So this is the situation.
One of my best sites I have been servicing for around 4 years has 2 Sweet towers, 1 pringles (refills left with key), 2 toy machines and 2 washroom venders. Pretty well sorted out. No space for more machines and quite often one of the sweet towers is in the cellar, swopped when empty. A couple of months ago a 4 head 20p multi sweet vender arrived on site, I asked about it and only a vague answer was offered saying the Owner has bought the machine with his mate. I asked no more but thought oh well it is only a small machine and it did not affect my sales from what i saw.
I arrived on the site this week to find a rogue Pringles tower where mine was stood and mine in the cellar half full. When I asked what was going on a similar vague answer was offered to before, the barmaid called the owner who said he had been told by the brewery to remove all the machines. I asked to speak to the owner for myself but he was then unavailable. What he said when I finally saw him a few days later was that he has now been told by the brewery that he is not allowed those machines as it is breaking the contract. He said he wants to keep them and I give a good service which he is happy with but he has to buy out of the contract which also covers the bandit machines. He is keen to do it as his bandits make him a lot of money and he is trying to sort that out. He said leave the machines in the meantime. I said to him "what about the New Pringles", he said it is a mates machine as is the other sweets. He said summer is coming and they will need more machines. I explained that I have many more machines (As he undoubtedly knows as I had 2 pringles machines before but removed one due to the lack of space and replaced it with a key and top-ups on their request).
So what do you guys think I should now do now? Incidently the new Pringles tower was broken and still full, looked like the top nut was not tightened and had undone itself leaving the tower open and inoperable. I think it is a new inexperienced operator and no phone numbers are on the machines or I would be certainly contacting him.
