flagged88 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Hey everyone I have been toying with the idea of starting a small vending business in my mostly rural area. I am interested in doing flat vending, however. I was thinking about doing something with trading cards (ie Yugioh, Pokemon, Magic the Gathering). I would essentially buy a large lot of trading cards (and possibly visit garage sales for lots of cards) and then stock machines with them. One card per cardboard folder. Has anyone does this before? Is it still economically viable? I've been trying to figure out how successful this can be; I've only been running low numbers from some early calculations of selling cards @ 50 cents each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerformaVending Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I've toyed with the idea myself, but never found a location that would warrant it. I'm not sure what sort of modifications would need to be made to a sticker machine to make that work either. I had only been considering sport cards, so you may be onto something with trading cards. Good luck with whatever you wind up doing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagged88 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 I hope it works out. I was thinking about setting up one in a comic shop, but maybe I'll scope out kid-centric locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antoniocinisi Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 You wouldn't have to modify the machine you would have to buy the stickers sleeves and put the cards in sleeves. I might have some I can sell you for two cents each plus shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumball guy Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 You can use plastic top load holders. A bit more expensive than the cardboard holders but customers really seem to like it and it will help sales. Depending on the machines it may take a bit of adjustment but not much. Have run sports cards out out of Allstars for years with few problems. Honestly sales have been slow over the last couple years. Nascar has really slowed down. Football is the leader in sales followed by basketball and then baseball. Good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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