Team Money Vending Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Hi Guys, I am relatively new to the business but have been following your advice since the beginning. My question for you guys is: My first location that I placed on my route is a pool hall. I was super excited to place it and thought it would do extremely well since they regularly have a packed house. (50+ people all night long) Much to my dismay it has done very poorly over the past year and wanted to solicit some advice from you guys on what I can do to improve its performance. I started out with a double head A&A machine with M&I and Skittles. It did about $3-$5 a month for six or so months. I then changed it to Hot Tamales and Reese's Pieces and have been averaging $4-$6 a month for the past few months. I don't necessarily want to pull it as I have two more machines right next door and I believe a machine out in the wild will make more than being in my garage. What should I vend? What would you guys do? A bit more about me and my plan: I have 10 A&A doubles placed which vend primarily Skittles and M&I. I have a Mr. Baseball machine which is killing it and is by far my most profitable machine thus far. I placed a Sports blaster 4 days ago next to the Mr. Baseball machine with hopes that they will both perform very well. (They are in a pizza place with games from another vender so I am hopeful that I will gain a larger percentage of the quarters.) How do you guys think I should tackle this? Going forward I am leaning more towards Sports blasters / Shooting hoops/ and other machines of the sort but I guess each location has their specific needs. Thanks again everyone for sharing the wealth of knowledge that is hear on Vendiscuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendtex Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 We have a triple with Runts, gum and skittles I think in a game room that does pretty well...I'm thinking about 20-30 a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Money Vending Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Thanks Vendtex! I wonder if I need to switch to something that appeals more to adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 why are you not selling gum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Money Vending Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 I have stayed away from gum since most of my locations have expressed concern about it making a mess. With that said, this one has not said anything about it. Do you think I should add gum? What type of gum would you recommend? Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrotthead Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 3 hours ago, musser said: why are you not selling gum? Exactly I have 150 + locations and have gum at all but one of them and they eat skittles like they are going out of style. 80% of them are gumballs only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrotthead Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Team Money Vending said: I have stayed away from gum since most of my locations have expressed concern about it making a mess. With that said, this one has not said anything about it. Do you think I should add gum? What type of gum would you recommend? Thanks, I use mostly the 850 count from sams for $20 a box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Plain old 850 gum. I have bars where gum does quite well. But sometimes a location just isn't very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Money Vending Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Great idea guys! I'll throw in some gumballs. Any advice as to what I should include in the second head? Is there an item that adults tend to like or that will work well in a bar scene? Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrotthead Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I like two gumballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grantamato Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 16 hours ago, Team Money Vending said: Great idea guys! I'll throw in some gumballs. Any advice as to what I should include in the second head? Is there an item that adults tend to like or that will work well in a bar scene? Thanks, Just placed a bar location today. Everyone loves Mike and Ike's and chicklets. I feel like chicklets do better than gumballs because you can get about 10 chicklets instead of 1 gumball. Plus, adults need to freshen the breath before making out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocula Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Hi, I’m new to the group. I have a Sports Blaster and it’s stuck in program mode. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps someone might have a manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) Wrong forum. Start a new post in the amusements section and don't piggyback off of a unrelated thread. Edited January 3, 2022 by AZVendor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSVEND Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Every pool hall I have had has frowned upon having gumballs in the locations. I always got the "I don't want to be scrapping gum off from under the pool tables" or "I don't want to be re-felting the tables because gum got stuck to the tops". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helloitsmejcc Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 If its not vending candy, you can put a punch strength game in a poolhall or bar! I have one in a poolhall and one in a bar and they do about $150 a month each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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