new member from the south

[green army]

Hi all,

New on here so just saying hello...
Looks like a good fourm, everybody helping each other out..

I have some tower vending mechines and will be rolling them out soon in the plymouth/cornwall area.
Is any1 on here in this area(dont want to step on toes like).
Not got any stock/stickers/ or sites yet so any advice would be great...
Thanks
Ben

[Jon123]

Hi Ben,
I cover a fair bit of the cornwall and plymouth area. Have roughly 100 sites in plymouth.

Who you starting up with or are you starting independent?

Best Regards
Jonny

[green army]

Hi Jonny,

Yes im going it alone...(lol)

Im independent so just gona do me own thing if i can...

are there many other venders in plymouth that you may have come accross?
Do you find sites ok?
Thanks
Ben

[Jon123]

Hi Ben,
Yes there are 2/3 other operators in plymouth. We had a site finder hit plymouth for about 4 weeks and the results where good. We recently bought a snack distribution in plymouth and finding this a very good way to get sites.

I would say if you live in devon then target south hams. Gold mine yet to be explored IMO. I have nothing there except a few snack customers and there pubs are making serious money with massive footfall.

Good to hear people starting up on there own without going with any of the normal crowd.

Best Regards
Jonny

[green army]

Thats good news.hopefully more sites availble too,
I do live in cornwal, but a few pubs have venders in already here..

are there site finders in plymouth i could speak too?
i will try to find my own first tho i think, i have a lot of time on my hands at the mo so looking foward to learning all the ins and outs..
Also do you sell stock, or order it in?

have you had any problems with other operators poaching your sites, cuz i was speaking to 1 of the big vendors and they say they can get you a site and guarantee it stays there, i just wounder how the do it because dont want to pay them then i get kicked from the site....

Sorry for all the questions.....
Thanks
Ben

[Coin Operated Group]

Nobody can guarantee any vending machine will stay in any site, I believe they may mean another of their own operators wont poach the site from you.

Only way to get some sort of guarantee is to get the site to sign an exclusivity agreement with you, however this is still not cast in stone.

[sweet success]

HI BEN ,HAVE YOU GOT SITES IN MIND !!!IVE GOT MINE IN 10 MILES AREA FROM ST BUDEAUX THERES AT LEAST ANOTHER 3XOPERATORS IN PLYMOUTH I NO ABOUT...YOU BE BETTER OFF GETTING SITE FINDINGS DONE FOR YOU MATEY AS I FIND COLD CALLING DOESNT ALWAYS WORK AND YOU DO GET OTHER OPERATORS SNIFFING YOUR SITES ETC GOOD LUCK BEN GO FOR IT......

[green army]

Hi Sweet Success,

Thanks for that

I dont have any sites in mind at the mo..Altho have been out and about in town and not seen any machines.(pubs,Clubs,ect)....

Hopeflly there is some sites left for me then...as there seems to be a few operators around....lol..

Did you have yours sited?is it better to go down that route?

Thanks
Ben

[glennborthwick]

i think its best all round to work with the people who do the same area as you to avoid poaching issues. We had an issue with one guy in our area but as we make our own stock we could have if we wished retaliated by offering the site a huge commission , however we had a chat and sorted it out amicably and their have been no poaching issues either way since.

[dorsetvending]

Give me call sometime worked with jonny on site finding can do it if you're not in hurry. Off for 3 week break from Oct 2nd - I think maybe Jan 2012 may be good as will be rolling out pub snacks side of round on my return. £25 a site plus little extra for fuel - minimum of 20 sites - love it if u offer other machines can advise u on best toy machines ....

Glenn Jonny and I work closely together so can avoid poaching issues.

Gavin
07793 986217