Slot Machines for Hair?

People play the slot machines for a lot of reasons, but not usually to make themselves look good. However, two people thought that people might actually put money in a slot machine to do exactly that, and they were right. Neil Mackay and Richard Starrett are the founders of Beautiful Vending, and it is based out of East Kilbride.

They say that they did their research and discovered that the one thing that women could not put in their purses for a night on the town was hair straightener. So they put it in a slot machine and women put their money in to get 90 seconds to use a hair straightening iron.

The company has 900 of their hair straightening slot machines in Britain and another 500 around the world. The two put mostly their own money into the machines, but they have gotten funding from the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme as well. They are expected to make £2 million next year.

The company has protected their intellectual property and filed for patents early on, so that when other companies have tried to operate similar slot machines they won verdicts against them. They say they have gotten a lot of help from the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. They took an SE course that has helped them immensely.

Experts say that they are one of the few companies that might actually make money off of slot machines because not only do they have business savvy, but they are best friends as well.

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