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you may as well sell him or you may lose
out for they often buy elsewhere.
My slogan has always been, “ We Say It
With Service,” and in order to live up to
said slogan, I have two trucks and drivers
going all the time besides myself, and in
this way we have been able to hold locations
for years, and many of them I have been
doing business with for thirteen years.
R. E. T homas .
The writer regrets not being able to at
tend “ The Show of Shows” at Chicago this
month, but is looking forward to the time
when it will be an easy matter to take a
month off, and such a time is not far dis
tant.
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It is no doubt an education to be able to
attend one of these shows, and the operators
and jobbers in the East and Middle West
U n iq u e C o in M e c h a n is m
are very fortunate in being able to attend.
I have been in this business for thirteen
to B e E x h i b i t e d
years, and have never been caught up to
where I felt I could take the trip east, but
In the booth of the Consolidated Auto
some of these years you will see my pres
matic Merchandising Corporation at the
ence at one of your big shows.
I am particularly grateful for your paper Hotel Sherman, there will be exhibited for
as it enables the operator in far-away sec the first time a coin handling mechanism
tions to keep abreast of the times in the developed by this organization. There is
fast-growing vending machine business. nothing else quite like this mechanism in
From the various articles I have read of existence. It is the smallest, most compact
late, it seems that the small, inexperienced coin handling mechanism on the market and
operator is being weeded out, and the writer is entirely slug proof. It will handle, when
personally welcomes the day when the op properly adjusted, any kind of a coin—both
erating and jobbing of vending machines domestic and foreign. It is cheap in price,
will be considered a business and not a simple in operation (with no moving parts),
racket. As just stated, these operators that and will not become clogged under any op
consider it a racket are fast losing out, erating condition.
The Cameo coin handling mechanism has
whereas the operators that have invested
thousands of dollars in machines and con a variety of applications. ,For example, at
sider it a growing, profitable business will the show it will be shown installed on a new
dominate the field. As long as these little type of no-profit postage stamp machine. It
operators continue to try and make a living may also be used on change making de
out of operating fifty or one hundred ma vices, merchandising machines, amusement
chines, just so long are the merchants go devices and metering devices of all sorts—
ing to consider it a toy business and take wherever time or current is used.
Cameo will also exhibit a number of its
no interest in the machines. This lack of
interest on the merchants’ part hurts the other products at this show. At least two
game, for many machines are out o f order types of penny scales will be shown; one or
for weeks waiting for the little operator two batteries of Cameo Robots; Restaurant
to come around on his regular trip, which is Ticket Machine and Soda Check Machine.
In addition, they will show three types of
most always three or four weeks apart.
I
am operating 2,000 vending machines in machines put out by the Hoff Vending Cor
western Washington, and my jobbing and poration of America. One of these machines
wholesale business covers five states in the will handle Wrigley’s Gum and another will
Northwest. In one of your recent issues an handle Peppermint Life-Savers, and the
article stated that it was profitable to sell third, the new Orange Life-Saver. It is
machines. I have been selling gum and worth while to note that the Ht)ff Vending
other vending machines for a number of Corporation has exclusive rights on Wrig-
years, and find in this way we are able to ley and Life-Saver products in vending ma
reach a section of the country in which we chines outside of the New York City sub
cannot operate and at the same time reap ways.
A number of men from Cameo will be at
a profit on the resale of merchandise. I
the exhibit to explain their products, and to
will sell any machine I have, regardless of
the location, for if the man wants to buy demonstrate them.
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