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So, a few days ago, I was at work and during my shift, I was thirsty and felt like having a coke from the coke machine in the back of the store. I put in the usual 50 cents, pulled out my drink, and proceeded to start walking away when there was a most unusual series of events...

kathump, kathump

Odd, I thought as I returned to withdraw the two free extra sodas. No sooner had I done this, two more popped out.

"You've got to be kidding me." I said, withdrawing those as well.

And it happened again multiples times, until at least two minutes later, I was sitting there with 28 Cokes and laughing at the absurdity of it all.

For you who even care, that's 1.7 cents per can of soda.

Apparently, I've won the random ghost Coke Lottery that day...

Then, yesterday, I was at another location, getting something to drink from another drink dispenser several miles away and at my university when the same thing happened. Only this time, it was just two bottles...

I'm starting to think it's got something to do with the luck of the Irish or something...and it's not even St. Patrick's Day yet... O_o

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*waits for "stab in the face" button for lucky bastards*

Geez, so that's where all the times my money gets eaten by the vending machine goes to. :p

Mmm...free soda....*drools*

My boyfriend found a $100 bill on the sidewalk a couple months ago. We had dinner at the finest restaurant in town. :cool:

Well yes...that does explain that phenomenon Dinaverg.

JuNii, Coca-cola for some odd reason doesn't want our machine, despite it's recent malfunction. I think they might even be afraid of it. Just imagine going to sleep each night, watching that closet door, waiting for the coke machine to jump out firing projectiles at you...

Scared yet?

And it happened again multiples times, until at least two minutes later, I was sitting there with 28 Cokes and laughing at the absurdity of it all.

For you who even care, that's 1.7 cents per can of soda.you have a vending maching that only costs $.50 a can?!? WTF!!! take a picture of it before they take it away!

*has experienced his first time warp!*

Whee!

Happened with a cig machine once. It spat out the wrong brand, so I threw the packet at it & Ta-Daa! Out came 21 packs of Camel Filters. I have to admit I thought someone was taking the piss, but nothing happened. Returning to the squat loaded with free cigs was a major hit though :)

Happened with a cig machine once. It spat out the wrong brand, so I threw the packet at it & Ta-Daa! Out came 21 packs of Camel Filters. I have to admit I thought someone was taking the piss, but nothing happened. Returning to the squat loaded with free cigs was a major hit though :)

I'm just jealous you even HAVE cigarette machines somewhere.

At school, went to choclate machine ( back before all this healthy eating stuff and healthy vending machines) bought a Mars Bar for 30p.....and then Mars Bar avalanche! 40 Mars Bars! Kept some for myself...sold others for profit.

you have a vending maching that only costs $.50 a can?!? WTF!!! take a picture of it before they take it away!
Sodas from the machine at my office are only $.60 each... Why, how much is it if you use a normal vending machine?

I got a windfall in the neighbourhood of $600 while I was at uni, when ATMs failed to register some of my withdrawals from my bank account. Actually, come to think of it, it might have been the same ATM each time. Never really thought about it till now.

but since I was so honest, I returned the money into the slot machine. :p

I returned most of the sodas too... I figured if I had good luck one time, I wouldn't want to screw that up if I ever decide to put a buck into the real lottery...

Well yes...that does explain that phenomenon Dinaverg.

JuNii, Coca-cola for some odd reason doesn't want our machine, despite it's recent malfunction. I think they might even be afraid of it. Just imagine going to sleep each night, watching that closet door, waiting for the coke machine to jump out firing projectiles at you...

Scared yet?not the coke machines here... they jam so often the repair man is here more often then the guy to refill the machine. :p


Oh and my Vending machine story...

At las Vegas, I put in a $5 bill but the machine only regestered $1. Naturally I complained, and insisted that the proof would be in the machine's hopper (where it collects the bills.) I purposely stood by the machine and did not tamper with the buttons so any review of security cameras would show me putting the bill in and not pressing the slot button.

so the tech came out and sure enough, the top bill was a 5. so they reset it and the tech refunded me (via coins) the difference... except the tech didn't count the money and gave me back $6.75... not counting the dollar credit still in the slot machine.

but since I was so honest, I returned the money into the slot machine. :p

Sodas from the machine at my office are only $.60 each... Why, how much is it if you use a normal vending machine?

If you're talking 12-oz. cans, they're usually at least $0.65 here, with bottles, the 16-oz. or 20-oz. size, often running as much as $1.50.

HA! At the place I work it's 25 cents a can.

Where do you work? Coca-Cola? Or maybe Bangladesh?

HA! At the place I work it's 25 cents a can.

Is it "quality brand" like Coca-cola, or is it cheap store brand soda?

So, a few days ago, I was at work and during my shift, I was thirsty and felt like having a coke from the coke machine in the back of the store. I put in the usual 50 cents, pulled out my drink, and proceeded to start walking away when there was a most unusual series of events...

kathump, kathump

Odd, I thought as I returned to withdraw the two free extra sodas. No sooner had I done this, two more popped out.

"You've got to be kidding me." I said, withdrawing those as well.

And it happened again multiples times, until at least two minutes later, I was sitting there with 28 Cokes and laughing at the absurdity of it all.

For you who even care, that's 1.7 cents per can of soda.

Apparently, I've won the random ghost Coke Lottery that day...

Then, yesterday, I was at another location, getting something to drink from another drink dispenser several miles away and at my university when the same thing happened. Only this time, it was just two bottles...

I'm starting to think it's got something to do with the luck of the Irish or something...and it's not even St. Patrick's Day yet... O_o

Share your stories!


