Depending on the location, i.e. whether the snack vending machine is located inside an office, or in a school or college or in a mall; the products available in the snack vending machines will vary. Some vendors are so responsive to individual preferences that they will even stock certain products which may have a limited market, but regular customers who are disappointed at not getting them. While potato chips and other traditional crisps, chocolates and confectionary are good snacks, having to snack off them on a daily basis can pose health threats. This is why many schools in UK and USA have banned snack vending machines from vending junk food. Also the vendor needs to pay close attention to the date of expiry of packaged snacks. The best place to source snack vending machines for sale is in the manufacturer's office. There are many companies which offer special terms to customers who buy from them directly. Whether you need to buy just one snack vending machine or several, these companies often have schemes from which you can benefit. Remember, every snack vending machine for sale is not an old or defunct machine. It could just be a marketing ploy of the manufacturer to sell all available pieces of a specific run so as to introduce a model which could have some new features and/or be higher priced. When you are looking at snack vending machines for sale, look at their footprint and match it with the available space. After all you may not need the kind of Japanese vending machine which offers all kinds of products from umbrellas, beer, eggs, flowers, shoes, batteries, etc to live products like live lobsters where customers catch the lobsters themselves using the crane.