Crane grabbers

[Rossi fan]

A family pub site has asked if I can supply a crane grabber on a comission basis. I have no experience with these so would welcome any help. I would not want to buy new, as I asume they are pricey and at this stage, its just a chance that it will do ok in this site. Can someone advise me on the good and bad points. Are they reliable; what comission is normally paid and the best places for stock etc.

Thanks,

Paul

[Coin Operated Group]

20-30% commision Ian @ Instance sold me a nice one not so long ago stock can be bought many places all prices. Ian does a good mixture for prize every time. Give him a call.

[Rossi fan]

Thanks Matt,

What is the likely turnover and profit on each sale.

Thanks,

Paul

[Coin Operated Group]

All down to site mate. But 30-40p toy mixed £1 prize every time vend, larger capacity & no sell by dates + 20 seconds and you've refilled. Best bet is to give Ian a ring 01507 490003

[David@Perform]

Ian at Instance - Cranedoctor - is your best bet. His Prize Zones are the most reliable of all the prize cranes available and his after sales service is the best. We operate quite a few of these and we plan at £300 PCM turnover per machine on a £2 vend. If you are on a commission basis with the site you don't want to go much over 30% of net sales. Ian has great product. You should buy at around 50p per item. The key is the product, put **** product in and your sales will suffer.

Good luck

David

[glennborthwick]

also factor in that quite often say 1 in 8 or 10 the crane could catch 2 toys at once affecting margins. My decent play centre regularly does 120 a week but thats an A1 site where as the sweetfix tower does about 40 a week so if its pro rata about 3x the sales id say.

[Coin Operated Group]

Swap your claws glenn if its a converted sweet grabber with scoops, or adjust the claw strength,

[sadler2886]

also factor in that quite often say 1 in 8 or 10 the crane could catch 2 toys at once affecting margins. My decent play centre regularly does 120 a week but thats an A1 site where as the sweetfix tower does about 40 a week so if its pro rata about 3x the sales id say.

would you say that this type of mc gives highest turnover compared with cost of mc?

Regards
Rich

[PGBrew]

Paul,

The site needs to be good earner as the crane purchase price will be high. Pub sites will struggle to acheive the earnings necessary to pay for the investment. I would test the site with toy vendors first.

Pete

[Rossi fan]

Hi Pete,

Good advice as always. I have a meeting already arranged and hope to convince her to try a toy machine. I dont really want to go near the grabber because of my back, but if I think I may lose the site, I may have to consider a s/h one and get someone to install it.

Cheers,

Paul