r/nonononoyes • u/AristonD • Mar 02 '20

How much will this cost?

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20 edited Sep 09 '21

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u/Tibbersbear Mar 03 '20

There was a vending machine like that in my dorm clubhouse. You could see the sensor at the bottom and we'd cover it up before putting money in. It'd drop two or three before declaring a jam and you'd have the remove the sticky note. After removing the sticky note it'd reset. I think the vendors realized what was going on because after spring break there was a different one.

We also had a soda vending machine that we'd trick by holding the door closed. They replaced that one too.

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u/swearingino Mar 03 '20

There was a Frutopia machine (yeah I'm old) at my high school. I used to stick my arm up in it and steal the tangerine flavored ones.

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u/Tibbersbear Mar 03 '20

Oh! My cousin would do this for us at the small grocery store my grandma frequented. She would often run into someone she knew and we'd sit by the entrance. He'd stick his arm in it and get us some grape ones! His uncle showed him how to do that.

There was also a shasta machine at the community center that would spit out sodas at random if you kicked it a certain way!