vacaville09 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Hey all, anybody with vendstar 3000s, what all can i vend in my machines and what vends best??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrifty Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Hey all, anybody with vendstar 3000s, what all can i vend in my machines and what vends best??? Sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpvnc Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Sand LoL! Most vendstars I see are mostly empty or have stale candy in the field. I would take a look inside your machine and see what dispensing wheels or simular mechanism you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacaville09 Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 why do you say sand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrifty Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 I'm joking, you can vend any kind of bulk candy usually. It does not do gum/toys. My best candy is reeses pieces for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumball guy Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 I have several Vendstars out in the field and overall they are solid performers. You can vend all of the big name candies (M&M, Mike & Ike, Nuts, Skittles etc...) from these machines. They are cheap but I rarely have problems with the coin mechs and I really like the canisters because it is easy to switch out. I love Northwesterns but I with they had canisters. I do vend Chickle type gum in my Vendstars with success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbishop Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 99% of my vendstars have PM&Ms, Cashews, and Skittles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GulfCoastVending Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I agree with the others. I have PM&Ms, M&Ms, Mike and Ikes, Skittles and Reeses all going well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrb4kids Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 You can Vend 1" gum balls from the Vendstar 3000/4000/6000... you have to buy a special part that replaces the normal dispenser wheel. I have found them on Ebay this past April and bought 10 of them... they work perfect. Then about a month later i bought 28 Vendstar 4000's from a guy and he had these same gumball wheels in each one of his machines and he said he ordered them that way from Vendstar a few years ago when he bought the machines. I just did a search on Ebay ( Vendstar Gumball ) and there is one wheel on there now... they go for about 35 bucks each... Anyways... long story short you can vend 1" gumballs from Vendstar 3000's/4000's/6000's ... P.S. My first post on this site ... GREAT SITE!!!! and Great info !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agrantha Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Hey all, anybody with vendstar 3000s, what all can i vend in my machines and what vends best??? I believe you should read previous post on Vendstars before you start buying a ton of them. Read first, then ask questions. You are not going to get enough information to make a well informed decision from asking a question and getting a few responses. I once was a Vendstar fan, but in the long run you will need to get rid of them if you are going to become a serious bulk vendor. For beginners Vendstars cannot handle gravy locations. Eventually the machine will start skipping vends or kids will rip off the chute door among other things. If you are lucky to find a gravy location, the machine does not have the capacity to hold a lot of product. In most cases you will carry three products and one product will just sit and rot. I am going to stop here. Go back and read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJLip Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I just bought my 1st 30 vendstar 6000s used. How do I tell if the wheels are gumball or other wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adog Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 It''s a special wheel you can find on ebay. But honestly its not worth it. They sell the wheel for the price of a used vendstar 3000. I would rather buy another machine instead. Also I have a few locations that I am doing Runts at an honestly they are killing. They cost me like 2 cents per vend of like 10. Look at Quill for them and buy your candy from Sams Club or Walmart. Way cheaper and free shipping at least from Walmart alot of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrodude Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I just bought my 1st 30 vendstar 6000s used. How do I tell if the wheels are gumball or other wheels? The gumball wheels will have a round opening for the gumball to fall into and the candy wheels will have a pie-shaped or trapezoid shaped opening for the candy to fall into. FWIW, Northwestern gumball wheels appear to work in a Vendstar (after you slightly sand/file down the wheel diameter) but there needs to be a way to hold them in place. There is a guy on Ebay selling what appears to be this setup with a couple of springs used to hold the wheel into the housing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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