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Originally Posted by pornguy
ASM.. Good for you.. Its actually a good business to be in. Here is some more food for thought.. ATM Machines.
Not that hard to do.
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Eventually we will move into other machine types. Again placement is key and with certain types such as ATM's it is pretty cut throat.
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Originally Posted by slapass
I also had a friend in this business and this was the same deal. There is more labor then you first think. His were soda pop machines so they are heavy and the stock was heavy. Maybe not an issue for you.
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Soda can and does take much more work. You need lots of stock. Thankfully many of the newer machines require less on site work than before and have better fraud measures, plus other features that make them less prone to other issues.
I will not be doing any heavy lifting. Which leaves the wife. With what we are in now, aside from moving or placing a machine (dolly and van). Very little lifting.
On the hidden plus side. Couple years back I under the influence of both hospital freedom and a shit load of narcotics. Ended up financing a brand new ford econoline van. Was going to make it 100% handicapped accessible. Silly me could of bought a fully accessible customized mini van with 100 times the features for less money. So currently we have this brand new van. It does have hand controls. Have yet to add a lift or the other mods. Now over 2 years old and still less than 3k miles on it. I actually think its between 1900 and 2600. Just drove it back and forth to the airport for those conventions the previous year or so. Otherwise this thing just sits and eats up a big ass financing fee (I do pay extra), required insurance, and non op registration.
Come Tuesday I will fix the registration and that can now be the business vehicle. Zero personal usage so less paperwork. Plus I could actually add a lift to it and still have that be a business expense. Bigger machines would need a lift.
So as an added element I finally found a fucking valid use for that damn van and it will save me money each year. After sitting there for years costing me money and pissing me off each time I look at it.
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Originally Posted by alias
ASM, people let you place the machines for free? Interesting.. .
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