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WiBu · 05-22-2006, 01:00 PM

Federated Department Stores Inc., the parent company of Macy’s, has recently announced that it will be installing vending machines that will dispense iPods at 180 Macy’s stores across the U.S.

It is not known if Macy's are working with Zoom, the company responsible for vending machines found at several major U.S airports such as Atlanta and San Francisco.

BiT · 05-22-2006, 01:39 PM

Damn, I hope these things will come to The Netherlands soon...
I'd love to see one

nedthehead · 05-22-2006, 04:20 PM

I dont want my iPod falling 5 feet onto a hard plastic floorboard though

.Id think there may be Harddrive issues

gabe · 05-22-2006, 04:45 PM

Ha, we may be able to get free iPods as they are now in a dispenser! We can hack coke dispensers now, why not iPod dispensers?

WiBu · 05-22-2006, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nedthehead

I dont want my iPod falling 5 feet onto a hard plastic floorboard though

.Id think there may be Harddrive issues

I don't think they will be as crude as the traditional vending machines. From what I know they are slid on to a moving platform and then lifted to the dispensing area.

Blazer · 05-22-2006, 08:20 PM

that is kind of cool

fm · 05-22-2006, 10:02 PM

What about the security.
This is like the first vending machine ive heard off that sells $300 products.
Wouldnt it be easier to steal them.
The theifs wont need to point a gun at a person no more to take it. All he or she has to do is break it down and take all the iPod he or she can hold.
Or is there going to be a security guard on patrol 24/7?

gabe · 05-23-2006, 02:10 AM

Probs not. Also, they would have alarms if you break the glass, but just plug out the pulg from the back & smash the glass, whoa, that's $10,000 worth of stolen goods!!

Kreator · 05-23-2006, 02:20 AM

I think that the glass would be stronger then the glass found in normal vending machines.

My opinion? Putting them in vending machines is a bad idea. I would prefer to buy something of that price at an actual store, where refunds etc are easy to get.

SoxFan33 · 05-23-2006, 06:24 AM

if they are putting them in a macy's, why don't they just sell them regularly? they'd probably make more money that way

05-22-2006, 01:00 PM		#1
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05-22-2006, 01:39 PM		#2
	BiT Poo. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Posts: 4,610	Damn, I hope these things will come to The Netherlands soon... I'd love to see one

05-22-2006, 04:20 PM		#3
	nedthehead New iPodder Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 18	I dont want my iPod falling 5 feet onto a hard plastic floorboard though .Id think there may be Harddrive issues

05-22-2006, 04:45 PM		#4
	gabe I'm still a member? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Where's Wally? Posts: 1,397	Ha, we may be able to get free iPods as they are now in a dispenser! We can hack coke dispensers now, why not iPod dispensers?

05-22-2006, 08:20 PM		#6
	Blazer Skilled iPodder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ur Mom's House Posts: 492	that is kind of cool

05-22-2006, 10:02 PM		#7
	fm -_- Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,483	What about the security. This is like the first vending machine ive heard off that sells $300 products. Wouldnt it be easier to steal them. The theifs wont need to point a gun at a person no more to take it. All he or she has to do is break it down and take all the iPod he or she can hold. Or is there going to be a security guard on patrol 24/7?

05-23-2006, 02:10 AM		#8
	gabe I'm still a member? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Where's Wally? Posts: 1,397	Probs not. Also, they would have alarms if you break the glass, but just plug out the pulg from the back & smash the glass, whoa, that's $10,000 worth of stolen goods!!

05-23-2006, 02:20 AM		#9
	Kreator Former dictator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 9,339	I think that the glass would be stronger then the glass found in normal vending machines. My opinion? Putting them in vending machines is a bad idea. I would prefer to buy something of that price at an actual store, where refunds etc are easy to get.

05-23-2006, 06:24 AM		#10
	SoxFan33 iPodder Supremus Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: US of A Posts: 2,221	if they are putting them in a macy's, why don't they just sell them regularly? they'd probably make more money that way