its 2008, so why can't I buy a soda with my cell phone yet?

[IceBergSLiM]

well what the hell is the hold up. I want to goto the dang vending machine and charge some snacks to my phone. This is ludicrous

 

[purbeast0]

SUE THEM!

 

[nakedfrog]

Forget soda, I'm supposed to have been tooling around in a flying car for eight years now! :|

 

[steppinthrax]

Unfortunatley in this country we are not too much of a vending machine culture. If you go to Japan they use vending machines for everything also in a lot of foreign counteries their cell phones can do more. But yes, I remember I was talking to my koren finanance professor and in korea you can wave your cell phone in front of a vending machine and it will make the charge......

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: steppinthrax
Unfortunatley in this country we are not too much of a vending machine culture. If you go to Japan they use vending machines for everything also in a lot of foreign counteries their cell phones can do more. But yes, I remember I was talking to my koren finanance professor and in korea you can wave your cell phone in front of a vending machine and it will make the charge......

It is a billion dollar industry. Thats pretty major.

 

[pontifex]

the machines here at work require exact change. for instance, a can of soda costs $.60. You put 2 quarters and a dime into a tube that is slotted for those coins only. you turn the crank and get your soda.

some candy bars are $.65 - 2 quarters, a dime, and a nickel.

it sucks...luckily the change machines are set up to give you 3 quarters, 2 dimes, and 1 nickel.

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: steppinthrax
Unfortunatley in this country we are not too much of a vending machine culture. If you go to Japan they use vending machines for everything also in a lot of foreign counteries their cell phones can do more. But yes, I remember I was talking to my koren finanance professor and in korea you can wave your cell phone in front of a vending machine and it will make the charge......

It is a billion dollar industry. Thats pretty major.

He is right though. In comparison, we don't use vending machines for nearly as many purposes as a lot of other countries.

 

[AmdEmAll]

The US is a little behind in this technology but its starting to show up now.
MBO

 

[CPA]

And what was this magic leprechaun's name that promised you this?

 

[FoBoT]

when i was in Las Vegas last October staying at the MGM Grand for a business convention i used my corp. CC to buy a $2.75 Dr Pepper out of a vending machine

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
when i was in Las Vegas last October staying at the MGM Grand for a business convention i used my corp. CC to buy a $2.75 Dr Pepper

ouch...$2.75? 20 oz?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: FoBoT
when i was in Las Vegas last October staying at the MGM Grand for a business convention i used my corp. CC to buy a $2.75 Dr Pepper

ouch...$2.75? 20 oz?

yeah, a 20 oz bottle

don't be recockulous, it wasn't a 12 oz can, that would be recockulous!!

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: CPA
And what was this magic leprechaun's name that promised you this?

Dónal Ó Dubhghaill

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: FoBoT
when i was in Las Vegas last October staying at the MGM Grand for a business convention i used my corp. CC to buy a $2.75 Dr Pepper

ouch...$2.75? 20 oz?

yeah, a 20 oz bottle

don't be recockulous, it wasn't a 12 oz can, that would be recockulous!!

2.75 for a 20 oz bottle is recockulous

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: FoBoT
when i was in Las Vegas last October staying at the MGM Grand for a business convention i used my corp. CC to buy a $2.75 Dr Pepper

ouch...$2.75? 20 oz?

yeah, a 20 oz bottle

don't be recockulous, it wasn't a 12 oz can, that would be recockulous!!

2.75 for a 20 oz bottle is recockulous

i expensed it, so <shrug>

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: FoBoT
when i was in Las Vegas last October staying at the MGM Grand for a business convention i used my corp. CC to buy a $2.75 Dr Pepper

ouch...$2.75? 20 oz?

yeah, a 20 oz bottle

don't be recockulous, it wasn't a 12 oz can, that would be recockulous!!

2.75 for a 20 oz bottle is recockulous

Not being able to charge $2.75 for soda using my phone is the pinnacle of recockulousness.

 

[AmpedSilence]

if you want such technology you have to go other fun countries like Japan or South Korea. But in exchange you have to give up the protections and liberties promised to you be the Patriot Act.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Originally posted by: AmpedSilence
if you want such technology you have to go other fun countries like Japan or South Korea. But in exchange you have to give up the protections and liberties promised to you be the Patriot Act.

Ohh..

 

[Wag]

Because the software engineers are all busy watching pr0n on them.

 

[Slew Foot]

Yeah my credit card is maxxed out, now I need to charge things to my cell phone!

 

[Tiamat]

go to japan they probably have something like that there.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: Xavier434

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: steppinthrax
Unfortunatley in this country we are not too much of a vending machine culture. If you go to Japan they use vending machines for everything also in a lot of foreign counteries their cell phones can do more. But yes, I remember I was talking to my koren finanance professor and in korea you can wave your cell phone in front of a vending machine and it will make the charge......

It is a billion dollar industry. Thats pretty major.

He is right though. In comparison, we don't use vending machines for nearly as many purposes as a lot of other countries.

While true, more and more types of vending machines are poping up in Malls.

You can now buy iphones, ipods, etc in vending machins.

Ive also seen cosmetic vending machines, as well as others.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: FoBoT
when i was in Las Vegas last October staying at the MGM Grand for a business convention i used my corp. CC to buy a $2.75 Dr Pepper

ouch...$2.75? 20 oz?

I paid the same price in TI over Christmas. The vendors that supply Texas Tech have installed the same card readers on all the vending machines here.

 

[Pepsei]

you can do that in japan already.... i've actually seen a show on it. but it was in japanese/chinese (on JETTV)

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: FoBoT
when i was in Las Vegas last October staying at the MGM Grand for a business convention i used my corp. CC to buy a $2.75 Dr Pepper

ouch...$2.75? 20 oz?

yeah, a 20 oz bottle

don't be recockulous, it wasn't a 12 oz can, that would be recockulous!!

2.75 for a 20 oz bottle is recockulous

that's Cedar Point pricing... I swore I'd only let the fine folk at CP rape me like that. Although it has occurred elsewhere.