Mike,
Any way you could get a blog going of what movies and the quantity of each title owners are putting in. I would certain post my weekly strategies. This would help everyone new and old to this venture. We could enter in something like what's below.
3 Pineapple Express (selling one on Ebay immediately after the first weekend)
2 Righteous Kill
1 Wackness
1 Babalon AD
Walmart ($105.00)
Regards,
Cedric
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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3 Pineapple Express
2 Righteous Kill+1 blu ray
2 Babylon AD
2 Disaster Movie
All doing pretty well except Babylon AD.
Blu ray went out once so far
3 Righteous Kill
3 Pineapple Express
2 Babylon A. D.
2 Pineapple express (college apts)
I am not getting good rentals out of Pineapple express at my grocery store location. Righteous kill, I can not keep it in the machine. My grocery store customers enjoy comedy and action movies the most, but college varity of comedy, aka pineapple express, forgetting sarah marshall, and etc do not do well.
Forgetting Sarah marshal did great for me, as is Pineapple Express. I'm in a grocery store.
When you sell movies on Amazon or Ebay, do you remove the rfid tag and get all the goo off or leave it on? I take it off and put cover in a clean case. Rfid is a pain to get off, am I wasting my time?
HI everyone I'm new to this blog. I have 2 kiosk and live in California. I am about to get my machines placed and wanted some help. My machine is totally empty and wanted to ask if you all could recommend your best titles, I need to fill my machine with about 60 dvd's and will put about 30 different titles. I know everyone is different, just want to try and put the best titles in so my kiosk will have the best start.
Thanks, Vinnie
P.S.
Mr. Weiland thanks for this blog, I just started to follow it and it is great!
Hi Vinnie,
Nice to have you on board. I've always done really well with the action movies and comedy flicks. I don't really ever do well with Drama's or the gross stuff like SAW.. My customers also do a couple of the kids movies but I always have problems with the parents giving the videos to the kids and they get scratched up. I like Action, Thriller and comedy. They always do best for me. Good idea not filling your machine up right away! The best of luck to ya!
Sincerely,
Mike Weiland
Rhonda Young from VPD sent this today. This might help some of you that are just starting out in the biz..
66th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Winners announced on Sunday, January 11th.
Best Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Other Nominees:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Other Nominees:Burn After Reading (2008)
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
In Bruges (2008)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)
Other Nominees:Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road (2008)
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sean Penn for Milk (2008)
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road (2008)
Other Nominees:Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)
Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008)
Kristin Scott Thomas for Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER Colin Farrell for In Bruges (2008)
Other Nominees:Javier Bardem for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
James Franco for Pineapple Express (2008)
Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges (2008)
Dustin Hoffman for Last Chance Harvey (2008)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Other Nominees:Rebecca Hall for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Frances McDormand for Burn After Reading (2008)
Meryl Streep for Mamma Mia! (2008)
Emma Thompson for Last Chance Harvey (2008)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)
Other Nominees:Tom Cruise for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Ralph Fiennes for The Duchess (2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)
Other Nominees:Amy Adams for Doubt (2008)
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Viola Davis for Doubt (2008)
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)
Best Director - Motion Picture
WINNER Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Other Nominees:Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road (2008)
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
WINNER Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy
Other Nominees:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin
Swicord
Doubt (2008): John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan
The Reader (2008): David Hare
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
WINNER The Wrestler (2008)("The Wrestler")
Other Nominees:Bolt (2008)("I Thought I Lost You")
Cadillac Records (2008)("Once in a Lifetime")
Gran Torino (2008)("Gran Torino")
WALL·E (2008)("Down to Earth")
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
WINNER Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman
Other Nominees:Changeling (2008): Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat
Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard
Frost/Nixon (2008): Hans Zimmer
Best Animated Film
WINNER WALL·E (2008)
Other Nominees:Bolt (2008)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER Vals Im Bashir (2008)
