r/WeirdSideHustles • u/KazuKazu_hyperbowl • 15h ago
Sharing My Sidehustle I make money checking if forgotten vending machines are actually abandoned
I honestly didn't know this was a thing until a few months ago. From what I know, there are a lot of vending machines that are just sitting around in old laundromats, apartment buildings, repair shops, and other places where nobody really pays attention to them anymore.
What I do is basically check if those machines are still being maintained or not. Someone sends me a list of locations and I go there, take pictures, see if anything changed, check if the machine is still plugged in, and report back what I found.
Some people might think it sounds boring, but it is actually interesting because you find some weird stuff. One machine I checked was behind an old car wash and it looked like nobody touched it for years. There were weeds around it and the drinks inside looked really old. I honestly could not tell if it was still active or if everyone just forgot it was there.
From what I know, the owners need the information because sometimes it is hard to know if a machine is still being serviced or completely abandoned. My part is just collecting the information and sending it over.
Last weekend I checked 17 machines and made about $146. I never thought driving around looking at vending machines would make me money, but somehow it does. :PP
It is definitely one of the weirdest side hustles I have ever heard of, and now it is one of the ways I make extra cash.
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u/Mission_Store_9252 10h ago
This is a ChatGpt Post.
All of the OP's comments follow the classic OpenAI format:
Agrees user [emoji] acknowledges they said something wrong. Breaks down in a simple way. Potentially an off hand comment or silly comment at the end with [emoji]
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u/kennygeeofcomedy 9h ago
And beyond the pic, it makes no sense.
Opens with "From what I know," aren't you doing this?
Those machines are $300 minimum, even broken and ruined. The companies that own them pay people to go around and fill active machines. But they pay OP to check rather than their own employees?
Inactive machines are not forgotten, they are moved.
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u/Narski82 8h ago
It makes perfect sense! If you have a vending machine in YOUR store or business, how else would you check if it was plugged in?!?! Call OP!!!!!
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u/SeemedReasonableThen 7h ago
My side hustle is squatting on URLs - I'm gonna snag the URL ICheckVendingMachinesForYou.com and sell it to OP. /s
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u/MeLlamoKilo 9h ago
They are also using and replying to engagement bot comments. Its so apparent all over reddit now. I hate the future.
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u/AmbitiousPotential74 7h ago
The person who creates a user friendly, all encompassing (like Reddit) social media platform that somehow prevents bots, will change the world
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u/Hanzo581 4h ago
The one thing I've never read is what do they get out of making fake posts like this?
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u/CalicoValkyrie 3h ago
Making an account look legitimate so they can spread bad information or sell stuff.
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u/Mission_Store_9252 3h ago
That's the only thing I still don't understand either. I know that they (the illusive they) will make accounts to build karma and then sell the accounts. I guess the karma makes people feel better that it's a real person? Other than, I've got no clue.
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u/tab_tab_tabby 3h ago
I was like you drive around to 17 machines in a week and made mere 150 dollars... that sounds bad but AI is dumb to know that
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u/Mission_Store_9252 3h ago
Yeah, that should have been a red flag too. 17 drives and dude only made $146. Not even worth it.
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u/mikenelsoncamera 8h ago
What’s the point of generating a post like this? It’s always based on money so how does this post generate money and for Who??
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u/MindOfCrim 7h ago
They use it to gather karma and then post on sub-reddits that have a karma requirement usually for ticketed shows to scam people or loan sub-reddits. It's to scam people and look legit.
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u/Ckynus 7h ago
Why? I keep seeing things talking about bots and karma farming, but why? How does karma convert into money?
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u/_IRONBANE_ 7h ago
Sell the account to advertisers, or businesses that need "real" looking accounts to give them good reviews.
It can also be used to drive engagement to posts and then to real sites that someone wants to be seen by more people. Like world news all the way to an Onlyfans page.
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u/intangibleTangelo 4h ago
accounts with high karma scores are favored by reddit's algorithm, so if you need to shill something, influence something, or whatever, such accounts are valuable
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u/king_scootie 3h ago
To have a stable of accounts with credibility to engage with posts for marketing and PR purposes.
