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| Dan Z.
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08-28-2002 05:41 PM ET (US)
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Any idea how much one of these babies costs? Rough ballpark?
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| Stefan Jones
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08-28-2002 05:47 PM ET (US)
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If these things ever make it to San Francisco, they'll have to think up a way to keep squatters from setting up camp in the coin return slot.
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| Stefan Jones
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08-29-2002 02:00 PM ET (US)
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One of the Good Morning America Today AM shows had a demo of the Washington RoboShop. Pretty neat.
I could picture these being set up at commuter rail stations. Say, the CalTrain line (SF to San Jose) or the Portland light rail line.
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| Eli the Bearded
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08-29-2002 02:09 PM ET (US)
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The company's website ( http://www.shop2000online.com/) gives no indication of what these cost. Given that a regular vending machine runs at least $1000, and that the projected revenue (according to a press release) is $12,000 per month on one of these, I'd guess they cost about $50,000 to $100,000. I used a similar machine several years ago in Europe. It was fun and memorable. Brings back longings for Horn & Hardart though. http://www.theautomat.com/inside/history/history.html |
| Jerry Kindall
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08-29-2002 08:37 PM ET (US)
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This is great. All the convenience of a convenience store, none of that annoying "interacting with people" stuff.
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08-29-2002 10:58 PM ET (US)
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I can't seem to read the Times article to see if they've mentioned this (or if you are talking about something entirely different), but York, PA actually had the first Shop2000 as of May of last year. Here are some pictures. |
| chico haas
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08-30-2002 06:01 PM ET (US)
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It's a new millenium for the Mob.
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| Celia Marsh
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09-03-2002 12:19 AM ET (US)
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I assume your link is the same as this one, basically: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...3689-2002Aug29.htmlIt's right up the road from me--I walk by it when I go out for dinner. I'm very amused by it. Me and a friend stood and watched while someone bought something just so they could see how it works (and we weren't the only people stoping to watch, including, ironically, the 4 or 5 people in there who were working inside it.) And please, so it's not that cute. At least it's cuter than a parking lot. :) It's all refridgerated, cause it has milk or some such, so you could buy refridgerated toilet paper, if the spirt moved you thus. |
