I usually avoid them because of the mark-up, but yesterday I was in the mood for a soda and didn’t feel like going into a store and interacting with the cashier, so I bought one out of a vending machine. I enjoyed it. What about you? When was the last time you used a vending machine, and what did you buy?

  • @SnowMeowXP@lemmy.world
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    810 months ago

    Vending Machines are the best in Japan! While my last purchase was just a Fanta drink, I have been able to buy hot coffee and soup. Something different from the usual cold drink or snack.

    Oh wait. I bought on the spot cotton candy and orange juice made from a vending machine in Singapore.

  • @xarexyouxmadx@lemmy.world
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    410 months ago

    I can’t remember. It’s been such a long time. Usually vending machines don’t have anything I want anyway since I don’t drink soda and rarely eat junk food and that’s the overwhelming majority of what I see in vending machines at least where I live

  • @9point6@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I pretty much never use them in my home country, but I will raid them whenever I’m on holiday somewhere—gotta experience the local snacks and soft drinks

    Last thing I bought was a citrus and mint sprite in Morocco (it was great)

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    10 months ago

    My last job. They had decent stuff when it was stocked. eg. Iced coffee, smoked almonds, jerky, juice

    It was a lot more cenvenient than going to the canteen especially in the winter. And I made enough money that it didnt really matter if it was sold at a premium or not.

    Now im more worried about all of that stuff being rather unhealthy.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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    10 months ago

    Maybe 4 or 5 months ago. Used to get a soda from the machine in my apartment’s pool area once in a while because they were only $1. They randomly jacked the price up to $3.50 in a day and I haven’t use that machine, or any other, since.

  • @Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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    310 months ago

    Bought a bag of chips and it got stuck, but it didn’t charge me-- I guess they detect when the item falls down now? Pretty neat.

  • cheesymoonshadow
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    310 months ago

    Two weeks ago at work during my break. I ate an apple that I had brought but wanted something salty, so I bought a bag of Sun Chips. Usually I’ll buy a bigger bag of chips at the grocery store and keep it in my work locker, but I didn’t have any that day.

  • @rompe@lemm.ee
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    310 months ago

    Three weeks ago I bought some freshly baked pizza from a vending machine. It was quite ok.

  • slazer2au
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    310 months ago

    Last thing I purchased from a vending machine was a LC to LC SMOF cable because the one i had was too short.

    This was at a datacenter where you could buy small nick backs like cables and cagenuts in the break room.

  • Call me Lenny/LeniM
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    310 months ago

    I ordered some reeses pieces from the vending machine at the laundromat. It just took my money though.

  • mommykink
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    210 months ago

    I ate almost exclusively out of a vending machine when I was at uni, which would make it about 6 years ago at the most recent.

    A Welch’s grape juice and a bag of baked plain chips. Not the best diet in the world

  • @willya@lemmyf.uk
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    210 months ago

    Used a cotton candy vending machine at the mall with my 4 year old not that long ago.

  • Iapar
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    210 months ago

    I never did that in my life come to think of it.