Vend-ucation's Jim Dillingham Explains New Bluetooth-Based Cashless Vending System

Jim Dillingham, owner of Vend-ucation, a Dunbarton, N.H.-based vending resource, explains the benefits of a new cashless system called Virtual Universale Wireless Interface (VUWI) in an interview with Tom Shivers for The Vending Business Show sponsored by A&M Equipment Sales Inc., a vending equipment dealer based in Lithonia, Ga. Dillingham notes the VUWI is being beta tested. The Bluetooth-based system allows a customer to download a mobile phone app and authorize a credit card purchase from a vending machine.

The Vending Business Show is a series of podcasts residing on A&M Equipment’s Website, www.amequipmentsales.com. These are educational interviews that discuss the nuts and bolts of the vending business.