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u/dankestofdankcomment 4h ago
“Some people might think it sounds boring, but it is actually interesting because you find some weird stuff. One machine I checked was behind an old car wash and it looked like nobody touched it for years. There were weeds around it and the drinks inside looked really old. I honestly could not tell if it was still active or if everyone just forgot it was there.”
Yeah but isn’t this so interesting?
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u/GamesNGadgetsPlus 3h ago
Very weird stuff.
You get paid to check on old vending machines that haven’t been used. Somehow when you get to one it looks like…. Wait for it… looks like it hasn’t been used in years. Man very interesting stuff.2
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u/ronniewhomp 6h ago
And the pay is always ridiculously low, despite them supposedly taking place in the US. I know there's some crap pay gig work like DoorDash, but it's such a noticeable aspect of these posts.
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u/NoNormals 4h ago
This sub is infested with them. Mods are probably in on it. Idk if it's worse than the posts that basically just link to another site to farm clicks
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u/chargoggagog 3h ago
So is OP a human using ChatGPT for responses or is it a bot entirely?
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u/Mission_Store_9252 3h ago
I think it's a human using chatgpt responses because they just privated their responses.
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u/nobleroader 12h ago
I just read every single comment here trying to figure out what the hell OP was talking about. Beyond the strangeness of the “job” making $146 go independently locate 17 vending machines, verify that they are both working and stocked. And somehow feel like it is worth it is just boggling. As someone who owns vending machines, it all sounds even more insane.
Most machines are in business, is OP just casually sneaking into a manufacturing site, somehow locating a machine in an unverified area and also checking it is somehow working??
The machine in the picture is a Narco Dixie, likely 501e or something similar. There’s practically nothing you can do to verify the machine is actually working without opening it up. Yes if it is plugged in or not, but you can’t tell if any of the standard things that can go wrong are in fact not wrong.
Finally, OP states he wants other people to have the opportunity to do this, and proceeds to provide absolutely no firm advice other than “knowing someone who knows someone”.
OP, your account is older than common use of AI, can you provide any sort of information to support that you are not completely making this up?
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u/Turtleinatreee 10h ago
OP only started with the AI posts about a month ago, weird AI posts about studying and then this random vending machine hustle haha
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u/VacantThoughts 4h ago
Dude he either sold his account or it got hacked, 75% of this website is just bots now.
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u/eW4GJMqscYtbBkw9 3h ago
Most machines are in business
Literally my first though - my building is locked down like fort knox... he's not getting in to check our machines.
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u/Mirthster 3h ago
i would have believed OP was real if not for this post. Thanks for clarifying. What a strange thing to AIslop about.
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u/stabledisastermaster 10h ago
„There‘s practically nothing you can do to verify if the machine is actually working“ pulling a dollar out of my pocket . What kind of shit comment is this 😂
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u/Additional-Day3323 8h ago
But it doesn’t say working it says maintained
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u/nobleroader 8h ago
I don’t even know what “maintained” is in the context of the post.
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u/nobleroader 8h ago
In the context of OP’s post, adding steps to verify the machine vends when they are getting paid around $8.50/machine is absurd. As far as checking the machine as an owner/operator, you would want to verify stock, coin mech and bill authenticator functionality, and all of the 9 individual vendors motors and columns are functioning, and that the refrigeration system is working.
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u/cmarme 12h ago
How does one get into the business of vending machines and is it worth it?
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u/Alt123Acct 8h ago
I think a standard deal is something like you either give 10% of profits to the business hosting the machine as their fee or you pay a flat monthly rent to them and take home all the money in the machine. Depends on your actual ratios, it's probably much better to start off with the 10% split since it's no upfront cost to you besides the machine and products inside you put in. If you find a gold mine of foot traffic maybe renting the spot is better monthly idk.
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u/OneInside6439 10h ago
You buy the machines, lease some space somewhere with a lot of foot traffic, and hope that you need to consistently refill the machine because it gets emptied. You need to get proper business licenses and whatever local certifications. It's all about location.
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u/Mindestiny 7h ago
The margins are also typically garbage, it's a quantity game.
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u/2-9-19-3-21-9-20-19 10h ago
You buy a vending machine and ask various businesses that don't have a vending machine if you can put it there for a cut if the profits.