It may have something to do with the Irish...are you Irish? If not, do you have anything to do with Ireland whatsoever? Did you know that St. Patrick's day is barely celebrated here in Northern Ireland?

a new computer showed up on my doorstep via UPS this morning......I said "I didn't order a computer" and he said "it's got your name on it" so I called the computer company who said "this was the delivery name, the billing name is different" and I asked who was being billed and they said "it's paid in cash"

freaked out, I called my husband who said "oh, I forgot to tell you, I ordered you a computer"

:p how do you forget that?

you have a vending maching that only costs $.50 a can?!? WTF!!! take a picture of it before they take it away!

HA! At the place I work it's 25 cents a can.

Sodas from the machine at my office are only $.60 each... Why, how much is it if you use a normal vending machine?

From what I've seen anywhere from 65 cents to 75 cents.

It may have something to do with the Irish...are you Irish? If not, do you have anything to do with Ireland whatsoever? Did you know that St. Patrick's day is barely celebrated here in Northern Ireland?

Yes, I'm of Irish descent, and my family still has land out there. And yes, I know that St. Pat's Day is hardly celebrated in Northern Ireland.

From what I've seen anywhere from 65 cents to 75 cents.

the 20oz. bottles most places are $1.50 around here, except the machine at church sells them for 50 cents, and I asked "how can you sell them that cheap?" and they said "we don't make a profit"

I stock up there, it's cheaper than even buying them at the store, they are $1.20 at the grocery store.

I'm just jealous you even HAVE cigarette machines somewhere.We don't where I live now. Don't really miss them though. The vending machines always overcharge, and since my current chunk of "in the middle of nowhere" is surprisingly densely populated, there's always a shop within walking distance.

We don't where I live now. Don't really miss them though. The vending machines always overcharge, and since my current chunk of "in the middle of nowhere" is surprisingly densely populated, there's always a shop within walking distance.

We don't have 'em here either anymore. They were cool to have at bars and clubs, though, so you didn't have to leave if you ran out of smokes.

Wow...and the free Runts I got the other night seem cheap (I put a quarter into one of those candy machines, and the thing gave me Runts AND spit my quarter back out at me.)

The biggest windfall I've gotten like that, though, was in college, when I found $50 lying on the sidewalk. No one around me dropped it, so the money was mine...sadly, I didn't spend it in a memorable manner (I was in college; of course I spent it on junk) but it was sure nice to have.

Usually, most of the fifty cent soda machines are now somewhere either in the back of worker's lounges for employees, or are in places like Conifer, Colorado, where all the soda machines are either fifty or twenty five cents.

And speaking of soda machine overload, once a machine back near the high school I lived near in Ohio--a fifty cent machine back when fifty cents was a recent hike in prices--spat out about 50 cans of different sodas when I was just getting two--one for me, one for my mom. Needless to say, nine year old me tossed them all in my backpack and ran off without looking back.

Did you know that St. Patrick's day is barely celebrated here in Northern Ireland?
I miss it. But I did go into School Last Year and saw a Six-Foot-Tall man dressed as a leprachaun. His name was Ralph.
I have had an experience like that.
I put 50 pence into a vending machine and selected a bag of popcorn.
3 minutes later...Surrounded..... I started giving out popcorn to strangers.....
I was a regular hero. :)

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I once got 2 packs of Rolos. This in no way makes up for the many times the windy spiral thing has stopped winding just before my snacks drop off the shelf.

*is bitter*

Popcorn comes out of vending machines?

I dunno if I should be concerned about that or not...

I once got 2 packs of Rolos. This in no way makes up for the many times the windy spiral thing has stopped winding just before my snacks drop off the shelf.

*is bitter*

That's when you use the machine like a blocking sled. ;)

That's when use use the machine like a blocking sled. ;)

Lol! And that's why they bolted them to the wall. :(

Lol! And that's why they bolted them to the wall. :(

Curses! Foiled again!

Cluich, seems like you've got the opposite end of the luck spectrum...

Gotta balance somehow. Ya know, like the Force...

Does that mean all the little shamrocks [hint: midichlorians] flowing through my blood mean I'm the next prodigy? After all, I did get 28 cans without breaking a sweat...

*shifty gaze*

there was a vending machine at my school that gave you free chocolate bars if you shook it about a bit. yeh, i know if it was a small child that would be called bullying, but it was a machine, it had no feelings. we paid in the end though, cuz it started mixing up the hot drink buttons so it was a real lottery to get a cup of coffee, putrid 'veggie' soup was the usual outcome.

Over here you're lucky if you can find a coke for 50p. And you can get them for 50c over there!?

*Is jealous of the Meguoren and their dirt cheap cola...*

Cluich, seems like you've got the opposite end of the luck spectrum...

Gotta balance somehow. Ya know, like the Force...

Does that mean all the little shamrocks [hint: midichlorians] flowing through my blood mean I'm the next prodigy? After all, I did get 28 cans without breaking a sweat...

*shifty gaze*

Arise, my young apprentice. I will teach you ways of the Dark Side...

Lucky you.:p

I remember when I was a little kid and I was at the supermarket. One of the soda machines had a sign posted on it saying it was out of order. I was bored so I pushed one of the buttons and out popped a soda! Turns out the machine was just spitting out sodas for free. I kept getting more sodas from the machine until one of the employees saw what I was doing, so I ran off.

A few years ago my dad came home from the airport and he had to pay the guy who drove him home and it was about midnight so it was dark outside. My dad asked him how much he had to pay and the guy said 15 dollars. Since my dad didn't have it in exact change he gave him a 20 dollar bill instead which the guy was more than happy to take. When my dad walked into the house he checked his wallet and found out he actually gave him 10 dollars instead.:p

Arise, my young apprentice. I will teach you ways of the Dark Side...

Only if I get a cookie! I want a damn cookie!

*gets angry*

GIMME THE DAMN COOKIE!