Vending in Bay?

[vguard296]

Came into a deal a few months ago for 12 single drop shelfs for $100 total, it was to hard to say no to a unit for just $8.50 a pop.

Ive had these in my garage at home and its time to get them doing something. I can place a few of them in the usual places, but curious if anyone has ever tried installing them in a self serve bay? If we did it, we would just stock towels for purchase.

For more context, we are adding air shamees to two of the eight bays to make them 'super bays' and build up their use and awareness gradually, and outfit a few additional bays each year with shamees. The towels would be an interim until a shamee is installed in that bay.

 

[MEP001]

I would recommend vending near the changer. My wash had vendors on every bay pillar when I got it, and I sold almost nothing They were put there because the belief was that customers would buy towels near where they needed them, but the ones furthest from the changer sold way, way fewer than the one closest. I took all down but two which I moved by the changer, towels and Armor All protectant sponge, and I sell out on towels and about half the Armor All every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

 

[vguard296]

Definitely agree with you, had the same experience. I moved the air machine from the vacuum area to be 10 feet to the right of the changer and it was like magic overnight.

 

[Here2Wash]

Came into a deal a few months ago for 12 single drop shelfs for $100 total, it was to hard to say no to a unit for just $8.50 a pop.

WOW talk about a deal! Saw a guy on facebook @$135each and I cannot get myself to spend that much on a machine that does one thing.

Can anyone confirm that they supposedly jam frequently? The older drop down ones?

Have you put these up in the bays yet?
I'm planning on putting up a drop shelf in my bay as well as they're built to be outdoors and with my recent marketing I took my vending sales up 80% this year! I ran with the the principle "In sight in mind." If the customer can see it they're more likely to purchase it.

 

[Randy]

First off there's no way I'd put a drop shelf vendor in a wash bay, to much water spray etc. As for jamming, I have very few coin jams in my drop shelf vendors. You want to make sure that they are clean and never use oil in a drop self vendor, that will make them jam.

 

[cbchevy4x4]

No to vendors in the bay, Too many reasons to list but here are a couple, If you sell towels in the bay you are promoting them to spend time "detailing" in the bay with no timer running for a product that you already make pennies on or they are more likely to be prone to vandalism with the protection of being hidden in the bay. Post them up near your changers.