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u/TheCiltoris 5h ago
OP tell us what happened at Tiananmen Square on June 3rd 1989 to prove your not AI
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u/AlaChonkadonk 2h ago
I have no idea what happened at Tianamen Square, but my wife says I know nothing about your username either
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u/big_sugi 2h ago
Good answer. Made even funnier by the actual pretend bot that provided information on the Chinese government’s massacre committed at Tiananmen Square.
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u/daviddisco 1h ago
good reply to his answer, made even funnier by saying exactly what a bot would say.
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u/East_Competition5594 3h ago
I'm shocked this comment isn't down voted to -2
every-time I see comments calling out bots like these, they are just always at -1 or -2 within 1h
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u/JerrySmithOfficial 2h ago
https://archive.ph/2020.07.12-074312/https://imgur.com/a/AIIbbPs
Beep Boop, I am Jerrybot. I enjoy human music and sharing links to the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
Brought to you by JerryGPT.
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u/splitopenandmelt11 14h ago
Makes sense but I still don’t get it.
Who’s servicing them? Like they need to be refilled and good vending companies have reps doing it in a pretty specific schedule.
Even a rural machine in a small town would be checked monthly because, if not, why have the vending machine?Wouldn’t the person filling them know the answers OP is getting?
Something is a little off here.
My bet — this “boss” is not actually the owner of the vending company. The boss is looking for completely abandoned machines at abandoned business that he quietly “relocate” to a scrapyard before anyone is the wiser.
OP is just a cog in his new boss’ own weird side hustle.
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u/Temporary-Rip-4502 12h ago
OP... You got any more photos to share?
I'll be honest I'm siding with the folks accusing this of being an AI post.
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u/BruceInc 11h ago
Who would give af if that machine is maintained or not. The whole building looks abandoned. This is ai slop
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u/Imaginary-Tree-House 15h ago
Wouldn’t the owners know if it’s being serviced? Sounds sketchy.
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u/KazuKazu_hyperbowl 15h ago
That's what I thought too. Apparently some of these machines have been on the books for years without anyone checking them in person.
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u/Bazza79 14h ago
Don't they need to be restocked? Or, doesn't the owner notice when they're no longer making money?
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u/jaybz00 14h ago
It depends on who is responsible for restocking the machine. I know of a snack manufacturing company that basically just rents these vending machines for their offices and restocks the machines themselves to provide their employees a way to buy their own snacks for cheap. I suspect convenience stores/groceries/gas stations might have their own suppliers already and would want to restock vending machines themselves as well without having to deal with maintenance and other costs of actually owning these machines.
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u/Connect-Ant-2081 15h ago
This all sounds very strange. Someone gives you a list of vending machines locations that you go and check if they have been "forgotten". Who provides this list? And if they're on a list, they're definitionally not forgotten.
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u/KazuKazu_hyperbowl 15h ago
Yeah, "forgotten" was probably the wrong word 🥲 It's more like old machine locations that haven't been checked in a while. I'm basically just confirming what's actually there.
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u/Diligent-Ad4777 14h ago
Ok but it still makes no sense. A machine needs to be stocked and surely there's a record of that.
Also you should look into offering a remote monitoring service. Add a small industrial router and a raspberry pi to to be able to check activity
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u/KazuKazu_hyperbowl 14h ago
Fair enough 😅. I probably oversold the "abandoned machine" part. Most of what I do is just verifying locations and sending photos. The raspberry pi idea is actually pretty cool though.
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u/crazyabe111 15h ago
It’s less about them being “forgotten” by the actual owners, and more about the state the operators are leaving them in-
OP’s job is basically to determine if they are actually being used, if the operator has shut down, the state they’re in relative to the surrounding area, damages that might not have been reported and etc,
things the actual owners could check in an afternoon and likely do check for confirmation in the weeks OP isn’t being given a new list.
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u/splitopenandmelt11 14h ago
Makes sense but I still don’t get it.
Who’s servicing them? Like they need to be refilled and good vending companies have reps doing it in a pretty specific schedule.
Even a rural machine in a small town would be checked monthly because, if not, why have the vending machine?Wouldn’t the person filling them know the answers OP is getting?
Something is a little off here.
My bet — this “boss” is not actually the owner of the vending company. The boss is looking for completely abandoned machines at abandoned business that he quietly “relocate” to a scrapyard before anyone is the wiser.
