What to Look For in a Vending Machine Business

Vending machine scams are one of the most widely used ways people take advantage of a lot of work from home business entrepreneurs. Educate yourself on these bad deals that come into your email box, mail box and phone solicitors looking to take advantage. These are some things to look for if you are considering working from home with vending machine businesses.

Most of the advertisements that you see will promise the moon. They let you pick your own routes, your own hours and advise no selling necessary to make thousands of dollars each month. Do not believe the hype.

Many workers searching for part time work to make more money will be very tempted to at least look into it. However, anything that sounds too good to be true, usually is. Common sense and caution is advised for these types of dealings.

There are some legitimate companies with vending machine companies for work at home business persons. However, most of these companies are not out to help you. They are simply looking for ways to scam the next person coming their way.

These are extremely risky investments. Most will ask for a monetary investment from you in order to get you started with the business. For those workers looking for additional money in their wallets, giving away even a couple of dollars could be a hardship. There is no guarantee you will get a return on any kind of money invested.

The Better Business Bureau and many state Attorney Generals have investigated and cited lots of these types of companies for their shady business practices. Charging them with misrepresentation of the revenue potential has been the biggest breach of business conduct for most. In addition to the revenue misinformation, they are also charged with misrepresenting the speed and ease of getting your machines delivered, repairs needed not being performed or even replacement of vending machines which cannot be repaired.

The FTC requires pre-investment detailed info delivered and many companies have been charged with failure to take care of this portion of doing business as well. Even bogus referrals are being seen.

What is a vending machine business?

Most of these include operating a personal vending machine for snacks, sodas, fax machines, copiers, amusement games and other styles of vending machines. Snacks and sodas are the most popular. These are generally located in shopping malls, rest areas along the highway, airports, bowling alleys and even community centers.

Obligations as the owner includes stocking, cleaning and making certain these are in working order.

Companies will either share the profits with the vending machine worker or sell the machine outright to an owner so they keep all of the profits. A guarantee of a baseline of profits to be made is the sales pitch. Though, there is no guarantee of what the machine or contents will and could generate for you.

Many will promise a set income based on a machine already in a specific location or offer to get locations on your behalf to help out. Some have been known to promise to move a machine to a better locale if the business does not pay off. All of these things combined sounds wonderful. Though, they are rarely if ever seen.

Problems that vendors see

Many vendors see an immediate problem after their initial investment. Machines fail to be delivered. Without the machine you are out of the money invested as well as the potential source of making an income.

Vending machine locations, routes and moves to more profitable locations were also failures after investing for many business persons. A number of complaints were made when machines were promised in new condition and delivered used or broken machines were paid for repairs that never materialized.

Even with the promise of a refund if things do not pan out, there were few if any actually given.

In conclusion

Protect yourself from these companies out to “steal” your money by promising you these great work from home opportunities in the vending machine business and failing to deliver.

Contact the BBB or Better Business Bureau or your local state Attorney General’s Office to discover if the company has any complaints or is under investigation for any of the low life business practices listed here.

Check the company’s references. This can be done through several avenues. If they have operating in other states, check with those state Attorney General’s as well.

Get all of the claimed earnings and promising made in writing. This is not the advertisement, but a notarized letter for your personal business.

Discuss any type of investment for money, especially a substantial one in the thousands of dollars, with an attorney or financial investor. Make these people who will protect you aware of anything before making the upfront payment.

Keep verification of all discussions with the company. Who you talked to about what matter on which date is vital for documentation purposes in case things do not go as planned.

 Most if not all of these are scams. Stay away from this work from home business and make some money by keeping your hard earned money in your pocket.