Candy King Of America - Altoids Vending machine junk Plantation Florida

I was shocked to read about the scams involving these machines while searching for information about them and trying to find the gum for mine.

I bought several of these machines at auction without any intension of placing them into service but the tought did occur to me so I started looking for the gum and so far Amazon is the only place that has it in bulk (I will find another source).

I guess I bought them for a good price when I see $800 each was paid and anyone who would like to buy some for $150 plus UPS shipping please let me know. I have three to sell and they are in brand new condition (never used with keys). If this will help anyone who could use a new machine to place into service or for parts please contact me at (((ROR redacted))) and ask for Gene

If I find a source for the gum I will pass it along to help.

I guess I was a bit lucky, I bought my machines of someone that probably got scam. I bought 3 machines at about half the price they were asking for them at the website. 1 of the I put in a club atmosphere and found out how poorly constructed they were. It destroyed within 6 months I was able to recoup probably half it's cost. The other 2 learning from my experience were placed in high traffic restaurants they've been there about 2 years I've had to repair them as best I can and this last time I empty them, I took out about 350.00 which by now they have paid for them selves. It took about 2 years. I was about to buy a few more but after reading all these scam reports am a bit reluctant unless I can get them for about 100.00 each I have the locations to put them in so half the battle is won. Which leads me to the original reason why I started this post.

I know you guys out there are looking for gum without it the machines are nothing I know Amazon has it for 285.00 so I know it's available does anyone know of a cheaper place to buy it?

The better question is does anyone know how many pieces of gum are in a 25lb ?

I agree with your comments concerning the ALTOIDS gum. The bulk 25 lb bag is unavailable with eBay. It became unavailable for the past 3 months, or so. Amazon.com sells the 25 lb bag for approximately $285.00, plus tax, shipping and handling, etc. I do not know of hand how many individual pieces of gum are in the 25 lb bag. The machine itself will dispense 2 pieces of gum for .25. Most of my candy vending machines will generate a profit margin of approximately 60-65%. The ALTOIDS machine is a diferent story. I will need to generate Sales of $712.00 in order to remain at a .60% profit margin, with $285.00 in Cost of Goods Sold. This comes down to a total of 5,696 total individual pieces that need to be sold. Since the machine will dispense 2 pieces for .25, the Sold pair will come down to 2,848 pairs (5,696 /2 = 2,848). At the moment I am not familair with the total item count with a 25 lb bag. However, I am doubting that a 25 lb bag will contain enough individual pieces so that I can mAintain my present profit margin.

I do not understand as to why the bulk purchase has been made unavailable to the public. This makes ALTOIDS and its manufacturer look very bad and not trustworthy.

Thanks for your comments, though.

I agree with your comments concerning the ALTOIDS gum. The bulk 25 lb bag is unavailable with eBay. It became unavailable for the past 3 months, or so. Amazon.com sells the 25 lb bag for approximately $285.00, plus tax, shipping and handling, etc. I do not know of hand how many individual pieces of gum are in the 25 lb bag. The machine itself will dispense 2 pieces of gum for .25. Most of my candy vending machines will generate a profit margin of approximately 60-65%. The ALTOIDS machine is a diferent story. I will need to generate Sales of $712.00 in order to remain at a .60% profit margin, with $285.00 in Cost of Goods Sold. This comes down to a total of 5,696 total individual pieces that need to be sold. Since the machine will dispense 2 pieces for .25, the Sold pair will come down to 2,848 pairs (5,696 /2 = 2,848). At the moment I am not familair with the total item count with a 25 lb bag. However, I am doubting that a 25 lb bag will contain enough individual pieces so that I can mAintain my present profit margin.

I do not understand as to why the bulk purchase has been made unavailable to the public. This makes ALTOIDS and its manufacturer look very bad and not trustworthy.

Thanks for your comments, though.

I agree with your comments concerning the ALTOIDS gum. The bulk 25 lb bag is unavailable with eBay. It became unavailable for the past 3 months, or so. Amazon.com sells the 25 lb bag for approximately $285.00, plus tax, shipping and handling, etc. I do not know of hand how many individual pieces of gum are in the 25 lb bag. The machine itself will dispense 2 pieces of gum for .25. Most of my candy vending machines will generate a profit margin of approximately 60-65%. The ALTOIDS machine is a diferent story. I will need to generate Sales of $712.00 in order to remain at a .60% profit margin, with $285.00 in Cost of Goods Sold. This comes down to a total of 5,696 total individual pieces that need to be sold. Since the machine will dispense 2 pieces for .25, the Sold pair will come down to 2,848 pairs (5,696 /2 = 2,848). At the moment I am not familair with the total item count with a 25 lb bag. However, I am doubting that a 25 lb bag will contain enough individual pieces so that I can mAintain my present profit margin.

I do not understand as to why the bulk purchase has been made unavailable to the public. This makes ALTOIDS and its manufacturer look very bad and not trustworthy.

Thanks for your comments, though.

I agree with your comments concerning the ALTOIDS gum. The bulk 25 lb bag is unavailable with eBay. It became unavailable for the past 3 months, or so. Amazon.com sells the 25 lb bag for approximately $285.00, plus tax, shipping and handling, etc. I do not know of hand how many individual pieces of gum are in the 25 lb bag. The machine itself will dispense 2 pieces of gum for .25. Most of my candy vending machines will generate a profit margin of approximately 60-65%. The ALTOIDS machine is a diferent story. I will need to generate Sales of $712.00 in order to remain at a .60% profit margin, with $285.00 in Cost of Goods Sold. This comes down to a total of 5,696 total individual pieces that need to be sold. Since the machine will dispense 2 pieces for .25, the Sold pair will come down to 2,848 pairs (5,696 /2 = 2,848). At the moment I am not familair with the total item count with a 25 lb bag. However, I am doubting that a 25 lb bag will contain enough individual pieces so that I can mAintain my present profit margin.

I do not understand as to why the bulk purchase has been made unavailable to the public. This makes ALTOIDS and its manufacturer look very bad and not trustworthy.

Thanks for your comments, though.

I hope all of you that have been scammed by Candy King are checking back here from time to time. I know some of you (like me) were trying to hang on to the business for a little while to try and make back some of our losses. Just wanted to let you know, our only source to buy Altoids in bulk, Amazon, has discontinued the gum. I know we all lost a lot of money on this scam.