Who we are
Advantage Vending Equipment is owned by Encore Marketing &
Service, Inc., a privately held North Carolina Corporation with
its headquarters located at 390 E. Boundary Dr. in Spartanburg,
South Carolina. The company is owned by its President, CEO and
founder, Michel R. Bayiha.
Encore Marketing Marketing & Service, Inc. has been in business
since 1995 and has been involved in vending operations since
that time, through the ownership of Breaktime Vending and Tomark
Vending Service respectively. In September of 2005, Encore Marketing
& Service, Inc., sought to meet a greater need in the vending
industry, that is; the need to assist other vending operators
to deal with technical issues and the need to help them grow
their businesses by providing them with marketing assistance
and value added affordable equipment. So, Michel Bayiha sold
its vending routes and formed Advantage Vending Equipment (AVE)
for this purpose. Advantage Vending Equipment is providing vending
operators the support services needed to allow them to stay
focussed in growing their business. We mainly sell new and/or
used remanufactured vending machines at very competitive prices.
We sell coffee, snack, soda, sandwich, Ice Cream and a variety
of other coin operated vending machines. The models and types
vary according to availability and demand. All our machines
however, are checked to meet our standards before being sold
to the client.
Keys to our Success
We, at AVE understand that the performance of the coin operated
machine industry is directly affected by the state of the
national economy. Vending service operations primarily exist
to provide refreshments to people at work. When employment
numbers are low, the challenge for vending company managers
is to make the most profitable use of existing equipment while
maintaining good relations with the temporarily-downsized
client. We have recognized that fact and have positioned ourselves
to capitalize on both periods by selling more new machines
in good times and conversely, more used machines when times
are not so good.
The keys to Success in our business are:
Remanufacturing of quality vending machines - We provide our
customers with quality refurbished machines at fair market
value. We have a well established network of suppliers of
used vending machines at bargain prices that adds value to
the machine for the end user. We also place bids on trailer
loads through online and national auctions. As a fast moving,
inovative company, we introduce enhanced products/features
to vending equipment by bringing older model machines to standard
with today's technology through upgrades or by adding kits
to modify, say a machine without the capability to accept
dollar bills to one that can. We continuously assist our customers
with any technical issues by phone, or by sending our technicians
on site. With this advantage, we have gained significant market
share in a relatively short time.
Superior Client Services -We do not just
want to sell a vending machine to an operator, we want to
create a partnership to help them maintain and grow their
business and by so doing, they will buy more and more machines
and services from us. To achieve this goal, we have built
and maintained strategic alliances with a network of operators,
manufacturers and other related business partners to work
with us to locating possible vending customers where we will
determine the appropriate equipment required, prepare or order
the appropriate equipment for the location, then match the
location with the right vendor within our network. We assist
our client operators with services such as; delivery and setup,
unlimited technical assistance calls, warehouse storage, bookeeping
services, legal business assistance (through a network attorney),
financing of their new equipment (through a network financing
company) and we also provide secure parking area for route
trucks.
Convenience - We offer our clients a wide
range of services in one environment with one easily accessible
location with dock and mini storage facilities for vending
products for customer convenience.
Reputation - After building a successful vending business
for ten years, and with a mature and professional technical
department led by 25 years of combined technical experienced
service engineers and a superb management team, the reputation
of the owner/staff as providing superior personal service
is well established. We operate with great credibility and
with high standards of intergrity.
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