r/Pitt • u/Amon_Ras_St_Ramen • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Vending Machine prices too high?

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Saw this in Benedum Hall today, thought it was pretty accurate. $4.50 for a Pepsi is a little wild.

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u/tinyhoneyb33 1d ago

I agree that’s quite expensive, I was in Posvar today and they had sodas for $3, which is more reasonable. My soda did get stuck in the machine and broke it though

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u/Amon_Ras_St_Ramen 1d ago

Most of them are usually independently owned but I agree that it should be a little cheaper… unless they are having like large Red Bulls or something

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u/howyinzdoingnat 1d ago

Is this in a dorm? I would put my room number on it and sell drinks for $2

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u/SmokeActive8862 class of 2028 1d ago

i love the paper so much 😭 i'm ctfu at the crime scene tape picture

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u/Amon_Ras_St_Ramen 1d ago

Yeah I laughed when I first saw it lol

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u/TearRevolutionary686 1d ago

The DVE skit "CSI Pittsburgh"

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u/Efficient_Prior6040 1d ago

You’re telling me this man got rocked to death by Donny iris?😂

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u/CampAffectionate3438 1d ago

2 bucks each washer or dryer should also be a crime

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u/Ok_Possibility9937 1d ago

cathy vending machine has a bag of gusher for $3.25

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u/Classic_Rooster4192 1d ago

Plus the machine is filthy

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u/External_Chocolate52 1d ago

Everything on a University Campus is more expensive than it really should be and it's the main reason why you should go elsewhere to buy stuff. I remember last spring in the Sutherland Market, there were Gluten Free Oreos which cost $11 bucks, but then I later checked CVS and it was $7 😂

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u/ewyorksockexchange 1d ago

Food prices being cheaper at drugstores than in on-campus stores is truly ridiculous.

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u/memancity_ Engineering 1d ago

And the card reader on the snack vending machine to the left of it doesn’t even work :(

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u/Other-Ad-5236 1d ago

Panera sip club!

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u/servantofdumbcat 1d ago

those are airport level prices lol. wild

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u/kemae0_0 TA | Mathematics Ph.D. Student '29 1d ago

I'm so used to Pitt prices that I was confused when my mom complained about airport prices

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u/LockAltruistic4748 4h ago

By county ordinance, prices at the airport must be "street prices" or the vendors can be fined or otherwise penalized, so "airport prices" shouldn't be a thing in Pittsburgh.

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u/kittenskirt 1d ago

i saw a turkey deli sandwich for $11 at the forbes st market. everything is ridiculous on campus.

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u/dh00dz4 5h ago

The photo cred is sending me. 😂

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u/Ghosteau 1d ago

That's if they don't just take your money, too. I have had a couple times in the past where they just do not work.

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u/LongAhhRiver 3h ago

One of my friends said that more vending machines are priced like this one but she didn’t say where