THE GUMBALL KING LIVES!!

I am trying to live up to the name as “ The Buble Gum King”.

Just a quick update on the Altoid machines….since taken over I had one machine that was located in Detroit. Someone had the audacity to smash the machine open and grap a handful of @#$% quarters.

The most they could have gotten away with, if they got every quarter in the entire machine is $100.00. However they probably got way less. I was thinking, "Maybe the persons clothes were stuck in the Laundromat dryer and he needed a quarter" or..... "Maybe he was at the coin carwash trying to vacuum his car and the machine stopped half way through". I’ve been there. I felt like busting a few machines myself.

Shout out to the Candy Machine Buster!!

I feel your pain Brotha!!

REAL TALK: THIS GUY LIVES IN THE AREA AND GOT CAUHT STEALING MACHINES AND MONEY. CLICK THE PHOTO FOR THE STORY. THEY SAID HE'S BEEN HITTING ALOT OF MACHINES. IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIM.

Needless to say, we pulled the machine out of that joint and repaired it for $36. A quick call to the parts place (the number is on a sticker affixed to the machine) and the parts arrived in the mail. That machine is still not located anywhere, so it’s not making any money right now.

The other machines are doing well. What’s well?

Let's look at the numbers shall we:
I have one machine that does about $100 every 8 weeks ($12.5 per week)
3 machines that do $100 every 16 weeks. (6.25 per week) X 3 = 18.75
So, on average the machines earn approximately $31.25 or $125 per month.

Every 16 weeks or every $500 I have to collect money. $340 of that gets pocketed and $160 goes to buy more gum. It takes me approximately 2 hrs. to visit the machines and refill; that comes down to

$170.00 / hr. or $42.50 / Month

Not Bad at all. Not to mention all the Altoid Gum a guy could want. (Don't Worry it's Sugarless)

Holla At your Boy

-MJL

Back from Brazil - Super Charged Again

Well I’m back from Brazil; I have actually been back for awhile. I had to get some really important things straightened out. I’m not sure if the right decisions were made; but I've learned sometimes a decision is needed and the results just need to be managed.

Businesses often fail not because right or wrong decisions are made but because the decisions made are mis-managed. That is the one thing that I won’t ever be accused of; mis-management.

As I have said before but will try again, I will try to dedicate more time to my site. By now I have alienated my few faithful readers and will probably have to gain a new list of followers. More importantly this blog will serve as a chronicle of my struggles to the Forbes 400; it's more for me then anyone else. Ya dig!

I'll holla sooner then later.

Here are some pics from Brazil:

Brazil Baby!! Day 1 & 2

So your boy is in Brazil; land of the “HOTTIES”; right now I’m going to say land of the “NOT-TIES”.
I’m in Sao Paulo and I don’t really see any hotties. Not even a hot transvestite. My “Flabber” is “Gasted”.

As usual I’m here strictly for business but it allows me to recoup. I get some sleep on the plane and get to clear my head and hit the ground running when I return.

Brazil is undergoing a boom in their economy. They put so many new cars on the road that you can only drive Monday’s if your license plate starts with a 1, Tuesday 2, and so forth. You can drive, but not during rush hour. It’s pretty insane. If there is any good ideas out here, I will bring them back to the sates to cash in. You have to keep your eye out for opportunity.

As always when I travel anywhere, I’m always thankful that I live in the country that I live in. Thank God for the USA. Once we get a good leader in the White House we should began to prosper again.

Pictures from Brazil are coming……

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