westlakevending Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 Has anyone ever used kick start locators for the location service? I purchased some locations last week and was suppose to get the locations one week later on saturday and here it is sunday and no locations which throws off my vending schedule. Does anyone have any imput on this meaning has it happend to any of you?
lurtsman Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 I've used kickstart. I felt Rob did a good guy, he was respectful of my schedule and intended to make money by making my business successful so I would be a repeat customer. I expect to have more locating for him to do within a couple weeks. It might take a day or two longer for them to find things if your area is swamped. I'd love to be able to get the inside information on how kickstart and midwest work. It would be fascinating for me. The most important thing is he will come up with a good location for you. There is a large thread where the general consensus is that he runs a good business, which is rare in the locating industry.
westlakevending Posted May 10, 2009 Author Posted May 10, 2009 yeah i talked to rob in the past and hes a good guy. Just probably busy like you said. im just excited about locations!!!
westlakevending Posted May 11, 2009 Author Posted May 11, 2009 got the locations today from kickstart these look like some great locations!! Now after using kickstart I would reccomend them anyday! Call them today! Shawn Downing
Beer980 Posted May 12, 2009 Posted May 12, 2009 Best thing to do is have patience when using a locator. Sometimes it just takes longer. I prefer to wait my turn and not try to hurry up a locator. He has a couple he is working on for me but I am not going to bug him. They will come to me when they are ready.
candylair Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Hello, could you please provide the contact info for a good locator that I can contact? Thanks!!
westlakevending Posted May 14, 2009 Author Posted May 14, 2009 robertnpatterson@gmail.com is a really great locator email him. tell him shawn at west lake vending sent you and he will take better care of ya! Shawn
lurtsman Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 http://www.kickstartlocations.com/ Is robs website, it will answer many of your questions and allow you to place an order online.
the buzzing Posted May 16, 2009 Posted May 16, 2009 I hired him and don't recommend him...Too much hassle and like nam stated its much better if you create time to locate yourself. Nothing but a sheer nightmare...Calls and follows ups never happen in a timely manner. Busy or not busy professionalism is what counts here. It’s only been a few days, let us know what your returns are westlakevending. Mine have never made his guarantee's one more reason he won’t get me repeat business. You're right about it taking a long time to even receive your first set of locations, wait until they don't perform to your standards and you need replacements. Rob will blow you of like fly on the wall!
westlakevending Posted May 16, 2009 Author Posted May 16, 2009 Well i guess i can be the test dummy i chose robs cheapest package and got 3 locations all restaurants and no collection data yet on those but ill keep everyone posted
BudLeiser Posted May 16, 2009 Posted May 16, 2009 I hired him and don't recommend him...Too much hassle and like nam stated its much better if you create time to locate yourself. Nothing but a sheer nightmare...Calls and follows ups never happen in a timely manner. Busy or not busy professionalism is what counts here. It’s only been a few days, let us know what your returns are westlakevending. Mine have never made his guarantee's one more reason he won’t get me repeat business. You're right about it taking a long time to even receive your first set of locations, wait until they don't perform to your standards and you need replacements. Rob will blow you of like fly on the wall!Wow that's the harshest critique i've seen on here of rob. I've already posted my experience. I'd use him again.
lurtsman Posted May 16, 2009 Posted May 16, 2009 Agreed. I used Rob and his double head location he found for me made more than either of the ones I found for myself. (18$/month, and one of the heads was terrible, changing it should bring me to 30$/month)
the buzzing Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Sheer Nightmare, sheer nightmare! I'm with nam do it yourself and keep your pockets fat! All the machines located on my own, do twice as much as his locations...I have encounter people telling me, weren't you here last week and we ask you to remove your machine???Hey buddy, I've never been here or seen you in my life! Just goes to show you the goose hunt you get with KS. Mega Kudo's for you if he did a great job for you! However many will say the opposite and how it's difficult to get this fellow to follow up with you in a professional manner. It shouldn't matter whether these locators take a liking to you, why should we have to charm them? If we wanted to charm people wouldn't we be the folks placing the machines ourself? Hell we're paying them, they should be charming us and providing professionalism for repeat bizz...Not give us the "we're doing you a favorite" speel.
BudLeiser Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Rob personally came over to my house and gave me a back rub and 2 replacements for 1 location! He's offered to file my tax returns, and find better deals than nam! And then he ate my puppy, called my grandma slow, and won't return my calls.
BudLeiser Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 LOL, priceless BudLeiser! Keeping it real.Lol I was afraid my post would offend you. We need to keep it fun around here. Everyone's got beef with locators, meanwhile the rest of us step in to defend them. It's bloods vs crypts in here. It just depends on what side of the street you grew up on. Some people get a bad experience, and some people get a good experience. It's the same as shopping at the grocery store. Some of it is self percieved and some of it is real. I was getting tired of this bickering and wanted to liven things up. Glad you laughed.
antoniocinisi Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Rob personally came over to my house and gave me a back rub and 2 replacements for 1 location! He's offered to file my tax returns, and find better deals than nam! And then he ate my puppy, called my grandma slow, and won't return my calls. did he marinate the puppy or did you give him some A1? did your grandma eat the puppy with Rob?if not how did he meet her ANd how would he know she is slow?if she did is she perhaps a slow eater and it took her some time to eat the puppy and thats why he called her slow? I wonder why he wont return your calls.maybe your grandma was rude to him.
candyman007 Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I do love some good meat as long as I'm not the one getting chewed and spit back up! Honestly, I love working with all of you. I want you all to have the best experience possible and I'm truly working on getting the business to that level of quality. Regards, Rob http://www.kickstartlocations.com
nam Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Antonio, Maybe it was a "Puppy Pizza". You can appreciate that right. nam
nam Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Rob, You've got to have some thick skin to listen to all this but guess it must be worth it. I would hate to have everything I do laid out in front of the whole world on a daily basis. Most of us can have bad days and no one knows it. We can have a bad week or month and no one knows it but us. You screw up and we all know it immediately. Anyway, you no doubt have read some of my posts and sure you have a different slant on using locators. lol I know trying to keep phone solictors hired, sober, off drugs and not getting burnt out is not easy to do. It's hard enough to hire and train sales people and keep them around awhile but phone solictors that are good are harder yet to come by. And in my experience even the good ones don't last 6 months. I can very much appreciate what you do! I just disagree on using a locator except in special circumstances. Nothing personal. nam
westlakevending Posted May 18, 2009 Author Posted May 18, 2009 Rob, regaurdless of what other vendors are saying on this fourm the reason i posted the blog was not to get opinions but to state my facts. But the fact is your locating service did an excellent job with my 3 locations. You kept a great communication line betweeen us and i thank you. To all the vendors out there dont be scared or afraid of using robs services because hes never let me down and found some awesome locations. Rob and the kick start team keep up the good work Shawn
candyman007 Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Shawn and Name, I really appreciate the comments. We do our best to make everyday a good day Regards, Rob
antoniocinisi Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Antonio, Maybe it was a "Puppy Pizza". You can appreciate that right. nam well yeah,I hear puppy taste like chicken anyways.
candylair Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 what about midwest locators (mentioned by someone in one of the posts above)...did anyone ever try them out? are they any good? one thing i know....DO NOT EVER USE securevend locators (todd parker). very unprofessional, never returns calls, never does ANYTHING he says he'd do. but really great guy until you pay your deposit....
alyssamma Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Yes, many people use Midwest and are happy with them. Check out the locator review section for more details... Kevin
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