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What Most Vending Companies
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How to Ensure You Won't Be Buying Replacement Soda/Snack Machines
Less Than 120 Days From Now

Dear Vending Entrepreneur,

If you are a person looking to earn extra cash with your own successful soda/snack vending business...If you want the best vending machines that will make you the most money for a reasonable investment...If you don't like "surprises" and want to avoid making a financial mistake by losing your hard-earned money - then I would like to show you what you need to know to make sure you get the most out of your new vending business.

My name is Mike Burnett; I am the President of 1.800.VENDING. We are one of the largest, multi-million dollar vending companies in the world...and we do some things that are unique to this industry in that we eliminate many of the problems people traditionally face when getting started in vending for the first time.

In an informal study conducted with distributors who purchased vending machines from 8 "reputable" vending companies, it was found that the vast majority of these companies offered their customers INFERIOR vending equipment that they knew was either problematic with a short lifespan or is outdated and fading out of the market. These companies count on the fact that you don't know the difference. Low-quality or outdated vending machines are often dumped for cheap, rock-bottom prices - and therefore the vending company is more likely to close the sale from their unsuspecting customer. But in a follow-up survey with over 100 distributors who previously bought vending machines, over 90% said they would have paid more money for quality equipment. If only they had known about:

Three Major "Short-Cuts" Taken By Most Vending Companies ... Even "Honest" Ones.

1. Poor Quality “Combo” Vending Machines = One Problem After Another: These machines are hard to detect from a photograph on a Web site. The most critical factor with these machines is what they use for the “heart” of the machine – outdated & problematic “electro-mechanical” coin acceptors – that only they produce. These non-standard acceptors look and sound like old-fashioned typewriters. They are noisy and constantly break down. Often the vending companies selling these machines sell them for a year or two and then close shop. The problem is nobody else carries this kind of coin acceptor – so once your acceptors fail, your machines become totally useless. Another problem with these machines is their zero Bill Drop – where bills fed into the bill acceptor pile up quickly on the inside of the machine. When this occurs, bills start to spit out of the machine after someone tries to put a wrinkled bill into the machine. So the customer gets his wrinkled bill back PLUS either a $1 or $5 bill as well! In other words, money is getting stolen from your machine. The only solution: You are forced to purchase a bill acceptor with a “bill stacker” attached. Cost: $400-$500/machine.

These machines also present a couple of major servicing headaches as well. First, they have no rear service door. You will inevitably have a snack motor fail and need to be replaced. Snack motors are mounted to the back of the snack trays. If a motor needs to be replaced and there is no rear service door, you are forced to completely remove the affected snack tray from the front of the machine. This involves mechanical disassembly along with removal of wiring cables and harnesses. Depending on the machine, it may involve the removal of multiple trays and cable harnesses to be able to get to the one you are trying to reach. Another issue is these machines don’t have a coin release button (different from a “coin change” button). This shortcut will create major headaches and lost revenue in addition to losing good locations. How? Occasionally, a slightly bent coin will be used in every one of your vending machines. Bent or damaged coins sometimes get caught at the throat of the coin acceptor. The customer can tell that their coin was not processed as they can hear that it got stuck and can see they did not receive credit for it. With no coin release button, they cannot do anything to clear the jam. They will try pounding on the machine and then just give up and walk away disgusted.
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2. Mechanical Machines = A Nightmare To Work With: These "mechanical" machines are extremely outdated and are perceived by establishment owners/managers as old fashioned (less likely to be accepted). They were built many years ago (designed back in the 1950's) before all the advanced technologies came out - yet, unbelievably, some companies still sell them.

Mechanical machines have individual plastic coin mechanisms for each product - that's crazy! With these machines, exact change must be used. The maximum amount you can sell a product for is $1.00 - so you are missing out on the entire energy drink market. These machines also jam very easily. Why? There are slots for each individual coin on each coin mechanism for each product. For example, on a product requiring 65 cents, there will be two quarter slots, one dime slot and one nickel slot. Each coin must be placed in the correct slot. If a dime is accidentally placed in the quarter or nickel slot, this will jam the coin mechanism. The coin cannot be retrieved so the money is lost and the product cannot be purchased. The coin mechanism must be disassembled to retrieve the jammed coin. As you can imagine, this also makes a mechanical machine a nightmare to change pricing. Each coin mechanism uses a complex combination of disks and spacers to configure the mechanism for the exact coins that must be used. To change the cost of a product, you must completely disassemble the mechanism and rearrange the disks and spacers to the new price configuration. This process takes about 10 minutes/product. Pricing changes for just six products will take you about one hour!

About the only companies that are trying to dump these problematic machines are "resellers”. You will find these machines are the cheapest on the market because they are the "cheapest" in quality. Don't buy into their stories about the "never out of order" gimmicks in their sales pitch. When it's all said and done, it's your MACHINES that are the income-producing assets. Avoid mechanical machines that house plastic coin mechanisms and the companies that sell them - regardless of how long they say they've been around.
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3. All-Soda/All-Snack Machines = Poor Return On Investment: These kinds of machines are difficult to locate because you need two or more machines to satisfy what people want. Establishment owners want a variety of products, not a variety of machines. Multiple machines in one location (if they even have the room) would be an outrageous investment and therefore a risk for just one location that may or may not work out. If you go with a "themed" machine (Coke, Pepsi, etc.), you are stuck selling drink brands that are only part of that company - rather than what is most popular in any given location. This severely narrows your customers' options - and therefore your income. Additionally, all-soda machines cannot vend Energy drinks - causing you to miss out on this exploding, multi-billion dollar market. When it comes to all-snack machines, once again you have a problem with diminishing returns on investment. The small to medium-sized companies (your target market) who are looking for machines do not have enough employees to support a machine holding 400-500 snacks. Massive product spoilage is the result.
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Whose Fault Is It When You Buy Vending Machines That Are Outdated Or Break Down & Cost You Money?

I say it's the vending company's fault. Every single company selling the vending machines above has the ability to use higher quality materials and/or produce a vending machine that will make you more money and at the same time eliminate all the problems. Why don't they do it? To cut corners. But their short-cuts equate to your losing money. Are you willing to risk making a financial mistake with such a company? The bottom line is several vending companies claim that they offer the best return on your investment. Only one can be right.

Sincerely,



Mike Burnett, President

P.S. 1.800.VENDING is the only vending company we know that has 0 complaints with the Better Business Bureau (in over 10 years). Find out why.

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