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Mac and I.B. (in the current Vend-It post) brought up some basic questions about vending in the car wash business that I am addressing from a historical context and perspective. Let’s face some facts! Car wash products are very difficult to vend reliably, vandalism is a constant threat...

A reminder that our Year End Sale on all our new Vendors ends in 3 days. Save money this year and start 2009 with a new profit center for your wash. No one knows what next year will bring, but assuming an aggressive and positive attitude in the new year will help make things break your way...

Bill, I set 10 different goals for my organization in January, 2008 and reviewed these goals today. One of these goals was the total number of vendors sold. We sold 97.3% of that goal, achieved 7 more and blew 2. Although not 100% we did very well. We didn't have global ambitions like...

This post should have been entitled "Vending Blog #12". Uncle Sam

Red Baron, I'm a little confused. My post was adressed to "Back4More", who is an old customer of mine from a year ago or more, and I was just doing a "tongue in cheek" rag on him. My post was not directed at you or your communication with us. I have no problem with your resolving your vendor...

Back4More, Thanks for your business with the Half-Pint. Sure sorry you didn't have to make any service calls on the vendor this past year! That's not luck, that's quality. Since you got more than you paid for, is my check in the mail????? Uncle Sam :D :)

Mac, I think you are being a little hard on this industry and what you call "the lack of interest" by other companies in building a reliable vending center. Car wash products as packaged over the years are "very hard to vend consistently" by a standard snack vending machine (which are designed...

In 1998 new technology had progressed to the point where vending became much more reliable with the "guaranteed delivery system" that was developed and patented by a new company called "Automatic Merchandising Systems". Not only did we have "guaranteed delivery", but we had the basics necessary...

This was written in May, 2007 from information I gathered from magazine articles published years ago and from the older operators in the business. The generic glass-front vending machine had been tried by many different operators over many years going back to the 1980s with results that were...

Bubbles, As far as I know EV is not compatible with our vendors. Jim has promised me for years, but nothing so far!! Uncle Sam

MEP001, The e-Port we use is wireless just like Etowah's system. There is no phone line required. You can also connect the e-Port to an ethernet cable and plug it into a router with a computer that has an internet connection. Uncle Sam

The Staff at ShurVend wish each and everyone of you who visit this Forum and especially our customers and their families a very Happy Holiday Season. The New Year will bring many challenges to each of us, but we, at ShurVend, will work hard to do the best we can to make the new year...

Vendor Credit Card ?fees and costs?: We have offered cashless systems (e-Ports, WashCard, ExpressKey, and Wickets) for many years in our vendors and continue to do so with the newer systems that come out every year or so. This would seem to be the answer to the vandalism attacks that...

?Don?t hold a Penny so Close to your Eye that you can?t see the Dime in the future.? Keep that in mind as you read the rest of these thoughts. Vendor Security systems: We are continually redesigning all of our security features to be as theft/vandal proof as possible. Attacks on vending...

When it comes to the sophisticated equipment or systems, we see the same online and/or discount houses attempting to get a piece of the business with ?low ball pricing?. It has been my experience that online and/or discount houses that advertise low prices leave more out than they put in when...

After a long Blog hiatus I want to focus on equipment investment costs in this difficult economic environment. No one wants to pay or invest ?too much?. During my hiatus, my own focus has been on surviving all the price changes and quality judgments that impact the costs of production of the...

In spite of all the doom and gloom for months (maybe years) of the media about almost everything, we are still very blessed and thankful for this past year's business and the many new customers that we have. We are so fortunate to live in America and to be able to follow our passions and...

We all have had our difficulties these past few years with high commodity prices, high gas prices, droughts, bad weather, etc, but we are still alive and working every day. This country is filled with ?exceptional American business people? with most of the world envious of our expertise...

The above ?Statement? was ?stolen? from complimentary buttons handed out by Herm Deal at Huron Valley Sales at the Orlando ICA Show. (As reported and pictured by JJ in the SSCWN) This has been a good year for ShurVend in spite of all the economic difficulties, so we want to end the year...

We sent 2 of these e-Ports to one of our long time customers to retrofit ShurVend vendors that he has had a many years. We partially assembled all the harnessing and components together along with all the necessary hardware in our package to him along with some written suggestions and pix about...