This is a stupid comment. In all depends on where you are at the time. I mean, this would be like someone complaining that beers at a football game cost $6. "Well, for six bucks I coulda gotten a 12 pack at meijers." If its too much, people won't buy it and the price will go down.
This is a stupid comment. In all depends on where you are at the time. I mean, this would be like someone complaining that beers at a football game cost $6. "Well, for six bucks I coulda gotten a 12 pack at meijers." If its too much, people won't buy it and the price will go down.
Amused
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Simplistic nonsense from someone who has no idea how much it costs to lease the space, pay someone to stock and maintain a vending machine, much less run a business.
If you think the only equation here is how much the soda cost wholesale to how much he sells it for, you're incredibly naive.
Meanwhile capitalism means selling your product for as much as you can. Not as much as some dweeb on the net think is "fair."
If you think the only equation here is how much the soda cost wholesale to how much he sells it for, you're incredibly naive.
Meanwhile capitalism means selling your product for as much as you can. Not as much as some dweeb on the net think is "fair."
you realize than a 2 liter bottle of coke is usually $0.99 but the 1 liter is at least $1.19? why? convenience. 
I don't care about that. My original post expressed my amazement at how much cheaper it is to buy in bulk for something like soda instead of by the can. I was just surprised at the huge difference, only becuase one product came out of a machine, and the other came out of a box.
and the reason why it is being called simplistic nonsense is you equate bulk products to a chilled product. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING.
When i buy a 12 pack at the grocery store for my home i don't expect to get the same thing i do when i buy a soda from a vending machine hence i don't EXPECT to pay the same price. ONLY a moron would.
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That's nothing compared to the prices that are charged at Movie Theaters. I went to the Lowes Theather in Downtown Boston and they wanted $3.00 a can in their vending machines. Getting cokes from the counter was even more expensive. Needless to say I went healthy and drank water for free out of the water fountain.
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Well, you obviously did not take the time to figure out how much it cost the vending machine company to supply you with that on the spot convenience.
You SHOULD have cared, because your post makes you look like a simplistic little whiner who has no idea whatsoever how a business is run or how much overhead the company may have.
Well, since we're doing the name calling thing, your post makes you look like a conceited businessman with a superiority complex who automatically assumes that everyone knows everything about everything (including the vending machine industry). Thanks for your time; however, I could easily have done without your sniveling, sarcastic posts.
Go out and buy one of those soft drink vending machines and then either pay yourself or someone else
to fill them and pay for the upkeep of the machine (light bulbs to compressors) and also take
the chance that someone is going to pry into it and steal either money or product and mark your
drinks up a few pennies above cost and see how long you are going to be in business.
Vending machines are for people who want 1 drink COLD right now.....not a 12 pack HOT .....
My early teenage years to middle 20's were spent working on a vending machine route and I can
tell you that most people think because they see you hauling bags of change out of the machines
that you are getting filthy rich without thinking of the expenses of such an enterprise.
Jim
to fill them and pay for the upkeep of the machine (light bulbs to compressors) and also take
the chance that someone is going to pry into it and steal either money or product and mark your
drinks up a few pennies above cost and see how long you are going to be in business.
Vending machines are for people who want 1 drink COLD right now.....not a 12 pack HOT .....
My early teenage years to middle 20's were spent working on a vending machine route and I can
tell you that most people think because they see you hauling bags of change out of the machines
that you are getting filthy rich without thinking of the expenses of such an enterprise.
Jim
Originally posted by: Amused
So what do you do? You keep whining.
Seriously, though. Now that you look at it again, isn't your original post REALLY simplistic?
amused, are you insulted because he called you a conceited businessman witha superiority complex??
hehehehe.
Amused
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Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: Amused
So what do you do? You keep whining.
Seriously, though. Now that you look at it again, isn't your original post REALLY simplistic?
amused, are you insulted because he called you a conceited businessman witha superiority complex??
hehehehe.
Not really, because I know I'm better than him.
waggy
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Well if you can?t figure out a machine that is plugged in and on someone else?s property is expensive and cuts into profit then maybe you should take an econ or business class. Its not all about what he can buy it for. You need to think about all the other stuff that he needs to pay and it isn?t really hard to figure out.
You pay for the convinces of having a cold pepsi while out golfing or something. I don?t buy all my pop at vending machines that would dumb. But I do buy then when I want something cold to drink and not at home. I understand that it is going to cost me a premium for the pop.
I think at this point Jumpr has seen how ridiculous his assumptions were but just isn't man enough to admit he was wrong.
My school's vending machines actually sell at less than retail - this is because most teachers won't allow food/drink in class and local law requires the machines to be inoperable during lunch shifts (However we've all figured out how to get around that - unplug the machine and plug it back in). Downing a coke and a candy bar is decidedly healthier than downing an age old carton of half-frozen milk and bulk-cooked mystery meat.
However, in Pennsylvania, it seems like there's some crazy state tax on soda machines - I'm yet to find one that sells at less than $3 in the whole f'n state.
However, in Pennsylvania, it seems like there's some crazy state tax on soda machines - I'm yet to find one that sells at less than $3 in the whole f'n state.
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Yeah. But one cannot just count the cost of the actual coke. With vending machine operations there are some big fixed costs to cover. The machines keep the cans cold, refrigerators are not exactly known for being miserly with electricity. And then there are the drivers you have to pay to keep the machines filled. Plus the fees you pay to place the machines where you want them. And you have to get all that coin money converted into more useful forms. In terms of variable cost per can, pop is cheap. In terms of fixed cost per can, it's going to be significantly more expensive.
ZV
Nohr
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Daaaaamn, for just a can? My apartment complex has a 50 cent Coke machine, and the machines down at Wal-Mart are the same if not less.
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