I almost lost my money in a vending machine a few minutes ago. I bought some candy and it got stuck, I rocked the machine, and to no avail it would not budge. so I bought another of the same thing and they both dispensed. Is this some kind of conspiracy since they know most people will either buy the extra one or leave it so they can get more money?
Why haven't they come up with a better vending machine design?
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UnatcoAgent
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I knew you lost your money as soon as I saw the topic. Yeah, it sucks but it's cheap and they might get more $ off you so why would they change it?
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they do have some sweet machines out there, but they cost $$$. That would mean raising the prices in the machines. If they did that you wouldnt buy anything out of them. Then we would have no quick way of getting individually wrapped twinkies. The fat people of the world would revolt and pair up with the starfish, who have been secretly plotting to take over the world for years. The masses would be running in terror as fat, naked people holding sea creatures ran wild. The fat people would plug up all of our sinks and toilettes to flood the streets so the evil starfish could suck all of our toes off, renderring us all helpless.
And all because you didnt get your damn skittles.
And all because you didnt get your damn skittles.
The vending machine in my office just has a little laser at the bottom. When the item falls, the beam gets broken as it falls past and then the machine knows to stop turning the screws.
Simple and effective. I've never lost my money in it, although once whatever I ordered somehow didn't trip the sensor and it gave me 2 :evil:
Simple and effective. I've never lost my money in it, although once whatever I ordered somehow didn't trip the sensor and it gave me 2 :evil:
I like those coffee machines that dispense chicken noodle soup also. Mmmm mmm chicken broth with a noodle in it.
vending machine in my junior high -
they had too many early-morning incidents of kids gathering outside and breaking into the machine, so they covered them with locked gates except for the buttons and retrieval hole.
well little did they know, a foot fit perfectly in the button-hole, and a swift kick to the mechanism at just the right moment (as the thing is turning), would cause the screw to continue turning for about 2 minutes,completely dispensing all of that particular product
we kept it on the down low for a while for fear that would fix it.. then too many people found out about it and they replaced the machine =/ lasted about about a month though the vending machine guy was probably like wtf
oh I also should point out a story about the bottled-water vending machine at my work.. I was buying my girlfriend a water, she happens to work at the same office. well i insert the three quarters, press the button.. and it dispensed the water, and then spit my money back out. I put it back in, and got another water... and my 75 cents back again.
satisfied with just that, I told her about it.. she proceeded to go out and retrieve like 10 free bottles of water from this thing. I was like WTF you are going to get in deep sh!t.. well fortunately nothing happened and she later left the vendor guy a note taped to the machine with some bills
they had too many early-morning incidents of kids gathering outside and breaking into the machine, so they covered them with locked gates except for the buttons and retrieval hole.
well little did they know, a foot fit perfectly in the button-hole, and a swift kick to the mechanism at just the right moment (as the thing is turning), would cause the screw to continue turning for about 2 minutes,completely dispensing all of that particular product
we kept it on the down low for a while for fear that would fix it.. then too many people found out about it and they replaced the machine =/ lasted about about a month though the vending machine guy was probably like wtf
oh I also should point out a story about the bottled-water vending machine at my work.. I was buying my girlfriend a water, she happens to work at the same office. well i insert the three quarters, press the button.. and it dispensed the water, and then spit my money back out. I put it back in, and got another water... and my 75 cents back again.
satisfied with just that, I told her about it.. she proceeded to go out and retrieve like 10 free bottles of water from this thing. I was like WTF you are going to get in deep sh!t.. well fortunately nothing happened and she later left the vendor guy a note taped to the machine with some billsHow'd it get stuck? While it was turning? If so then that's just a crappy job by whoever filled it.
I've been filling machines for going on 6 years now - pretty boring, but it pays the bills....
-Ben-
I've been filling machines for going on 6 years now - pretty boring, but it pays the bills....
-Ben-
Id say spit on the glass that way the vending machine guy has to clean it...your way at getting back at them for screwing you into an additional 60 cents.
My question is why they dont accept charge cards...They would make more money..and it would be a good idea....as long as they dont charge you the 1.50 atm fee
My question is why they dont accept charge cards...They would make more money..and it would be a good idea....as long as they dont charge you the 1.50 atm fee
we are doing this project in Japanese about different parts of the country so our teacher gave us this travel brochure about Japan. It had this whole paragraph in it about how Japan has tons of different vending machines for everything under the sun, and they all work.
Imagine a fat person with a laser pointer. Kind of like the guy that puts money in the paper box and takes all of the papers. At least the latter is not edible.
Cheers!
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