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One of my customers won this WCA Full Convention Registration at the Forum dinner in Las Vegas during the ICA Show. His plans got changed at this late date, so he sent it to me to find someone who can go to the WCA show, Oct 5-7, 2009 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Time is short to get hotels...

I have followed this post with some interest when we are asked for opinions concerning investments in Combo vacs versus a vending center. Red gave his proposed investment numbers for the Combo vacs and for replacing a D&S 5 column drop shelf with the modern computer controlled multi-vendor...

We will be at the WCA Show in Las Vegas, Oct 5-7 showing our ShurVend RL small, in-the-wall, rear load vendor in Booth # 648. We have designed a new chasing LED light package that mounts on the vendor top and sides that will make the vendor very visible from each side and from the front so...

I'm sure some of you have noticed the price of gasoline has been going up these past weeks, so it is no surprise that diesel fuel is going up also. For what it is worth the costs of freight are going up daily since the freight costs are adjusted for fuel costs. Who knows where the price of oil...

It was brought to my attention by one of my customers that all Sensit II (two line display) ShurVend owners can audit each selection in the machine to see how many paid vends have accumulated since the vendor was put into service. For those who like to crunch numbers, it is an easy way to see...

I received some information about a new Bellis validator that takes $1-$100 and is supposed to be super fast in validating any bill. I have never seen one at any of the car wash shows. Does anyone have any experience with these validators? Uncle Sam:)

We posted in January, 09 about the coming upgrade of the Sensit II system to the Sensit 3 system. We are happy to announce that we now have new vendors in stock with the Sensit 3 system installed. These Sensit 3 systems do everything the Sensit II does and adds the following new features: 1...

Multi-Vend Setting mr-gte, If you have a one line display (means you have a Sensit 1 system), then you can not do Multi-Vend. If you have a two line display (means you have a Sensit II system), then you can do Multi-Vend. To set your machine to Multi-Vend, press the yellow button on the...

We just received our first Edge e-Port credit card readers that are the latest to be manufactured. The Edge is a magnetic stripe only reader, is easy to install in any ShurVend vending machine, and has wireless communications for clearing swiped cards. The daily email reports that track all...

The AutoVendPlus is the latest version of the Fawn Vendor that been offered for years. It was announced in the New Equipment section of the Auto Laundry mag in June. Uncle Sam :)

Mac, Your response to Mr Roman is right on the money. The official number produced by this bunch of bureaucrats is worth just what it costs: Nothing!! Many of us in the real world have already put our staffs on 4-day work weeks even though we hate it. I know many companies that have done...

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Here, for your consideration, are more examples of ?Sore Thumb? merchandizing at the wash: canopies on the wall which highlight a vending center or other equipment, vacuum islands themselves with or without canopies, and drop shelf vending islands with or without canopies. The genius of wash...

How does this apply to vending at a car wash? Since the vending center is not a “destination” for customers like a bill changer might be, the best choice for an operator is to purchase a vending center that is literally a good looking “Sore Thumb” to give customers the impulse necessary to buy...

To an old engineer like me, who is trained to be very logical and a critical thinker, merchandizing is an inexact science that sometimes appears to me as a lot of ?baloney wrapped inside an enigma?. Over the years I have seen and observed ShurVend vending systems (and many other vending...

Glad it worked, John. Uncle Sam

There was a recent post in General Discussions asking if water usage can be used to estimate wash volumes at a site. Most people think that it isn?t a good indicator for this kind of information. There have been posts over the years on this forum with a similar question. Now we offer a new...

Hey Bill, I have been paying close attention to my snail mail and the UPS delivery guy to receive "my bottle of vodka" from you, so I can have a party with the lemonade I am making!!! lol Uncle Sam

Think about doing your own packaging!! John, Sam's Club, WalMart, Costco, and other big retail stores sell micro fiber towels, terry towels (which you can fold and rubber band yourself), and all kinds of food and drink items that can used in the vendor. Energy drinks (Red Bull, Monster, 5...

The past 15 years has seen the introduction of many new vending products into the car wash industry as well as the vending of token packs, token notes, Gift Cards, Loyalty Cards, etc. I recently browsed through a couple of the leading catalogs counting the number of vending products that are...