The software involved in vending is evolving faster than you would expect.

There is a great big question in the vending world, but nobody seems to provide an adequate answer. What does it matter if I buy my machines from a reseller versus a manufacturer? It seems as though, at face value, I can buy a machine from overseas far cheaper and they will ship it to a drop point here in the states. Based on the prices they are advertising, I can get it for way less than I can if I buy it here in the states. The problem? They don’t tell you about all the gotchas along the way.  First, if you buy a machine from overseas, chances are very good that the final cost after shipping is going to be a lot higher than you anticipate. If there are not protective tariffs in place, then you have to look at secondary shipping. The overseas manufacturer will ship a machine to a certain point, but they don’t often tell you how much it will be to get it from there to you and that can be a chunk of change.