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by craig12
September 8th, 2019, 6:53 pm
Forum: General Vending Chat
Topic: opening lines for siting
Replies: 8
Views: 20484

Re: opening lines for siting

sort of says it all really
by craig12
September 6th, 2019, 9:25 am
Forum: General Vending Chat
Topic: opening lines for siting
Replies: 8
Views: 20484

opening lines for siting

I appreciate there will be some that do not wish to disclose their sales techniques , but generally how do you approach , say a private busuiness for siting say a beaver machine , is it more would you be interested in a vending machine to increase your sales , or could I place my vanding machine for...
by craig12
September 6th, 2019, 6:58 am
Forum: General Vending Chat
Topic: part time vending
Replies: 3
Views: 5740

part time vending

can vending be done if I have another business or not , my aim was to gradually work myself out ofmy carpet shop to vending , im 56 now and been in carpets 40 years but wanted to replace some of my income or all of it , the carpet business is nowher near as good as it was in the 70s 80s so annual pr...
by craig12
June 15th, 2019, 7:27 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: beaver machines
Replies: 8
Views: 6502

Re: beaver machines

or do you mean cans pop/snacks in a much larger machine
by craig12
June 15th, 2019, 7:25 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: beaver machines
Replies: 8
Views: 6502

Re: beaver machines

The problem with Beavers is what you are vending is selling at 20p or maybe 50p if you are in an affluent area. Your % margin is OK but you have to have an awful lot of 20p's to make a living or decent profit. You are going to be making 8-10p per vend. Towers for example your vend price is £1, afte...
by craig12
June 14th, 2019, 7:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: beaver machines
Replies: 8
Views: 6502

Re: beaver machines

2nd hand are fine, ive got around 300 sited machines and with the ones that have been stolen/broken/worn out etc ive probably gone through around 500. Ive only ever bought one brand new. which machine depends on the site, Beavers arent the best money earners though. Andy what would you advise to ve...
by craig12
June 13th, 2019, 11:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: spiral gum ball machine
Replies: 0
Views: 25629

spiral gum ball machine

I see these pop up from time to time on gumtree etc preloved , is there still a market for giant gumball machines ,? a lot of em seem in a little beat up condition, I seem to remember around 10 yrs ago lots of companies offering beaver spiral gumball franchises , but they all seem to have vanished ,...
by craig12
June 12th, 2019, 5:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: triple head machine
Replies: 3
Views: 4004

triple head machine

are there any triple headed vending machines available in the uk , similar to what the usa companies sell , like the vendstar , more 3 square globes to make up a rectangular sales station on a stand , thank you theyre very compact I think
by craig12
June 10th, 2019, 10:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: beaver machines
Replies: 8
Views: 6502

beaver machines

after a bit of a nightmare with my northwestern machines and spare parts availability , im looking at beaver machines , can I ask are secondhand machines ok to be sited , I know tihs crazy world is the best of everything and pristine this and that , so do the public buy from secondhand vending sweet...
by craig12
June 25th, 2018, 8:56 pm
Forum: General Vending Chat
Topic: first purchase
Replies: 5
Views: 4362

Re: first purchase

after some very carefull thought ive decided I'm going to move the 3 northwestern machines on and buy 3 beavers instead I'm in Sheffield if anyones interested just looking for my money back £130 the parts supply is proving an issue