TexasFreemason Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I am just thinking of what I got accomplished this year and what my next step will be. Late February- I purchased a small bulk candy and tattoo route in rural West-Central Texas. 17 locations. 18 candy machines (2-head, 1800, and a couple of U-Turns) and one 3-column tattoo machine, Averages about 10 dollars per location per month. March- Add about 5 more locations, including a small-town grocery store with an 8-column tattoo machine. April/May/June- Add a few more locations and remove some low performers. July- Move a few machines from poor locations to better ones. Get my first kick-out. (A junky U-turn in a salon. Sold the machine to one of the massage therapists for her other location. Got 75 bucks for the golpher machine. Get approval to put a coin pusher in a Mexican restaurant. Buy a pusher and install it at the end of the month. August- Get permission from the owner of a small chain of convenience stores to install a pusher in one of them, Put it in and in 2 weeks count the money. The owner and I were so pleased that the next day I bought another pusher and put it in another one of the stores. September- Pull the first pusher out of the restaurant and take it to another one of his stores. October- Learn a little bit about how to work on pushers. November- Replace the third pusher I bought and replace it with a better one. The old one is in terrible shape. December- Wind up the year with a small profit after buying the initial route, inventory, 2 pushers, fees for setting up my LLC, and all other expenses. So my question is.... What's next? Should I buy more candy machines? Soda machines? Crane machine? Heaven forbid a Chicken Machine?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogcow Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Keep placcing pushers unless u think u might have probs with law enforcement Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch Q using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasFreemason Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 I do plan on placing more pushers. I just would like some more diversity in case of law enforcement problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Toys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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reel Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 stay in bulk machines and build your fleet and cashflow. Entering into snack and drink vending will take a lot of cash and unless you have loads of money to invest without borrowing I personally would stay in your current business and expand it further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainor5251 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 stay in bulk machines and build your fleet and cashflow. Entering into snack and drink vending will take a lot of cash and unless you have loads of money to invest without borrowing I personally would stay in your current business and expand it further. Solid advice, wish I had done the same with bulk before I tried to get into cranes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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