck. I am gonna give a shot later on this afternoon but this is definitely not the FUN part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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