mainor5251 Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Whats your guys thoughts about if your primary focus is bulk partnering up with another amusement company who focus is with cranes, arcades, pool tables, juke boxes, etc.
adog Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Why partner up??? If your doing well enough slowly buy equipment and get it placed. Try and get cranes, arcades, etc. in you bulk stops already and maximize your profits per stop. Only way I would team up is if you guys tried to get each others equipment in each other stops however you guys keep your own profits from your own machines!!!
Nick505 Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Whats your guys thoughts about if your primary focus is bulk partnering up with another amusement company who focus is with cranes, arcades, pool tables, juke boxes, etc. Cranes are where the money is at. If the location is suitable for bulk and cranes why not buy a crane instead of the chicken ( going off of your new business model (chickens)), they are very similar in price, only difference is one is more likely to earn more than the other. In most circumstances the crane will earn much more than the bulk egg machine. I am not saying the chicken is a bad machine; I have finally put mine in a location and it made 255.50 for 38 days ($6.72/day). And again this is just going off of your new chicken business model.
havending Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 If your a bulk guy it's a great idea to team up with an amusement. If you still want to do some cranes or other machines go for it. You wont pass off all of your crane accounts. If you like me you have been in a skate ring, movie place or some other large account pitching bulk and they say sure we also need a pool table, crane, driving game and other stuff. With an amusement partner you have a way to get in. Amusement guys also have great accounts that bulk will work in. Amusement guys are used to working with other operators. It's common practice for them to network and some even sub out servicing to each other
orsd Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 the prob with cranes is that they have really high fees in some areas from what i heard
ronsidney Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 I wished you was near me and you could just buy my bulk route and i in turn could do amusements in your stops.. I really want to exit bulk altogether as im fed up with messing with it... Sure its nice to make the extra money in a stop and im still placing machines etc.. but I dont even have structure to my route timing and service no more with rotations etc. so its not making what it should... Its just so much easier for me to service cranes and pushers etc. than screwing out locks all day. Nothing ruins my day worse than being 100 miles from home doing claw machines and then have a tat machine out of tats or a gumball machine out and not having my bulk supplies in van because i was just gonna run plush that day.. I started with bulk, love to locate bulk and will always pitch bulk with a new account, but it would be so much easier if i had "partner" that did just bulk and didnt mess with amusements and we could share a territory.. guess my focus has changed over the years.. feel a little nostalgic about my bulk and my friends say im crazy to give up all the high volume china buffets, pizza huts, mexican restaurants, bowling alleys, buffalo wild wings etc. bulk stops i have but the right person could do great and in turn help me dominate a area with greater service ron
mainor5251 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Posted June 28, 2013 Between the new laws past which has me concearned about the future of redemption games in Florida and the cost of arcades is what makes me want to partner. Already turned down one account (3 busy restaurants ) because I cant afford $50k in new equipment. Everybody is quick to compare cost of chickens to cranes but I dont have a crane manufacturer willing to finance me what ever new equipment I need like parsal. I have no problem getting new accounts its the cost of the equipment when the only way of getting that account is supplying all the equipment.
LandJGroup Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Ive teamed up with a local guy that does just video games. Its got me into a handfull of accounts. I would like to find a guy like him in each state that i have machines. I like having a trusted partner to have extra eyes on my investments and helping them out as well.
mainor5251 Posted June 29, 2013 Author Posted June 29, 2013 Meeting with amusement vendor Wednesday, we'll see how it goes
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