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Big Chris
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Post by Big Chris »

Hi there,

Ive had an unususal request put to me.

I have a sweet tower in some student halls,i was filling it this afternoon and have been asked if i can come up with a way to vend washing powder and fabric conditioner, as they have an inhouse laundrette.

Owner of the halls has said £1 is too much, so can i come up with something in the 10p or 20p range for each vend.

Any ideas would be great, not sure what i could do?

Cheers,
Chris
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Re: Help....

Post by Snackmore »

You can buy a machine that vends both made specifically for a laudrette. Have seen them come up on ebay occasionally. Alternatively how about putting some wash tablets/powder in a pot and the change from a pound in or on the pot with a notice explaining? This way you can vend at anything less than a pound. :thumbup:
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Post by Snackmore »

Spookily enough, but too much money me thinks

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Post by Big Chris »

Very spooky.

But yes £400 is a bit more than i was hoping.

I was thinking is there no way i could fill a bulk up with washing powder, and vend it at 20p?

Then for the fabric conditioner i could use a old liav or something, but just change the coin acrrier to 20p also?

I dunno just thinking of inexpensive ways at the moment, as i won't make a huge amount on it, but it may be worth doing.

Chris
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Post by Ade »

chris simple answer is no you cant do it as you only do confectionary vending. you wont make any money out of whats been suggested, if they up for £1 tub then go for it, anything less leave well alone :thumbup: i get loads of sites ask me can i do this can i do that, first question is can you make money from it? if answers no then tell them no.

ade
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Thanks Ade.

Shall not give it another moments thought.
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Post by Ade »

:thumbup:
Big Chris wrote:Thanks Ade.

Shall not give it another moments thought.
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Post by David@Perform »

That is a great idea!
Snackmore wrote:You can buy a machine that vends both made specifically for a laudrette. Have seen them come up on ebay occasionally. Alternatively how about putting some wash tablets/powder in a pot and the change from a pound in or on the pot with a notice explaining? This way you can vend at anything less than a pound. :thumbup:
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Post by Coin Operated Group »

Apart from storing more money in the machine is just asking for more trouble.
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Post by Big Chris »

Yeh, the machine wud just get broken into on a regular basis
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