What It’s Like to Run a Vending Company
I am an owner/operator of a small vending machine business. Been at it about 19 years. If anyone wants to know what it’s like from my side AMA.
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Dance Heads Music Video Vending Machine
Dance Heads is a video entertainment vending machine business in a box. It caters to the same crowd as karaoke, but it’s not just a karaoke machine. The system automatically creates professionally produced music videos with your patrons as the stars! The compact and mobile attraction can be used at weddings, parties, corporate events and
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Electronic Recycling Vending Machines
First you could drop off your extra pennies, nickels and dimes in exchange for dollar bills (minus 8.9%) at Coinstar vending machines. Then you could rent and return DVDs from their Redbox vending machines. Today, Coinstar has announced a new machine called ecoATM. Earth2Tech has more: Cash for high-tech trash. That’s the basic concept for
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Cashing In On The Dog Tag Trend
Personalized tags are not limited to your dog or military personnel, it is a trend that has been around for some time. Whether you want to wear them as a necklace or use them to keep track of luggage, there is a market for the product. X=Tag is at the head of the market with
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Niche: Healthy Vending Geared Toward Kids
SeacoastOnline.com: It is no secret that childhood obesity and its associated risk factors have become a great cause for concern across the United States in recent years, but self-described social entrepreneur and advocate for healthy living Andy Mackensen wants to change all that. “Obesity is getting out of control,” said Mackensen, who grew up in
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The AutoWed Vending Machine
A company called ConceptShed is marketing their newest invention, the AutoWed vending machine. The AutoWed is a novelty wedding machine offering a quick hitch, a couple of rings and a personalized certificate for just $1. Audio prompts, specially produced music, a bespoke retro keyboard and VFD display, ring vending and ticket printer all wrapped up
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Vending Machines to Sell Live Bait and Prescription Medicine
WSJ: Long a cultural icon, the vending machine is fading from the American landscape. The numbers are bleak: Traditional vending machines disappeared from 134,000 locations between 2007 and 2010, according to the latest available data from Vending Times, an industry publication. Sales from vending machines sank more than 11%, to $42.2 billion in the same
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A Vending Machine That Wants to Be Pushed Over
It seems that everyone gets angry at a vending machine at some point in their life and shakes or kicks the thing for not delivering their soda after they deposited their money. Of course, shaking a soda machine is dangerous. In 2003, Reuters reported that more people are killed by vending machines each year than
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Bike Fixtation: Bike Repair Vending Machine
Bike Fixtation is a self-service kiosks bicycle repair kiosk. The vending machines offer tubes, patch kits, use of adjustment tools and even access to a pump to fill up your tires. Each self-service Bike Fixtation kiosk features: Universal bike mounting system for on-site repairs Aircraft cable tethered bicycle repair tools Self-contained tire-inflation system compatible with
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A Chewable “Toothbrush”
The Rolly Brush is the world’s smallest chewable toothbrush. The “brush” is a small rubber disc covered in 276 spiky bristles that claims to be as effective at cleaning your teeth as brushing when chewed like a piece of gun. For more on the vending bizop, watch this.
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