ipromotebusiness Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 What is a machine like this worth? 10 selection great condition new bill valedictor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pp47021 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Do you know if it can do multiple prices for different products or is it single price only? Can it vend bottles or only cans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipromotebusiness Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 It can do multiple prices and vend either or, bottles and cans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poplady1 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 $695 with mech and validator and as long as it is 72 inches high (not 79) you need to check the cooling too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pp47021 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I always say a machine is worth what someone is willing to pay for it so that is the real value of anything in life. With that in mind I would say you have around$250-$350 in value in the bill acceptor and coin changer alone even if the rest of the machine was junk. I just bought a similar pepsi machine yesterday (placing it today) 10 selection that does cans and bottles and multi price all working for $350 which I think was a great deal. My guy started at $500 but at the time I had no location for it so I passed and let it sit. He kept posting it on CL and I just stayed in touch with him for about 3 weeks, in the meantime I found a location, and he got tiered of posting it on CL and dealing with all the knot heads and agreed to sell for $350. I don't think $500 is a bad deal or even $750 provided you have the location to justify it. For me it's about ROI (return on investment) I figure I will make about .40 cents per can in profit, a bit more on bottles, and a bit more then that on monster and Gatorade if you vend those. I try to get my money back for the machine and be in the black within 3 months. Other people shoot for 6 months and some even push it out further then that. So for example the machine I bought yesterday and will be placing today I think will earn me around $90-$100 a week in profit so my ROI will be less than a month. Worse case senerio I will make my money back in 2 months. I stay away from machines that will take a year to pay for themselves, something always breaks which pushes my ROI back even further, or inevitably as soon as i buy that high price machine some better deal pops up. I have a friend with a large full line soda business who will sell and deliver a multi price machine like this to me just about anytime for $650 if that helps you with your negotiation. He also provides a 90 day warentee for everything on the machine. Because of that I generally buy from him, unless I find a great deal on CL like the machine I picked up yesterday. So all in all it depends on your area and how bad you need the machine and what you think the ROI will be. If you have a hot location that will bank $2-300 a week buying a machine for $1000 is not a huge deal especially if you think you might loose the account if you don't get a machine placed. Good luck negotiate and get it as cheap as you can so you start making money as fast as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipromotebusiness Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thank you for your input it's greatly appreciated. The seller wants $400 firm and won't budge to $350. I think I might just buy it as I do have a location for it. It would be placed in a mechanic shop and body shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pp47021 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 How many mechanics and others working in the shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thank you for your input it's greatly appreciated. The seller wants $400 firm and won't budge to $350. I think I might just buy it as I do have a location for it. It would be placed in a mechanic shop and body shop. That's a good price. even if you didn't have a location that's worth jumping on. Its nice enough to use at a far better location than a mechanics shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipromotebusiness Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Ok so I was able to get it for $350. There's approx. 6-8 workers and the owner asked me for one when I was trying to place a candy machibe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKK Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Id look for a better location that place sounds Like $15 a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipromotebusiness Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 Will be doing some more locator, but if I wanted to resell the machine, is there a good profit margin thats worth it? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pp47021 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 good buy! I would look for a better location too... unless there are lots of customers in this shop it will likely be a low performer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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