Grispy Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Hello all, I'm VERY new to vending in general. I picked up an older Pepsi machine at an auction and it was working great for the past two years. Now the bill acceptor starts kicking on at random. No one will be at the machine at all and you can hear it across the warehouse spinning like someone put a bill in. It also won't take a dollar when you try to put one in. It happens once or twice an hour. Any idea what could be wrong? It's a Mars VFM1-L1-U2CS. I've seen them refurbished on ebay for around $100, but if it's as terrible as everyone seems to say it is, am I better off replacing it with something else? I'd appreciate all the help I can get! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvending Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 You would be better off replacing you validated with an MEI VN series. Should be able to find a good one got around $125 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacanteen Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I can hook you up with a VN2512U3 for less than that. Email me: gbruss <at> mmsalescompany <dot> com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grispy Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Anyone have any idea what would cause this issue? Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 It’s old golpher wore out and dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTT1963 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Let it retire, give it a gold chain, thank it for it's 25 years of service and put in a VN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus Corax Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 You will spend more time and money trying to fix the old one, than just replacing it with something newer and reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 On 5/19/2019 at 9:00 PM, Grispy said: Hello all, I'm VERY new to vending in general. I picked up an older Pepsi machine at an auction and it was working great for the past two years. Now the bill acceptor starts kicking on at random. No one will be at the machine at all and you can hear it across the warehouse spinning like someone put a bill in. It also won't take a dollar when you try to put one in. It happens once or twice an hour. Any idea what could be wrong? It's a Mars VFM1-L1-U2CS. I've seen them refurbished on ebay for around $100, but if it's as terrible as everyone seems to say it is, am I better off replacing it with something else? I'd appreciate all the help I can get! Thanks! While this was a very good validator in it's day (I still have one that works) you'll find that most refurbishers won't touch it as they can't get the parts. For a Soda machine, the VN2512 wold be your best bet. Unfortunately, most suppliers of refurbished validators won't take yours as a core exchange so you'll end up paying a bit more. Ps. I'd be highly skeptical of anybody on Ebay with a "refurbished one". It's been at least five years since any good refurbisher would touch one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 What machine is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 The only parts that can be new on one are the belts and those will be aftermarket. Mars hasn't supplied new parts for them for several years so any other parts replaced are used ones from junked validators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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