Other Nominees:Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)
Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (2008)
Gomorra (2008)
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)
Best Television Series - Drama
WINNER "Mad Men" (2007)
Other Nominees:"Dexter" (2006)
"House M.D." (2004)
"In Treatment" (2008)
"True Blood" (2007)
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER "30 Rock" (2006)
Other Nominees:"Californication" (2007)
"Entourage" (2004)
"The Office" (2005)
"Weeds" (2005)
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER "John Adams" (2008)
Other Nominees:Bernard and Doris (2007)
"Cranford" (2007)
A Raisin in the Sun (2008) (TV)
Recount (2008) (TV)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for
Television
WINNER Paul Giamatti for "John Adams" (2008)
Other Nominees:Ralph Fiennes for Bernard and Doris (2007)
Kevin Spacey for Recount (2008) (TV)
Kiefer Sutherland for 24: Redemption (2008) (TV)
Tom Wilkinson for Recount (2008) (TV)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for
Television
WINNER Laura Linney for "John Adams" (2008)
Other Nominees:Judi Dench for "Cranford" (2007)
Catherine Keener for An American Crime (2007)
Shirley MacLaine for Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)
Susan Sarandon for Bernard and Doris (2007)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Other Nominees:Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Kevin Connolly for "Entourage" (2004)
David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)
Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Other Nominees:Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)
America Ferrera for "Ugly Betty" (2006)
Debra Messing for "The Starter Wife" (2008)
Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER Gabriel Byrne for "In Treatment" (2008)
Other Nominees:Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers for "The Tudors" (2007)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER Anna Paquin for "True Blood" (2007)
Other Nominees:Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series
or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER Tom Wilkinson for "John Adams" (2008)
Other Nominees:Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)
Denis Leary for Recount (2008) (TV)
Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)
Blair Underwood for "In Treatment" (2008)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series
or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER Laura Dern for Recount (2008) (TV)
Other Nominees:Eileen Atkins for "Cranford" (2007)
Melissa George for "In Treatment" (2008)
Rachel Griffiths for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Dianne Wiest for "In Treatment" (2008)
Rhonda Young
VPD, Inc.
Vending Sales Representative
800.366.2111 ext 2392
916.605.2392 (direct line)
916.605.2455 (fax)
This is my list for January
Bancock Dangerous
Babalon AD
Swing Vote
My Best Friends Girl
MAX PAYNE
Igor
Lake View Terrace
Fire Proof
Open Season 2
I too have found that Drama, Horror & low budget movies don't rent very well, also my Bluray DVD are not renting. For Feb and March the choices for good rental DVDs seems to be quite small.
A site that helped me a little when I started in Oct is
www.the-numbers.com
It gives top rental, box office numbers and rotten tomato percentage.
www.rottentomatoes.com also a good site.
recent movies that did well for me
Wanted
Burn after reading
Dark Knight
Horten hears a who
step brothers
death race
Does anyone every monitor the number of movies that are in their kiosk according to their rating? What I mean is does anyone make sure that 30% or 50% of their movies are PG, 20% PG13, and/or 40% are R/UR? (NOTE: these percentages I just pulled out of my head)
I am curious as to what movies everyone is putting in their kiosks the weeks of Feb 3rd, Feb 24th and March 17th. From what I can see there are no good choices.
We were kind of noticing the same thing.
Secret Life of Bees
Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
W.
Nights in Rodanthe
Quarantine
Body of Lies
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
There really isn't much more that's worth it. People just don't rent to rent. They want to rent good stuff. I think February will be cold here too...
Mike Weiland
http://readydvd..com
Hi all! I'm just starting, too, placing my first machine this Wednesday so this was great timing for me, thanks for all the great advise, it's all a bit overwhelming right now...
Hi Mike,
Love the Blog! I've found about $150 a month in savings through your tips with 2 machines and a 3rd being put in next week. 11 months in business and this is by far the most valuable help that I've found!
I'm also putting in Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist 2/3/09
Twilight comes out Saturday 2/21/09
Thanks for the comments Andrew! I appreciate it. I am very glad to have all of you on board. If we can save money by using each other's ideas, this blog is worth the work for me.
Sincerely,
Mike Weiland
http://readydvd.com
Vinnie,
I have some titles for sale included RFID tags already installed if you are interested. I have a list I can email to you. It will save a lot of time and some $$ for you as well.
chris@dvdexpressaz.com
Thanks!
