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By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:53:47 +0000

“I’ve also seen Sony branded vending machines. What’s next… BMW? Yes I would like that M3 please… ”

HECK YEAH! Finally no more tricky salesmen… no more commercials… just a one stop store where you see what you want on a screen and buy it and out comes the car.

By: Unclelukey

Unclelukey — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:05:36 +0000

They make a profit very easily. See, instead of paying 15-20 employees to work at a store, they pay one man with a truck money to drive around loading and fixing up the machines.
Really if anything the machines are just another form of advertising to reinforce the apple name.
Its kind of ironic. There is one of these Apple Machines on the first floor of the local Macy’s, by the Mall entrance, about a 100yds down the mall, is The Apple Store. Redundant? maybe. Convenient? Yes it is.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:00:42 +0000

Shake the machine :p

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:58:58 +0000

…although I can tell I’m slipping when I type Screen instead of Display. Whoops. ;)

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:55:58 +0000

I’m sure they take credit cards. Still, you’d be surprised. I did a stint working at the local Apple Store, and there were a notable number of people who came in and bought iPods — sometimes more than one at once — with cash.

Then again, this was in Bellevue, so er. ;)

[Bellevue: wealthy suburb of Seattle, next door to places like Redmond and Medina (home of Bill Gates, etc.), and yes, I still remember Microsoft's discount code since I typed it in so many times. Watching Microsofties walk in and buy high-end laptops, Cinema Screens, Final Cut Studio, etc. was really kinda beautiful.]

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:03:41 +0000

There’s TONS of them all over SF. There’s two with in 2 blocks of the flagship Apple store near Union Square. That to me is a little weird. I’m trying to figure out how them make a profit. They don’t charge any more for an ipod than buying directly from apple. The only think I can think is that Apple gives them a % of the sales. I’ve also seen Sony branded vending machines. What’s next… BMW? Yes I would like that M3 please…

By: Inho

Inho — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:41:39 +0000

yea.. they are real. i have one back at my mall [somewhere in the first floor]. when i first saw it, i was like “are you for real?” but seriously, who would pay that amount of money? at least Apple’s bein’ serious. :p

By: Gearran

Gearran — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 05:55:53 +0000

Hey, the mall fifteen minutes from where I live has one of those things, it’s pretty cool. I’d be surprised if anyone could pull what Hawk did, though [the reaching up inside, thing, not fitting themselves inside it thing; I've seen that happen.]