Last year I had a huge spike on the July Fourth Weekend in the amount of sales in sodas, particularly at one of my apartment locations. That particular machine sold about three times more soda per day than normal over the holiday weekend. I hope that this year is a repeat of that. In preparation for the holiday weekend, I am filling up my soda machines located at apartment complexes. I will also check the coin mechanisms and bill validators of the machines in the early afternoon on July 4th. Last year there was a coin jam. When a lot of people put money into the machine in a short amount of time, there is invariably a coin jam. Someone always decides to put three or more coins in a one time because they are in too much of a hurry. I want to head off any problems before they get bad. People do not like the machines to steal their money, and I do not want to steal their money. I want to provide them with a cold drink of their choice and earn their money. Hopefully, with these precautions, this will be a blockbuster weekend for soda sales.
Remember, keep your customers happy by providing them a working machine that vends cold soda every time they put their money in. I have a refund policy in which I will refund their money if they call a number that I have posted on the machine. I want to know when the machine is broken and I want to let them know that I care about maintaining it. I have chosen to deal with used soda machines instead of the fancy new soda machines that can notify me immediately if there is a problem. Those new machines are more expensive than I could afford right now. I wanted to start my business without debt. From yesterday's post, you can see some of the calculations that I have done to see what I could afford to start my business. The older used machines vend cold sodas just like the new fancy ones. They are simple to repair which also saves me money. Most of my locations are either outside, or in the laundry rooms and these old machines can handle the elements and abuse that they suffer.
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