or you could just invest in a vending machine of sorts.
soda
bubblegum
those little gooey hands that you sling around and they break and get stuck in your carpet and you gotta practically carve it out of the floor.

i hate those things.

>>707
Fuck that, coinstar charges a percentage, and some stores only let you use the money in the store and won't allow you to exchange it directly for money. I used to do that, but you waste a chunk of change that way.

Spend a little bit more time, go to the bank and ask for some rolls. I used to quite enjoy rolling my change, my grandmother gave me a change-sorting machine as a gift one year for some reason though, so I guess that saves time.

There's no shame in paying with rolled change. I always go to the same places, and I'm basically a boyscout so I never cheat them, but you probably could as they've never stopped me to count the change when I hand them a roll.

>>708
I've considered this myself many times. There are a few problems you'd have to consider.

For candy and gumballs, it would take a long time to see a profit. It's passive income though. A machine is probably going to run you 200 minimum if you don't want it to look like shit. The benefit with those sorts of candies is that you don't need to power them with electricity. On the other hand, they need to be kept indoors as they could easily be carried away by thieves and the sun would absolutely wreck your stock. Which means you need to look professional and clean enough to go to businesses with high traffic, hope someone else hasn't already set up machines there, and convince the owner to let you put a machine on their property for a cut. Then you have to keep it stocked, and some candies may not sell, so you could likely be waiting a year before you see a profit.

Drinks are another beast altogether. A machine will most likely run you a thousand dollars, and if you put it out in the open there's a risk of it being vandalized or broken into. They also do run off of electricity, which the business may expect reimbursement for.

The profit potential is much, much higher -and faster- but I've looked, and I don't know where to buy soda cheaply in bulk.

You know, I've actually contemplated putting up a kickstarter asking for help starting a small business? But people don't contribute unless you give them something back in return, and I'd feel like an e-beggar so I dunno.

>>724
drink machines are most often run by the nearest bottling company. hard to break into the business when they already got the angles figured, and the fat parts cut off.

another option would be a hefty investment in a hot-dog cart. towable. (dont convert a van/truck, as its now ALL subject to health inspection). tow it to job sites and gas stations and shit, and sling wieners at lunch time.

i know a guy who does it. he fucking cleans up. makes him about 45k a year profit.

if you find 20c a week, then you'd have $10.40 per person

mite b cool

Quick tip for ripping off Coinstar.

When you start your transaction at the machine, it asks if you want a cash voucher (minus the fee), an in store voucher, or if you want to donate it to some charity (Not sure if it varies). You're going to choose the charity option, but before you do it, you're going to nudge the Coinstar machine so you can get at the back of it, and unplug the ethernet cable from the back of it.

The Coinstar machine will attempt to access it's database via the internet, and will be unable to do so. Failing these software verifications, the machine will apologetically give you a cash voucher (WITHOUT deducting the usual fee)

Enjoy.