Chris
02/03/09
SPACE BUDDIES 1
SECRET LIFE OF BEES, THE(WS) 2
NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLI 2
02/06/09
MADAGASCAR(WS)ESCAPE 2 AFRICA 4
02/10/09
BLINDNESS 2
W 2
NIGHTS IN RODANTHE 2
02/17/09
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 2
QUARANTINE 3
BODY OF LIES (WS) 3
03/03/09
BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA 3
AUSTRALIA 3
03/21/09
TWILIGHT 3
03/22/09
BOLT (3DISC/BLU/DIGITAL/DVD) 2
Getting 2 of these, they come with DVDs as well
03/24/09
BOLT (WS)3
QUANTUM OF SOLACE (WS)3
QUANTUM OF SOLACE (BLU) 1
GRUDGE 3, THE (WS) 2
Bolt on Blu ray comes out 2 days before the DVD, and includes a regular DVD. I think there is a week missing. I have to check. End of Feb to begining of Mar.
How are your rentals for max payne?
Excellent. Always seem to be out.
Mike Weiland
http://readydvd.com
Great for me too
Go here.
http://www.videobusiness.com/index.asplayout=marketData&content=topvideorenters
It's #1. I print out the top 10 and
put it on the kiosk every week. I also subscribe to the print edition of this mag, it's free and has great info on the DVD industry.
strange thing. I didn't have a rental on either kiosk for max payne until today.. it was almost like it was invisible. I couldn't figure it out. Hopefully now it will get lots of rentals. thanks for your input everyone.
Lady hawk, hang in there, it take a few weeks/months to figure this thing out.
I have been at it 5 months and am just getting somewhat comfortable.
Diane, I too have not had the best success with Max Payne, don’t know why
02/24/09
I see nothing – guess I’ll go with nothing
Movies for March
03/03/09
AUSTRALIA -2
BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA -2
03/10/09
TRANSPORTER 3 -2
Role Models – 2 (universal)
3/17/09 –
Elegy (4 mill) and Punisher: war zone (8 Mill) are about the only choice. But I don’t think I am gong to waste the money.
03/21/09
TWILIGHT -2
03/24/09
BOLT – 2
QUANTUM OF SOLACE - 3
3/31/09
SEVEN POUNDS -2
I have about decided to quit putting only one copy of a movie in my Kiosks, if it’s not worth buying 2 copies, I just get another copy of one that is. My 2 cents
On my previous post listing I left out 3/10. I have to make some adjustments.
I now have on order
TRANSPORTER 3 (WS/FF) 3
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED(WS) 2
CADILLAC RECORDS (WS) 2
I didn't realize 2 from Universal were out on this date
Milk and Role Models. I will get 2 of each of these but need to get rid of either Rachel or Cadillac. What is your opinion?
I will also cancel 1 of the Transporter 3 for a total of 2.
Thanks
Hello to Mike and all. I have been following the blog since September 08 and find it to be great. I plan on placing 2 kiosk in the next few days. Thank you all for the great comments which has and will help me and Mike for your dedication to the blog. I look forward to sharing any info that will help us all succeed.
Thanks,
Robb
Thanks Robb!
This blog is as much yours as it is mine. I've learned a ton of stuff from it and I've made some great friends from it. You guys are all awesome!
Mike Weiland
I just started 2 kiosks this month (Feb) THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for this blog. It has a ton of great info. I have a kiosk in a pharmacy in a small town and it is just beginning to pick up some. And I am currently working with a location company to place my 2nd machine. I have adjusted my ordering to reflect what I have seen here. Where do you have better luck selling your used inventory? Ebay, Amazon, Other? How do you know where to put your price ffor the used inventory?
Thanks
Zack Stubbs
I personally don't sell anything or have to worry about it. All of my locations sell them for me. I believe that Rich Comeux uses Amazon.
Thanks for the comments!
Sincerely,
Mike Weiland
http://readydvd.com
I use Amazon. They have a high commision but it's easy and Amazon is where people look for movies.
I look at the used price for the movie. Ex. if the low price for a movie is in a range of 6 to 8 dollars I go about 7.50. Anything less than 7 I send back to VPD for 5.50, if that is what you use. Universal movies I sell for what I can get, can't send them to VPD.
I have one c-store that sells my DVDs for me.
