Grazing Hippo Vending Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Anybody have a script for calling locations for mint boxes? Dont cold call for boxes. Go in person and locate. You will end up turning off some locations if you call them. Go in person and your success will be much greater. I think that cold calling for honor boxes should be done only in extreme circumstances. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney69 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Anybody have a script for calling locations for mint boxes? Walk in, box in hand and say hi, my name is Beth, we're trying to help Breast cancer awareness, I'm part of candy for a cause and would like to find out if we can put this here in your restaurant? Even if it's for a limited time it would help greatly! Make sir you talk to the manager, give them a brochure, and ask for the manager first. When in the phone I don't use the 30day part, but in person I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karwood Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Also a suggestion to anyone doing the pink ribbon boxes. You might want to consider getting a t-shirt, sweatshirt, cap, etc from the Susan G. Komen foundation to wear when locating or on your collection rounds. They have clothing for both women and men. Website is http://www.shopkomen.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan1203 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Anybody have a script for calling locations for mint boxes? Lots of info here http://vendiscuss.net/index.php?/topic/4440-locating-scripts-objections-rebuttals-success/page-3#entry116979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdigirl Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Also a suggestion to anyone doing the pink ribbon boxes. You might want to consider getting a t-shirt, sweatshirt, cap, etc from the Susan G. Komen foundation to wear when locating or on your collection rounds. They have clothing for both women and men. Website is http://www.shopkomen.com Karwood, Do you have boxes with pink ribbon, and if so, do you place them yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadmill Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Anybody have a script for calling locations for mint boxes?Your best bet is to go door to door. These are easy to place when done this way because you deal with the decision maker upfront and in person. Also you can place about 20-30 locations per day when you get going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdigirl Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 Your best bet is to go door to door. These are easy to place when done this way because you deal with the decision maker upfront and in person. Also you can place about 20-30 locations per day when you get going. Anything in particular you say? And, do you wear some sort of "pink ribbon gear" when going? Do you have a brochure or the box with you? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney69 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Anything in particular you say? And, do you wear some sort of "pink ribbon gear" when going? Do you have a brochure or the box with you? Thanks! All of that will help tremendously! The more you dress the part the more likely you'll get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdigirl Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 What are you mint box vendors seeing on average per month? Some of mine are pulling in the $20-$30. range, some $15 or less. At what point would you consider a location not worthwhile? I had one hat did $3.00 and pulled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadmill Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 What are you mint box vendors seeing on average per month? Some of mine are pulling in the $20-$30. range, some $15 or less. At what point would you consider a location not worthwhile? I had one hat did $3.00 and pulled it.Last I heard was avg of $18/mo per box. Some will be more, some will be less. That $3 location, did it have any shrinkage? Just becsuse it did $3 the first pull doesn't mean it's a bad location. I give my locations at least 3 pulls before making a decision unless there is no candy left and no money then I would pull it. Usually I go in with box and sheet from NCCS and talk with owner or manager and explain why I'm there. Usually there is no problem getting them to answer yes or no. After decision made move onto next location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran78 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Up till recently, I had a location that did $300 a month, next best one is about $100 per month. All the others range from $30-$3 per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvending Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 What are you mint box vendors seeing on average per month? Some of mine are pulling in the $20-$30. range, some $15 or less. At what point would you consider a location not worthwhile? I had one hat did $3.00 and pulled it.I have had mint boxes for 2 years And have found the most important is how much profit you have every time you service the location. My average gross is $12.50 and $9.00 net. every per every service. I service 25 LOCATIONS on a route about 4-5 hours. About $225.00 per route. This is what I focus on, how much profit per service. If I can't net $9-10 I will either extend The service.cycle or consider pulling the box. If theft is 50% or more I will pull the box, I will not let anyone steal that much from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrCorey Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 wow, someone really loved mints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grand Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Up till recently, I had a location that did $300 a month, next best one is about $100 per month. All the others range from $30-$3 per month. $300/mo is pretty unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadmill Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 $300/mo is pretty unbelievable. I had one avg $400/month. Lasted about 2-3 months before box was eventually pulled at owners request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran78 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Tell me about it. I was devastated when I was told to remove the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadmill Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Tell me about it. I was devastated when I was told to remove the box. Tell me about it. I was devastated when I was told to remove the box. I tried everything I could to keep box in there. Took me about 3 months to get over it. Still think about it from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrCorey Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 and your wallet is now in mourning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran78 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Anyone paying someone to do their routes for them? Any suggestions to minimize cheating and pay? Or any methods that's worked for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdigirl Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Anyone paying someone to do their routes for them? Any suggestions to minimize cheating and pay? Or any methods that's worked for them? No, but I saw some ads on Craigslist with honor box vendors looking for people to run their routes - paying $10. an hour. I actually emailed the person to see if they got any repsonse but they never emailed back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran78 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Thanks! I couldn't see paying someone by the hour on this. I would think a commission type structure would be more suited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avi Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I use both as well. The cardboard ones look nice and are great for expanding but they do wear ouT. The coin slot takes a beating. I recommend reinforcing it with tape underneath. I like the acrylic ones best. They look very nice and don't wear out as quickly. One thing I found with those though is the edges can be a little sharp. I cut my hands several times As far as locations go, if you can get it on the counter by the register in a restaurant then you are good to go. Other locations that do well for me are hotels, vape stores ( lot of people hang out in those) also busy nail places can do ok. Car dealerships in the service area Hi eagelsfan, I am thinking of getting into the mint box business and I was thinking of placing them in hotels. Can you tell me how much you charge for one candy and where do you place it. Thank you for your answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avi Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hi, to me it seems like the reason for the high turn over for the mint boxes is that the owner sees all that money and wants to do it himself. Did anybody try to put say.. tin foil into the money compartment to hide the money so it wouldn't be so tempting and raise jealousy? Thanks for your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdigirl Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 Hi eagelsfan, I am thinking of getting into the mint box business and I was thinking of placing them in hotels. Can you tell me how much you charge for one candy and where do you place it. Thank you for your answer! I'm also going to try some hotels. Anybody else with hotels? Are they chain hotels or smaller local places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candyguy Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hi, to me it seems like the reason for the high turn over for the mint boxes is that the owner sees all that money and wants to do it himself. Did anybody try to put say.. tin foil into the money compartment to hide the money so it wouldn't be so tempting and raise jealousy? Thanks for your answer. I'm curious to this as well. From my understanding it seems acrylics do perform better but it's the concept of the money being "out in the open". While I was thinking of like a tint or something else on the coin box, I'm curious to hear others opinions of this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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