OP is just a cog in his new boss’ own weird side hustle.
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u/fauxchapel 15h ago
This is cool. How did you find out about this?
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u/KazuKazu_hyperbowl 15h ago
Honestly through a friend. He knew someone who operated vending machines and needed people to check a few locations from time to time. I thought it sounded random at first, but after doing it a few times I realized there are actually a lot of machines that owners don't regularly visit themselves.
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u/Narwahl_Whisperer 14h ago
I was trying to find a location for a gumball machine I had, and one spot I went to said they already had a machine in place, and the guy who put it there never comes around to restock it, so I can relate.
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u/RedBushDiver 12h ago
$150 and how much time spent? I’m guessing your per hour compensation plus gas money makes this a pretty shitty profit margin for you.
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u/eW4GJMqscYtbBkw9 3h ago
I checked 17 machines and made about $146
it is one of the ways I make extra cash
Just make sure you are doing the math. The total cost of ownership for cars is pretty high, like 50¢ per mile. If you are driving 300 miles to check 17 machines (unlikely, but possible), you could end up losing money in the long run.
You might not immediately see the loss if you are only calculating gas costs - but the additional wear and tear on your brakes, oil, tires, etc, etc add up weeks, months, or years later.
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u/gfbhwo 2h ago
You can claim mileage as an business expense on your tax return if you are an independent contractor. For 2026 it's 76 cents/mile.
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u/natur85 1h ago
That doesn't actually prevent any costs, people constantly say "it's a write off", you're still paying costs.
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u/xhopesfall24 1h ago
“Write offs” only lower your taxable income. It’s not a 1:1 tax burden deletion.
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u/anomupinhere 1h ago
Exact thought I had. Was expecting OP to be posting some mid six figure business he started in highschool kind of thing
I wouldnt knock on 17 neighbors doors for $146 let alone drive to 17 places.
We can take the whole argument of what else comes with door knocking, I’m simply speaking time and effort.
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u/plzicannothandleyou 7h ago
Checked 17 machines, made $146
How much gas money did you burn through? $60?
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u/thupamayn 14h ago edited 14h ago
My brother and I used to live very close to one that was just kind of there outside of an old, rundown building that was closed up. It was never out of stock and we used it all the time, don’t recall ever seeing anyone else use it though.
That’s also when I, entirely coincidentally, learned how to enter debug mode on them (absolutely not to try to set the prices lower). The buttons from top to bottom are like 1, 2, 3, 4, etc and the sequence was 4, 2, 3, 1 to enter debug. All it really did was show the amount of money that was in it and it had like $180. Hopefully not only from us lol
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u/wade_garrettt 13h ago
AI generated crap. These always have the same format. Why would a vending machine be placed in front of a door like that? Why would the company that owns it not know if it is still being serviced?
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u/dadydaycare 3h ago
The real money would be finding out if they are abandoned then grabbing them yourself. Then you have vending machines.
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u/Almost1211 3h ago
I thought that was where this was going, even though I doubt it's legal, or it may be under very specific circumstances... but then the rest of the post just made no sense, and apparently it's just AI nonsense.
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u/CapGrundle 14h ago
Before I go to my grave I hope to know what is the point of these inane fake posts. Is it AI practicing how to make believable ones?
Please tell me!!
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u/PreviousLeague253 15h ago
So someone owns them and leases them to an operator but they dont know if a) are functioning b)making money?
Glad they are not a car rental place!
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u/zzzzzShow 15h ago
What percentage of these machines are actually functioning? Have there been any that looked completely abandoned but actually still worked?
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u/KazuKazu_hyperbowl 15h ago
Honestly, more of them work than you'd expect. A lot of the machines look rough from the outside because they're old or sitting in low-traffic spots, but when you check them they're still plugged in and stocked.
I've definitely seen a few that looked completely abandoned at first glance and turned out to be active. One had faded graphics, dust all over it, and weeds growing around the base, but some of the snack slots had clearly been refilled recently. Another had a burned-out light and looked dead until I saw fresh expiration dates on the drinks (my aha moments lol).
The hardest ones are the machines that are technically working but barely get serviced. Those can look almost identical to abandoned ones. That's usually why they want someone to physically check them instead of just guessing from a photo.