I made a box that sits on their counter next to the register, I pay them $2 a movie and they cut me a check once a month. There is a blockbuster across the street, I check their price and keep mine a buck lower. I also include a coupon with 2 FNF codes. They really like it. I keep it clean and stocked, they take the risk on theft and we both profit.
Thanks Curtis great advice!
Just looked over my April order form. Is it just me or does it look awful thin on choices? Anybody gonna order Doubt or The Wrestler? Not counting Universal titles I only come up with 6 movies I want to order for the whole month. (And I think Despereaux is the only Universal I'll get).
utchuckd,
I agree, there are very few choices most of them are in the first week, I was not going to purchase "doubt, but there is nothing the rest of the month.
Hopefully VPD will add more.
I was looking at the spirit, but it got very low ratings. I hate to buy movies just put something in the kiosk.
3 weeks without any new choices in our kiosk will really hurt.
Maybe this is why Redbox is adding an
"old favorites" section
4/7/09
Bed Time Stories
Yes Man
Tales of Despereaux (Walmart)
Doubt....thinking about it
4/14/09
The Spirit...Hmmm
4/21/09
???
4/28/09
???
Curtis
Mine looks like yours, but I had Day the Earth Stood Still instead of Doubt on 4/7. I'm probably not gonna order Doubt because there are 3-4 others that week, but I may order The Wrestler because it's the only thing that week.
Also, Bride Wars is out 4/28. I'll be getting that.
Donnie
A quick comment for now. I will have my April selections later.
I look at it this way. March has a lot of hit movies that should keep people busy for a while. Bolt, 007, Twilight, Slumdog Mill, 7 Pounds. A lot is being spent that month. I see april as a break in spending and should be offset from the money made from the March titles.
I took a long shot and ordered The Cake Eaters. It has the star from Twilight and is only $15.00.
Has anybody looked at the flexplay 'no return' dvds? Are they strictly their own company or do they set up dealers? I'm not sure what to think about them. I like the idea but $4-5 may be too steep.
Hi Donnie
What is flexplay?
I don't like the idea of the "rental" version of the movies that we have to order. I just got Twilight and the UPC don't even come up on amazon. I get rid of most my movies on amazon. These will be impossible to sell. And VPD lowered the buyback to $5.00 and only 60 days old now.
Does anyone use amazon prime and do the movies come in on time. I ordered from walmart.com and they came on the Monday before street date, but are a little higher than amazon.
I order movies from Amazon with their Prime membership only for the Universal titles we can’t get from VPD. They have always arrived on time but we do get them just the Monday before they street. (one day early). Please keep in mind that we haven’t used this too much, as 95% of our movies come from VPD.
Michelle Weiland
Financial Analyst
Flexplay is a 'no-return' dvd. Basically the way they are made after they are opened and exposed to air it starts a chemical reaction which will make the dvd unusable after 2 days. So you pay $5 for it then whenever you want to watch it you open the pack and have 2 days to watch it. It comes shrink wrapped in a cardboard sleeve, so there's not a regular case with it, but it could be stuck in a case and loaded in a machine. I've seen them at a c-store I stop at occasionally. They retail around $5 from what I've seen, which may price them out of our business (depending on what they might cost, if we can even get them).
I'm thinking my VPD buyback is about to be a non-issue anymore. I'm getting my orders dialed in, but it's a less than my original plans (2 copies max of a movie, 2-3 titles a week). So with less movies going in, to keep the machine stocked they won't be rotating out as much so movies are going to stay in the machine longer, therefore reducing much of the buyback program monies. Either that or pull them out anyway and keep the machine halfway stocked.
Thanks Michelle
I think the amazon prime will work for me. I can't sell the used movies in the store. I rely on amazon to sell used movies and the upc#s for these Fox/MGM rentals versions just wont cut it. I will have to buy the sell through version just so I can sell them used. I think the price should be very cheaper on the rental version through VPD. I think Twilight was .50 cheaper.
One bright spot for me is for some reason I have had over 50 sales this year from customers keeping them longer than 12 days. and I have only lost 4. Right now I have 2 kiosks with 8-10 empty slots
I am also tring some thing new this week. I ordered 3 copies of Australia for each machine and it has almost paid for it's self.(yeah) I can see the rentals have slowed on Australia. So I am pulling 1 copy from each machine and selling them $14.99 at one of my C-stores. ( I 'll let you know what happens).
