The Fourth of July

I checked my soda machine that often gives me problems at one of the apartment locations. It was functioning great. Already some of the inventory had moved from the previous day. It was 101 F here yesterday. The pool was open. I am looking forward to filling it up tomorrow.

A down note: one of my other apartment locations did not have the gym open yesterday. My soda machine is located in the gym across from the office. It gets great visibility, but because of some recent criminal activity at the apartment complex, the office has decided to close the gym when they are not in. That really has hurt sales at that location. I have a cage on the machine and believe that it would withstand some serious assaults, but the apartment complex is still leery of letting me place it outside so that it is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When placing the machines, keep in mind that many people work the same 8-5 or 9-6 that the apartment complex offices work, so they do not have a chance to buy a soda if the machine is located in a spot that the office closes when they leave. It is a more secure location for the machine, but it cuts into your sales revenue. So if you are confident in your anti-theft/vandalism precautions, try to locate the machine in a location on the property that has 24/7 access, or at least access from 6 AM to 10 PM so that you can generate more sales.