Lake Cities Vending Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 My sales have really dropped the last few weeks. Last year I was doing mostly bulk vending with just a few soda locations. I sold my bulk route and put it all into soda and snack and mint box locations. I didn't notice it so much with just 3 machines but now I have around 20 and I am really seeing a drop in sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcron Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Welcome to the holiday season. You'll probably see lower sales until about February. Places bring in goodies for the holidays so they don't buy from the machines. Then, my theory is that people make their "no junk food" resolutions, but by February they tend to bail out on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunCandy Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Depending on your location in TX, oil field slow down don't help either! As with me. cajun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchligVend Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yep every year from November to feb. I see a 30% plus decrease in sales ...it hurts Sent from my LG-H810 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allprovending Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 What part of Texas are you in? I was in West Texas(Midland, Odessa, San Angelo) and my sales didn't drop to much. The only time they dropped a lot is when we got an ice storm so most of my places the sales were cut in half except for my apartment complexes the sales went up drastically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Cities Vending Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 I'm in the Dallas area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc vending Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Thanksgiving till the second week of January are bad some years better some worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKK Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Same here 30% decrease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKK Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 So what i do to compensate is get more accounts. Get 2 to 4. Then in the summer see the 30% increase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allprovending Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 That's what I did in West Texas but I didn't see much of a decrease, not like everyone else that's responded anyways. However, here in North Carolina so far this month I've seen about a 35% decrease from last month. I told the locator I use if he can get me at least 20 new accounts by the first of Jan. I would give him a bonus. I'm pretty sure he will succeed because he got me setup with 5 appointments yesterday and I closed on 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Cities Vending Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 I've got 5 new locations coming up to try and bring sales back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Cities Vending Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Just went out to run a couple of locations I didn't get yesterday. Now to make things worse one of my outdoor machines got broke into. They smashed the heck out of the dollar changer and got all the cash. Probably not a lot but I figure there was at least $50.00 in it. I've been broke into before but never through the dollar changer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 It's very common for knuckleheads to trash the plastic bezels and get into the validator. It will always total the validator and sometimes damage the sheetmetal around it. Let me know if you need a new one for it or if you'd like a steel bezel for it. I have some steel MEI bezels if you need one. You can email me at rbepic4gatgmaildotcom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchligVend Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 It's very common for knuckleheads to trash the plastic bezels and get into the validator. It will always total the validator and sometimes damage the sheetmetal around it. Let me know if you need a new one for it or if you'd like a steel bezel for it. I have some steel MEI bezels if you need one. You can email me at rbepic4gatgmaildotcom. How much are the metal Bezels? I just got hit at 3 of my Apartments this last week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 They are $50 each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refreshments Made Easy Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 That's what I did in West Texas but I didn't see much of a decrease, not like everyone else that's responded anyways. However, here in North Carolina so far this month I've seen about a 35% decrease from last month. I told the locator I use if he can get me at least 20 new accounts by the first of Jan. I would give him a bonus. I'm pretty sure he will succeed because he got me setup with 5 appointments yesterday and I closed on 4. That's exactly what I did....I am using a locator and myself.....we got some apartment buildings and a senior living complex and an auto body shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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