[nfbwatlk] opening up the Vending can of worms

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
Does this mean there is no way I could do machines up in this area where I 
live?

I found a company that does a franchise business of candy machines but I 
don't know if that is a scam or not or how to get it paid for if I did it.
I wonder what my options really are???
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] opening up the Vending can of worms


> Lauren:
>
> I have no information re a vote by the vendors' committee to have no new 
> vending locations. I suspect, however, that this may be a distortion. 
> While the vending program could most definitely be led with more 
> imagination, it is true that, short of trying to develop new locations 
> (always problematic in hard times), the best locations are occupied. Also, 
> some prospective vendors haven't put the work into their locations in 
> less-than-desirable spots necessary to make a go of it.
>
> That being said, however, I can shed light on the vending machine 
> situation. In 1981 or so, NFBW helped the vendors get a law passed that 
> gave great power to the vendors' committee, after which many of them left 
> the organization. (That ought not to be a surprise; Mary Helen's S O 
> notwithstanding, vendors in Washington haven't been interested in joining 
> either NFBW or WCB.
>
> In any event, the vendors voted to use vending machine income to support 
> the vending program so that no set-aside need be levied by DSB to run the 
> program. That's why you don't see operators handling vending machines; the 
> vending machine companies are allowed to operate them with the tax on 
> their revenue going to support the vending program.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren1 at catliness.com>
> To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Sunday, Mar 8, 2009 6:18:36
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] opening up the Vending can of worms
>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> Well, here I go opening up a can of worms the like I may not know, since 
>> I am originally not from Washington.  Maybe you can fill me in???  Maybe 
>> there are other answers???  I am shocked!!!
>>
>> I inquired about the possibility of having vending machines as possible 
>> part-time employment.  I was told that in Washington they don't have 
>> machines, just cafeterias and gift shops.
>>
>> I asked about possible locations near where I live and I was told that 
>> there is only one and that is in Everett, and that none of the public 
>> buildings in Marysville are large enough to have a lucrative vending 
>> business.
>>
>> And the clincher; I was told that the vendors' group voted not to allow 
>> any more new vending facilities.
>>
>> W H A T?  Someone has got to be kidding!
>> Thanks
>> Lauren
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