Buying Route; Changing Locks?

[gelaro]

I am buying a route and we agreed on a price. Now the seller wants to keep his locks which match the rest of his business and wants me to put new ones in. There are about 40 machines (snack and drink). 

 

I am not all that happy about adding on to the agreed upon price which included the machines in working order. If he changes them, I am fine with it. But if I were to accept this, and I have to pay for new locks that seems like a significant cost. If I do this, what locks are good locks? There are a bunch of them available. In this route, there are different types of machines. Is there a universal sort of T-lock? Does the whole plate have to be changed or just the cylinder? I have searched online and seen them both ways. I have done some reading here as well and not sure what to conclude, except that the medco locks seem to be preferred. 

 

Thanks for any help.

[Walta]

Do you want the former owner to have keys that will open your machines?

 

Do you want the former owner to provide you with the cheapest locks possible without regard to who else may have the same keys?

 

If it were me I would say no to both but it is your choice.

 

Locks cost about 9 to 40 dollars each. You are paying for time in that, the low cost locks can be defeated simply and quickly. The expensive ones take more time and effort but still get opened.

 

 

Walta

[Bvending]

When buying a route you always want to put your own locks in. If not ,the previous owner (and who knows how many other people) with have keys to your machines. Medco is a good high security lock. We use Abloy locks, which can be a little less expensive than Medco, but still aren't easy to break in to. You just need the cylinder and I would buy new and have them all keyed alike

[lacanteen]

http://www.compxnet.com/

[Chkoolaid1]

Every time you buy a new route or new machine you want to change out the lock. Changing the lock is really easy. After you open the machine and the t-handle pops out, between the handle and the machine, on the rod, you'll find a little push up button that keeps the t-handle in when the machine is locked. With the key in the lock, push that button lock in and pull the key out. The entire cylinder will come out and you can put your new one in. This is generally your own expense. You can try to renegotiate, but it should be considered your own expense. Good luck with the new route! Welcome to the business!

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[kiwi]

http://www.compxnet.com/

Are these compx locks good quality... i've never heard of them until you mentioned them so was wondering if you use them personally?   

[Southeast Treats]

I use Medeco locks mostly, they are good secure locks and the key is assigned to me, so no one else is able to get a key for my locks.  It also simplifies route service when you only have one or two keys to deal with.  Once you order a medeco and get a key assigned, you will only be able to get new locks from the same distributor (that is part of the security; no other distributor can order your lock code).  I use LSI in Orlando - http://www.lockingsystems.com/vendinglocks.htm  Ask if they have any used cylinders in stock, they will rekey them for you at about half the price of a new cylinder.... as they said above, even the seller may not know who has obtained his key over the years, changing locks makes good sense and if he has his own private key code he should not give them to you (you could access his other machines then as well!)

[rmorris1953]

 

Duo is a very good lock. Very secure and very hard to drill. Secure keys that can't be duplicated. Can be purchased from D&S vending at a reasonable price.