What Most Vending Companies
Don't Want You To Know

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of these companies offered their customers INFERIOR vending machines that they knew either had a short lifespan or are outdated and fading out of the market.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 Low-quality or outdated vending machines are often sold for "cheap" prices and therefore the vending company is more likely to close the sale from their unsuspecting customer.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 premium quality and a safer machine that will attract and generate more cash. If only they had known about:

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

1. Mechanical Machines = A Nightmare To Work With: These "mechanical" machines are extremely outdated and are perceived by establishment owners/managers as old fashioned (less likely to be accepted).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" (see #2 below). 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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2. Other Electronic Combo Machines: Many other electronic combo machines are poorly built - which is why they are sold for such a cheap price. They typically only carry a one year warranty - showing a lack of confidence the vending company has in the machine. With numerous problems such as "motor stutter" (causes a product to get hung up on the end of the coils) and compressors failing at 18 months, we can't blame them for the lacking confidence in their machine. Many of these machines are very limited in their drink options - only vending cans or only vending bottles. Many cannot vend energy drinks - if they can, they often can only vend one size. Another important issue is their inability to accept $5 bills - especially the new $5 bills that just came into circulation in March 2008. This is very important - as many products today sell for more than $1 - especially energy drinks and microwavable meals.

Many of the companies selling these combo machines are just "resellers" - who work with the cheapest machine they can find, sell it for a year or two and then close shop. In fact, they usually try to dump PROBLEMATIC machines (that LOOK good on their Web site) for cheap, "rock-bottom" prices - doing anything they can to get rid of them. They will sell you anything and everything. Be sure to read their Better Business Bureau reports (often full of unresolved complaints) and be sure to demand a written FTC or State disclosure document which is required by law.
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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 mediumsized companies (your target market) who are looking for machines do not have enough employees to support a machined holding 400-500 snacks. Massive product spoilage is the result.
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Whose Fault Is It When You Buy Vending Machines That Break Down Or 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 companies claim that they offer the best return on your investment. Only one can be right.

Sincerely,

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