We are going to have to get more creative, the rental business is changing, the studios are getting harder to work with, movies on the internet and on demand will become more and more main stream. It a good business but we all have to find our niche.
April Movies
4/7/08 BIg Week
Yes Man - 2 copies each
Bed Time Stories - 2 copies each
The Day the earth stood still - 2 copies each
Tales of Despereaux - 1 copy each from Wallmart.
4/14/09
(empty)
4/21/09
The Wrestler - still thinking
4/28/09
Hotel for Dogs - 2 copies
Nothing but the truth - 2 copies (looks like a good one)
I saw something like Flexplay at Staples. They statrted offering it about 9 months ago. $5 for a two day rental that you don't have to return. I noticed this week Staples still has it except now they are on "Sale" for $1. I also noticed that it looks like the same inventorry that they started with; all the movies were 9-12 months old. Looks like it's not working; at leaset not for Staples.
April 7 (maybe April 5), Bedtime Stories (2009) - 5 copies
April 7, Day The Earth Stood Still, The (2009) - 4 copies
April 7, Doubt - 2 copies
April 7, Yes Man - 4 copies
April 7, Tale Of Despereaux - 3 copies
April 14, Spirit, The - 2 copies
April 21, Wrestler, The - 2 copies
April 21, Frost Nixon - 2 copies
April 28, Bride Wars - 3 copies
April 28, Hotel For Dogs - 3 copies
How many of you order more than 2, maybe 3 copies of a movie? What level of box office do you look for? I'm trying to find the balance between ordering enough stock to rotate movies out quick enough and not lose most of the buyback money, and not over ordering and killing my cash flow. Granted this probably depends on your average rentals a night, so I've got some more work to do on finding better locations.
Michelle and I hardly ever buy more than 2 movies of one title unless it's an absolute blockbuster. We limit our videos to under $400 per machine a month. That's basically 20 movies. It's been a happy balance for us for quite some time. We also sell the movies that come out to our locations.
Sincerely,
Mike Weiland
http://readydvd.com
4/5
BEDTIME STORIES(2009/BLU/3DISC 1
4/7
BEDTIME STORIES(2009/WS) 2
DAY THE EARTH STOOD(09/BLU/RNT 1
DAY THE EARTH STOOD(09/RENTAL) 3
DOUBT (WS) 2
YES MAN (WS/FF) 3
4/14
SPIRIT, THE (WS/FF) 2
4/21
NOTORIOUS (WS/2008/RENTAL) 3
WRESTLER, THE (WS/RENTAL) 3
4/28
HOTEL FOR DOGS (WS) 3
UNINVITED, THE (WS/2008) 3
BRIDE WARS (WS/RENTAL) 3
Did not see frost Nixon, if Universal will get 3
I may cancel all fox orders. So far I see no way to sell the rental version of Twilight on Amazon. I will see how it goes with Marley and Slumdog.
Anybody looking at May yet? Looks like one or two solid/decent picks each week except the last (5/28).
Is anyone getting the After Dark Horrorfest III, 8 horror movies for around 90.00
What does all think about the fox rental version we have to order from VPD. I rely on Amazon to sell the movies and the can't even sell twilight.
Seems things are getting a little tougher in the biz with the movie biz. We are pretty happy with what VPD. Why would you like anything other than the VPD version? For Resale?
Mike Weiland
http://readydvd.com
Selling the movies will be hard. The UPCs don't come up on amazon. Some are only 2 disk set when searching for them. Unless I find another way to sell them. Selling in the host store is not an option.
Oh, I see. Hey, have you noticed the private site and how busy it has become?
Mike Weiland
http://readydvd.com
I still can't get on. It still says pending for me.
Hello, I want to thank everyone for the posts for new kiosk owners. My wife and I just started in the kiosk biz. Company is movie bin, we have 2 of the 250 systems going into a c-store and a grocery store in early may. My intention is not to fill the 250 system full of movies but put in about 80 to 100 per machine. Any comments in regards to the amount of movies? Do I order all the movies from VPD? (account just set-up) or can I order some older titles from ebay? Just trying to save on the initial movie investment and initial selection of titles. Thanks in advance.
Bill Karris
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