vendgirl Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 After getting a ton of advise (mostly from this forum), I have decided that I want to purchase a couple "live view" (where the bottles/cans are actually displayed to pick which option) can/bottle vending machines. I was wondering if anyone could give me a couple example names of these kind of machines? Sometimes it seems like models have completely changed over the years, which also makes it difficult to search a certain model. For example, when I search for the vendo720 I can't find it with the live display. I was also wondering if anyone knows of a good website to purchase these machines (or local I live in Southeast Wisconsin)? NHas anyone ever purchased through piranhavending.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grand Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 The Dixie Narco 501E live display is a fantastic machine. Here's a photo of what one looks like (grabbed from Google Images). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 The live display doors were always an option on machines and not a primary model. Dixie Narco made that door on some T models and some E models as well as the crappy P series. Vendo did it starting with the Vmax series. Royal did it with some Merlin 4 and later machines. Check with Lieberman Music and Vending in Minneapolis for good used machines or Vendors Exchange and D&S Vending, both in Cleveland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendgirl Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Thank you great info. I will also want to add a credit card reader on later on,so I'll have to find one with that as a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Any machine with MDB in it will run a card reader though depending on software, you might not get all the DEX data you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendgirl Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 What about the USI machines with the live view? Are those good machines? Thanks good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Ok, but not outside capable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Vending Mechanic Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 If you do go for the live display model, keep the live display part clean. They do collect dust, and look quite crappy five years later. Also, change out the cans every few years. They fade over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkhusker Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I'm curios as to why a "live view." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 This is just my opinion but I like live displays because it is far easier to change products out. You don't need flavor strips (nor do you need to have the exact right size). You don't have to worry about having a Sunkist label for Orange Crush. It can look attractive (but I am not saying more so than a bubble/flat front). I think, for the customer, having the buttons directly under the displayed product makes them feel more comfortable in knowing exactly what they are buying. If the display has a 20 oz. bottle of Coca Cola in it, they can safely assume that they will get a 20 oz. bottle of Coca Cola if they press that button. On the flip side, live displays are way more annoying to clean and the "holders" or whatever the things are that hold the product into the display can be annoying at times but I like them. Personally, the advantages/disadvantages between a live display and a regular front are a wash. I care about the actual price-point of the machine I am purchasing rather than whether it is a live display or not... but I used to prefer live displays. Bubble fronts are FAR better at dirty locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim lee Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Now I'm curios as to why a "Bubble front"? -jim lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendgirl Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Yeah I wan the live display if I use off types of drinks like a starbucks drink, which will be hard to find a label. Or something like that type of drink. In curious too what the bubble from is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Yeah I wan the live display if I use off types of drinks like a starbucks drink, which will be hard to find a label. Or something like that type of drink. In curious too what the bubble from is? Way back when the standard front was flat Now the sign fronts curve out hence bubblefront Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim lee Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Yeah I wan the live display if I use off types of drinks like a starbucks drink, which will be hard to find a label. Or something like that type of drink. In curious too what the bubble from is? I just printed my own labels. Grab the artwork off google. Make up a drawing Doc. that has the cut & fold frame on it. Scale artwork to fit & print. I added clear packing tape to both sides of the paper before cutting out the label. Looks like store bought. -jim lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Yeah I wan the live display if I use off types of drinks like a starbucks drink, which will be hard to find a label. Or something like that type of drink. In curious too what the bubble from is?As orsd already mentioned, the bubble front is just a curved front. Most coke/Pepsi machines that vend bottles are bubble fronts. Live displays have a flat front with a display section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldstar Vending Service Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Royal Merlin live display 650-10 has been a very good machine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendgirl Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Making my own labels wouldn't be bad. That machine looks nice I'll see what I can get my hands on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 If you need any real factory labels I have most of them in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendgirl Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Awsome thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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