Gumball Machine Opening/Rekeying

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

Judging from the way the District Manager (in charge of it all for this job) was talking to me, I think you were right, but when you are contracted to take something, and told to take a certain item, you take it.

The thing is in great shape but can tell it hadn't been serviced (refilled) for some time.

george, i had one of these in my game store in the 90s for the march of dimes i believe. tho im sure nothing would ever come of it but im sure the charge would be theft by receiving if anyone ever came looking for there machine , i would try to find out who it belongs to, also if you did keep it and use it legaly you would need a vending permit which would probably be expensive for a single gumball machine

Originally Posted by corycouch

george, i had one of these in my game store in the 90s for the march of dimes i believe. tho im sure nothing would ever come of it but im sure the charge would be theft by receiving if anyone ever came looking for there machine , i would try to find out who it belongs to, also if you did keep it and use it legaly you would need a vending permit which would probably be expensive for a single gumball machine

I think he would end up paying around 25.00 a year for the permit if you already had a business license. It really isn't much, but once it's in the system they will be expecting you to have this income listed on your taxes. The only thing you need to watch out for is the health department. Once every blue moon they can inspect these. You need to keep them clean, you can't "oil" the moving parts with any kind of standard lube. All the machines I had were oiled with vegetable oil to keep them running smooth.

Keep in mind that I had a bar, we had regular inspections from the Health Department. If your business is NOT regularly subject to Health inspections, I'm not sure if anyone would ever check them. I've seen some nasty gumball machines.