Monday, April 6, 2009

Planet Antares Efficient Currency Handling

All vending operators, at least once, have felt the need to eliminate ‘exact change only’ situations in their vending businesses. For long there has been no solution to it but with Planet Antares vending machines this situation can be avoided by using its new currency payment systems.

If customers can use whatever change that they are carrying at the moment, you will find that the sales of your Planet Antares vending will increase tremendously. This ability will change the way that customers purchase from your vending machine.

Overall, technology has improved the reliability and durability of bill acceptors and changers in vending machines. There are several advantages that come along with this technology such as reduction of consumer price resistance and at the same time wider variety of price points in the machine. This can be effectively used in your Planet Antares vending machines because they carry a vast variety of products.

Most bill acceptors take denominations over one dollar and most pay out coins as change. A five dollar bill acceptance is a customer convenience that will help sales in your business. Nowadays, consumers are getting used to putting five dollar bills in vending machines. Planet Antares vending machines come fitted with bill changers which make them very convenient to use when customers are looking for change.

Five dollar bill acceptance creates the need to sort 1s and 5s. This can be taken care of by using a dual pocket coin sorter. In spite of the customers getting into the habit of carrying dollar coins in their pockets, operators have nevertheless found it worth their while to offer dollar coin payouts to support higher denomination bill acceptance. This has resulted in a need for regular refilling of coin changers with dollar coins.

All this has made vending operators divided over the importance of currency handling equipment as they differ in their beliefs. What you need to consider is the ability to invest in such devices, customer service level to be attained and of course, your profitability targets.

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