How much work is the vending machine business?

If you think your machines will do all the work for you then you are wrong.

To make your business work for you, you need to work for it. Your vending machines need to be serviced regularly. Money must be collected, stale candy must be removed and new candy put in. You will need to find vending locations and remove the machines from locations that don't want them anymore.

To earn the income you want to earn you will need more than a couple of locations. 50 locations is a good target to aim for -- if not more. All of these take time.

You may wish to shuffle vending machine around and away from underperforming locations. Depending on how many locations kick you out you may need to be constantly looking for new locations.

If you are lazy then the vending machine business probably isn't for you. You are going to need to work another job before this business brings in enough money for you to live on. The bigger your business becomes the more time it will take you.

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