Thread 21647077

I'm an easily dazzled weeaboo who has been to Nippon twice, sustaining a healthy erection each time when around the konbini culture, growing particularly fond of vending machines. There's especially something cozy and comforting about knowing you're likely to come across a well-lit and stocked one or two in the middle of nowhere/trail/random suburban alleyway/etc. and can conveniently stock up on some cold or hot drinks.

So naturally I want to ruin the fun and novelty of something I enjoy by turning it into a passive income venture. I really want to own one. It might not be Japanese-style (yet) but that doesn't matter, that was only my inspiration, any machine is fine, I just want to give the people the convenient refreshment they desire. I'm looking at investing in one or two as a pet project.

All that to say you want to open a convience store

>>21647077 (OP)
There’s a reason it won’t work and that reason begins with N.

>>21647100
Not in Nippon

>>21647103
You’re not in Nippon, whitey.

>>21647077 (OP)
You want to manage vending machines? In America? I knew a guy that did that on the weekends, he would make a couple hundred I think a week. Been a while. What research have you done? How much is a machine? How much are the snacks?

>>21647103
Come down to Roppongi and meet some Nigerian touts hired by the yakuza who will push you into a bar to be drugged, raped, robbed, and left in the gutter.

>>21647121
Is this free???

If you only accepted electronic payments, wouldn't there be any fools destroying vending machines to steal coins?

Yamamoto should've struck in South Pacific instead of Midway.

>>21647137
They dont only steal coins. Food and drink are fair game too.

ive had boss and it seemed pretty decent. maybe needed a sugar packet or two but it was fine

>>21647137
>>21647171

>>21647103
>Not in Nippon
you try setting up a vending machine in japan and see how quick the yakuza come over and cut your thumbs off

>>21647077 (OP)
he was gay tommy lee jones?

>>21647565
nah this was back in the late 80s / early 90s before rainbows on stuff automatically meant gay

>>21647077 (OP)
What's the point of vending machines in japanese cities when there's always a 24h store around the corner?

>>21647635
a lot of japanese people have crippling social anxiety. maybe they want to buy a snack without needing to say konnichiwa and domo arigato to a stranger

>>21647077 (OP)
Vending machine business seems difficult if you want to sell higher end niche products. Americans purchase from vending machines for two reasons, they are either being impulsive OR they are in a location/situation in which buying from the vending machine is the only option.

This means you would have a challenge. When Americans impulsively buy from a vending machine, they are buying candy, chips, or pop that they are already addicted to. They are slightly hungry and like a drug addict they rationalize why they should spend 2 or 3 dollars on a coke or a small bag of their favorite chips. If that's not the case, then they buy from a vending machine because they're at a work location or a rest area on a road trip and there is no McDonald's or other fast food places nearby where they can get real food.

So, if you're selling niche Japanese foodstuffs in a vending machine in the USA, it needs to either be in a high traffic area, where it might attract weebs and other curious people willing to splurge on something they've never seen before, or it needs to be in some random spot with nothing around. In the latter case, your sales might not be very high. In the former case, you may get some sales, but will likely have a higher installation or rent cost.

I think it could work, but you need to be strategic about it

>>21647635
In Japan unlike in other countries it's legal to just have a business however you want. You can have a vending machine in front of your house and make some money like that and you just have to pay some taxes on it.

No need to open a company, have bullshit regulation, etc.
You can just have a vending machine, contact a company that automatically fills it up, and have some nice passive income.
That's why they're everywhere.

In Japan, there have been cases where wealthy idlers such as real estate owners have found it advantageous from a tax perspective to run some kind of loss-making business.

>>21648520
>You can just have a vending machine, contact a company that automatically fills it up, and have some nice passive income.
So it's not actually your business, you just rent out a piece of your property to the vending company but they dump the risk on you?

>>21647077 (OP)
Have you considered that there's something about Japanese society that allows them to have large quantities of goods and money left unattended, that can't be replicated in the west?

>>21647653
No doubt the population is collapsing.

>>21647100
Mutts Law

>>21648557
No, retard. You own the vending machine, you own the property, you own the food. You just pay a company to come deliver and stock the food you buy instead of doing it yourself. That clear it up?

>>21647121
don't threaten me with a good time

>>21648603
Shinto-Buddhist ethical foundations instead of Semitic ones?

>>21647575
you outta know sweetie.

>>21648520
>it's legal to just have a business however you want
Sound like bullshit

>>21647733
I’ve always thought it’s weird that Fastenal is pushing hard into industrial consumables vending machines

>>21650083
Do Americans really?

>>21650083
>>21650088
I can't tell if that's a joke or not but honestly not a bad idea. It's so annoying when you need shit like that and your only option is the nearest wal-mart or a hardware store, the latter of which are disappearing

>>21650348
They put these in factories and shops, not on random street corners. Workers can get gloves or tape or whatever and their employer gets billed for it.

>>21648852
To be fair, the N's would ruin this idea. They ruin everything. They're the gypsies of the USA

>>21650083
Those things suck.
>punch in number for a box cutter, machine dispenses a small hi viz vest
>try to get safety glasses, item restricted despite me having leadership access

>>21650083
These are good for businesses that are revolving doors with employment

>>21647077 (OP)
I want that can

>>21647077 (OP)
Someone did this in Seattle for a while, it sounds cool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_mystery_soda_machine
>>21650083
My work has these, everything's free they just use them to keep track of inventory.

>>21647209
lmao

>>21650083
This is cool.