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u/MeLlamoKilo 9h ago
This is all such bullshit made up by a bot that has no idea how the vending machine industry works. Like nothing you are saying is how things work. You dont even have a single basic thing correct.
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u/Coconut-Last 4h ago
All of these "sidehustle" subreddits are just full of straight up lies. Why? It's so weird to me.
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u/keithstonee 2h ago
Everyone is struggling so everyone's trying to pretend that they're doing good to everyone else
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u/Annoying_Anomaly 14h ago
How many star wars machines have you seen?
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u/KazuKazu_hyperbowl 14h ago
lol none yet 😂 if I ever find a Star Wars one, that's probably gonna be the highlight of this side hustle.
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u/Affectionate-Way4595 14h ago
Totally quirky and weird side hustle that’s not theft at all
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u/Puzzled-Mirro 11h ago
That's really strange to me and hard to wrap my head around it. . Why would one pay somebody to go somewhere to check if a vending machine is abandoned? Why would that need to be contracted out? Wouldn't somebody on the property not be able to do it themselves?
I've had a vending route before and I've found abandoned machines it was fairly obvious
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u/EstesParkRanger 10h ago
I heard using Pepsi is good for slow cooking a roast. Do you know any good southern recipes for pot roast?
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u/Pup2u 1h ago
Many years ago, I worked for a medium sized company that sold candy and tobacco. We also serviced many vending machines. Some of the smaller mom and pop vending machine routes might be "abandoned" but the machines are assets on someone's balance sheet and I really doubt too many are abandoned. And who is going to pay you to find these machines? What will they do with said information? If the building has a vending machine outside it, the building owner will either own it, or know who does, so what do they need you for? Also, $146 for checking on 17 machines is chump change. How many hours did that take to do? Subtract out gas, car expenses and taxes and you made less that if you were twirling a red arrow out in front of Liberty Tax Service. Keep trying, you will be successful, but this ain't it yet.
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u/20ears19 11h ago
How do this many people think this is real?
You can own a vending machine outright and put it in your laundromat so your customers can use it. You restock it and get the money out when needed. That’s the point of it.
You can get paid to allow someone else to place a vending machine in your laundromat. This person will have a route. Their job is to visit all the machines on their route and restock and remove the money. This person is not going to have abandoned machines they need to pay someone to check when that’s the entirety of their job.
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u/GodLikeEnergy 2h ago edited 2h ago
For anybody reading. I used a few tools to check this. https://app.gptzero.me We are highly confident this text was AI generated.
I checked the image. It wasn't AI generated, but I did google reverse image. https://i.pinimg.com/236x/d2/5d/29/d25d2919114e78bee96e13cac7450092.jpg it's on pinterest.
How vending machines work. I used to do a bit of this myself, but I only stocked them. I helped a friend. Businesses, will let you install a vending machine, on the condition you keep it stocked. Usually you'd pay them like for electric use and maybe % of what you got depending on the agreement.
But, often businesses would just install it themselves. They have say membership at costco or sams club. They'd run to get business supplies and get stuff to put in their breakroom. So they often would keep it stocked themselves. You can search on youtube, vending machine businesses.
In what he refers. Only thing I could figure out, is to make sure the people are stocking the vending machines. I just can't figure out, why wouldn't the retail workers do it and report instead? Other is potentially looking for theft.
Below is Gemini. I posted his text into it and asked if it's a real side hustle.
"What you are doing is known in the industry as Asset Tracking or Retail Merchandising Audits.
How It Works
- The Problem: Vending companies, beverage distributors (like Coca-Cola or Pepsi), and leasing firms often own tens of thousands of machines. Over time, route drivers quit, locations change hands, or machines get forgotten behind businesses.
- The Job: Large companies do not want to send an expensive full-time technician just to check if an old machine still exists. Instead, they outsource this to field audit companies or third-party logistics contractors.
- Your Role: You act as eyes on the ground. You visit a given address, verify if the machine is physically there, take photos, and confirm if it is powered on or abandoned.
Typical Payouts
- Per Audit: $5 to $15 per machine (takes 2–5 minutes per stop).
- Bulk Routes: Checking 15–20 machines in a clustered route typically yields $100 to $180 for a few hours of driving—matching your $146 earnings for 17 machines.
It is an legitimate, low-stress gig that pays you simply to gather data companies can't efficiently collect themselves."
