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I went to the ICA website to check on the costs for a pass to the exhibit floor as posted above. Ric, I think whoever emailed you the answer to the $109 cost was incorrect. The website says "pass to the exhibit floor" which should mean the pass is good for all 3 days of the show, not just one...

Bill, I thought that Micah Savell had offered to help with finding a place for the meeting of Forum members in Orlando. He lives on Merritt island which is not too far from Orlando. Jim @ ShurVend

We have in the house the updated Wickets RF reader. It will be installed in the Half-Pint small vendor and will be at the SCWA show in Arlington, Texas, February 24,25, 2008. Hope to see you there. Uncle Sam

The Car Care World Expo in Orlando will be here very soon. One of the benefits of being an Exhibitor allows us to offer free show passes for our customers to visit Booth #1372 to see our latest equipment. We have a limited number available so if you are interested please contact us. After...

Continuing education and remaining current about the the latest information in this innovative, fast changing world we live in is a constant effort. To help make it easier for operators to inform themselves about vending profit centers, I am starting this "Vending Blog" and will try to do a...

We just talked to the customer that installed the Exacta (Exact One) system into their new wash and we asked him how the Exacta system was doing. He said it was working very well. All of the bays, vacs, and our vending machine were tied together in the computer and all credit cards were...

Well, AMS did it again. We just received another new version of the sofware for the vending machine. The new one is called Sensit 2 "AC". We don't all the new features in it but will be finding out soon. It is great to have new stuff, but boy it sure keeps one struggling to keep up! Jim @...

Update on Wickets We are to get the latest version of the Wickets system in about a week with a new interface box for the vendor MDB firmware. We will be bringing this system with us to the SCWA show in Arlington in late February. The latest version of the MDB firmware has also been recently...

Sequoia, We have heard that complaint before; owners just have to spend so much time refilling the vendor. What a terrible problem!! We have tried to relieve their problem by reminding them that we have not received our percentage of sales for many months now. lol Fashion advice, huh? I'll...

DavidMD5, There have been posts from time to time on this forum "taking a swipe at the ShurVend products". Richard asked about "support issues" for rear load machines in his post. "Crooks will come" after drop shelves, bay meters, vacs, or ShurVends at any wash 'cause that is where the money...

Richard, You have me confused! Your original post wanted to know about support isuses for a rear load vendor. You were given some opinions. Your last post indicated that you already had a rear load vendor, you couldn't get Gin San to respond, so they are out. Then you have room for a full...

Phred113, Thanks for the kind words. One very seldom hears them! You made my day! Uncle Sam

Besides the high intial costs incurred by over-engineering and aesthetic design, one of big problems I have run into from my real estate days is CITY HALL! It is not only the "fees" for sewer, water, and "whatever the city needs at the time since they don't have any money" (blackmail), but the...

JJJ, I see from your post and in the recent MCC magazine that this Expo comes up on very short notice to anyone except those exhibiting (unless I missed it in earlier MCC magzines.) We now have the "private company" side (Kleen-Rite with 2 Expos now) getting into the Expo business. This is...

December is a month known for parties, gift giving, and a hard reality check: price increases. All through December our suppliers have been notifying us of price increases beginning January 1, 2008. The costs of petroleum, commodities, and governmental operations has worked its way through all...

I did some more slicing and dicing of the registration numbers sent by WCA after the 2007 show and made myself even more depressed about the number of opportunities to contact potential customers. Many of the registrants are spouses or family members so multiple registrants represent the same...

rph9168, You are certainly correct in your assessment of the cut backs in space at shows and advertising. At the WCA last October I noticed that both Gin San and D & H seem to have cut back on the amount of space that they occupied. I hope that some kind of resolution on the number of shows...

Soapy, Thanks for your input. It should be very interesting to see the numbers after this question is implemented. I'm coming to the conclusion that I will pick and choose very carefully which shows I attend just for the personal touch and allow attendees to "kick the tires" in a particular...

Sequoia, I do appreciate your comments and the perspective you bring from another industry that has show experience. Your idea of ?quality viable business prospects? is one I can really appreciate. Soapy alluded to the same situation with the idea that many prospects have multiple sites and...

Soapy, I think you have a valid point with the consolidation of the industry and this number is important to everyone. I have seen the number of registrations decline while the number exhibitors are growing. This is good for the ICA & WCA, but not so good for exhibitors unless we can get...