Oberto Beef Jerky?

It's still a rip off!

man i wish i would have known this in high school...

So who's gonna be the first to try this with one of those damned IPod vending machines... ;)

Yeah... you know, most of my unethical property appropriation is in the intellectual property category.

I feel kinda bad for the snack food vending machine companies that would lose out on stuff like this but you know what? 1.00 for a 3 ounce bag of beef jerky doesn't exactly sound fair.

When did Gizmodo turned into a digg copy blog?

This is the 2nd article this week that has appeared with content that someone on Digg has posted 24 hours earlier.

Aw hell, we don't have anything near as good as beef jerky in our vending machines... Off-brand cheese doodles ftl.

It would seem this would only work for those machines that have a sensor at the bottom to detect whether the food reached that point, and held the money ready to return until the delivery was finished.

It would be a shame to punish that kind of integrity!

sakko:
you aren't paying 1.00 just for the jerky; the price has to be high enough to cover purchase/lease and maintenance of the machine, rental or profit split for the space, and the inefficient (compared to a market) stocking of the machines.
Actually, I am quite grateful that the vending rices are high - it keeps me from overconsuming junk.

sakko:

I'm pretty sure that overpricing merchandise isn't a solid ethical or legal justification for theft.

i never heard the coins drop... i think it's fake until i can do it myself...

Ah yeah this only works with machines that have a sensor...cuz we have one of those machines (looks exactly like the one in the vid) in my dorm hall; just tried it, all I got was a stale back of chips....and my .60 is still inside the machine. :(

Well if that doesnt work, you could always try this:
http://ebaumsworld.com/2005/12/vendmachine.html

And I'm glad those sensors are there. Last time I bought something from one of those, I watched the coils turn, stop, and then the chips didn't come out far enough to drop, I was about to curse when the coils moved a little bit more, and then the packed dropped down. :D Much better than the ones in my High School which ate about 4 dollars of mine over 3 years.

Doesn't work for me, tried it at my school.... XD

They rip us off SO bad

the tiny bottles of Gatorade, are 1.00
and everything else is like....... 1.50 O_o

I know those machines have ripped me off for a benny or two over the years so i wouldn't feel bad about getting some of that back!!

im disappointed...

in myself for not thinking this up earlier.

this wouldnt work because theres no sensor on those. and once you lift up the bar it would distract the sensor. also he could jus have money already in the coin return.

I call BULL on this one until I have tried it - the quarters could have been placed in the slot AHEAD OF TIME! Of course you hear coins fall - change from the dollar - BUT NOT $1 in quarters.

Giz,

Why are you posting this stuff? This really draws the wrong crowd. Why not just post excerpts from the Anarchists Cookbook or video instructions on making and using a blue, beige, or assassin box, etc.?

Stay on the right side of the fence, guys.

hurrah!
now i can get a drink AND some chips.... for free!

Seriously, facilitating petty theft though hilarious is still distributing information to help with crime. Its wrong guys, even if it is on a tiny insignificant scale its still wrong.

I agree with the earlier poster, if one place runs a story NO ONE ELSE should ever run the same story EVER.

Dude, get a grip on reality, but before you do you'd better lay that philosophy of yours on all those newspapers out there.

They apparently haven't heard your wisdom because they've all been publishing the same stories for, oh, I guess HUNDREDS OF YEARS NOW.

Welcome to the planet.

When did Gizmodo turned into a digg copy blog?

This is the 2nd article this week that has appeared with content that someone on Digg has posted 24 hours earlier.

I don't use Digg. I read Gizmodo. Most people don't have time to check every web site on the planet. Those who do shouldn't be surprised when they see the same thing on two different sites.

Thanks moosetoga! Exactly what i was about to say.

Yea I just tried it on the one at work that looks exactly like the one in the video: didnt work, guess it didnt have a sensor

to echo what the last two guys said, i don't read Digg or Komatu or whatever either... i only read gizmodo. So when they copy stuff, it doesn't bother me as i don't see it twice. In fact, if the Giz didn't post it, i wouldn't have seen it at all. If you see the same thing posted on both sites, just don't click the jump.... sheesh!

The eye on our vending machines is above trap, so it would have already tripped it by this time. In fact, it would probably be blocking the eye as long as the trap was up.

Of course, this assumes the damn eye works properly in the first place, which isn't always the case. And even when it does work it just dispenses another of the same product instead of giving you your money back.

this video = hoax. The distinct noise these machines make when returning four quarters is absent. Also, if there was a built-in function for returning money for undelivered product, it would not require you to repeatedly smash the coin return button and most definitely would not be so easily fooled.

. Most people don't have time to check every web site on the planet. Those who do shouldn't be surprised when they see the same thing on two different sites.

That's why I use my personalized Google homepage to show the RSS feeds of the most popular tech blogs / commentry sites.

Gizmodo is usually 1st to report on tech rumors / news (Digg usually reports on Giz.)

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