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u/FossilizedMeatMan 1h ago
At this point I believe that Gemini created that summary based on a post like this, so AI is feeding AI with their own hallucinations.
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u/Frankie-Paul 15h ago
Why tell people this? Keep it secret and niche.
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u/KazuKazu_hyperbowl 14h ago
honestly because i think it could be a good opportunity for other people too. From what i know there are a lot of locations and situations like this, especially now that vending machines seem to be getting more popular again. I'm not really worried about people taking my spot since there's a lot more machines out there than I could ever check by myself 😂
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u/lostaccountby2fa 13h ago
I would write an app to crowdsource this. populate a map with all vending machine check location. user signup, share their location, they get a vending machine closest to them to check and photograph. User get some money.
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u/Angry-Marshmallow 13h ago
Wait, I wanna get into this! How do I join? It sounds like a treasure hunt!
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u/DiscountNecromancer 12h ago
Could be building a vending machine database for some app. Just a guess.
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u/Anders_A 12h ago
I don't understand this at all. How can the owner of the machine not know if they're servicing it or not?
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u/prettybluefoxes 11h ago
If you’re working for a company and taking a wage, thats what we call in the industry a job sir.
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u/STIT-RUOY-EM-MP 9h ago
Hey this actually makes a lot of sense… if you don’t know how anything works
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u/GoaheadAMAita 6h ago
Sounds like for another 146$ you can give a list of the ones I can steal!!!!! /s
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u/CardHawk77 6h ago
This would be a violation of the fire code, correct?
Can’t just block a door like that.
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u/Shenendoah66 4h ago
Yeah I tried this on an old basketball arcade game behind a church and pulled my hand out with 3 wasps attached to my hand. Lol
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u/grelth 3h ago
we’re in a bind with AI. because i could post some AI tells that I often notice that I have not seen pointed out before, but then I can be certain a bot will read what I’ve observed and then use it to train up and refine future models. so I’m left saying nothing at all, except that soon there will be virtually no way to confidently tell you’re looking at an AI text or photo
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u/VulperaKing 3h ago
What do you mean forgotten? I use that vending machine at least 2 times a week. It has the most delicious warm cola ever.
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u/Electronic-Ideal-964 3h ago
It really sounds interesting. But does the payment cover your gas bills?
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u/Puzzleheaded_Bed9408 2h ago
This post has massive Dorian Smiles Energy https://youtu.be/wbfu39l0kxg
I earn up to $20k a month while working from home, making my own hours, and being my own boss... and you can, too! I earn up to $20k a month while working from home, making my own hours, and being my own boss... and you can, too! I earn up to $20k a month while working from home, making my own hours, and being my own boss... and you can, too! I earn up to $20k a month while working from home, making my own hours, and being my own boss..
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u/CodingNeeL 2h ago
I know older machines used to serve a secret drink if you pressed the correct button combination. But this information is not on the internet, so nobody knows about this. Do you find abandoned machines still stocked with the secret drink?
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u/CodingNeeL 2h ago
I used to do this too! 😁 But then, one time, a machine got angry with me, transformed and walked away. I think that happened because someone was messing with the Allspark. 😅
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u/Endles5Earth 2h ago
I hope you aren’t in America.
That’s $8.59 per machine which is a joke consider travel costs
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u/ElementalWeapon 2h ago
How long did it take to check the 17 machines? $146 seems extremely low, assuming you drove to 17 completely different locations for each one. That had to have taken quite some time.
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u/HoosierHoser44 2h ago
Less than $10 per machine and you have to travel to each one. Better off doing door dash at that point.
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u/Karoly_Nemecsek 1h ago
OP is a clanker, or a human that prompts ai. This whole text reeks of chatgpt, as is OP's whole history.
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u/mtndrewboto 1h ago
I own a vending and soda distribution company. There's no way in the world this is true. This is absolutely a fabrication.
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u/crazedhotpotato 1h ago
This doesn't even make sense. Why would the owner of the machine the person who rents it out and restocks it needs someone else to go out and check on them? Unless they are stealing abandoned vending machines they hear about online this makes no sense.
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u/Responsible-Grand-57 15h ago
How much driving is involved? $146 isn’t a lot of money if your driving large distances between these machines?