Dispenser
@allknowing (136997)
India
November 20, 2024 9:59pm CST
When I went on a foreign tour I got to see these dispensers about which I had only read in magazines specially the Archie Comics. It was my dream one day to make use of it and I got the opportunity in Rotterdam I got some chocolates using this dispenser
That was years ago and now you can see them here, there and everywhere. It is an automated retail service where quite a few categories of items can be bought by putting money in the slot machine - even sanitary napkins.
With online shopping there could be less demand for such service
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@allknowing (136997)
• India
21 Nov
I have edited my post and have mentioned that many categories can be bought even sanitary napkins
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@jstory07 (139830)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 Nov
@allknowing That sounds really good.
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@allknowing (136997)
• India
21 Nov
@jstory07 Specially when one urgently needs it that can come in handy
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@Dreamerby (5372)
• Calcutta, India
21 Nov
Yeah but people who are say returning from work or something, they would find it easier through this especially introverts
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@allknowing (136997)
• India
21 Nov
Yes. No one sees when they buy that and the dispenser will not tell
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@allknowing (136997)
• India
21 Nov
@Dreamerby Just look arund and you may find one
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@youless (112515)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Nov
We also have dispensers here. Usually they sell drinks, snacks, flowers or little gifts. I haven't consumed from it before because they are a little expensive than I buy it from the stores. The stores are here and there and it's easy to find one. This is why I don't have the necessarity to spend extra to buy from the dispensers.
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@youless (112515)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Nov
@allknowing Perhaps. But when I was in Japan, I also bought from the convenient stores or supermarkets rather than these dispensers
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@allknowing (136997)
• India
22 Nov
@youless Different strokes for different folks
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@allknowing (136997)
• India
22 Nov
I think they are more meant for travellers and tourists. I was a tourist when I got those chcoclats in Rotterdam (lol)
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@Deepizzaguy (103336)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Nov
I like the new dispenser that you shared on this site.
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@almostoveryou (4795)
• Philippines
22 Nov
I tend to get intimidated by these machine dispensers, especially when the model is far different from what I'm used to. I wanted to try these machines while at the Taipei airport, but the instructions were all in Chinese, and I couldn't make out which bill or coin to use. I've been in that airport for like four times already! Maybe on my 5th visit, I'll muster the courage to operate one of those dispensers. 
It was a lot easier with the dispensers in the US. I just swipe my debit or credit card and out goes my drink or snack. 
It was a lot easier with the dispensers in the US. I just swipe my debit or credit card and out goes my drink or snack. 1 person likes this
@allknowing (136997)
• India
22 Nov
When I just started on my foreign tours I had those issues using pubklic hone booths Those days mobiles had limited exposure
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@luisadannointed (6285)
• Philippines
21 Nov
Actually most of our dispensers in the streets in our country are all sodas and coffee.
But in the comfort rooms you'll find napkins and sanitary pads dispenser.
For chocolate you will fin it on a high end streets and supermarkets.
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@allknowing (136997)
• India
21 Nov
That is true. Different set ups are necessary to instal these dispensers.
@arunima25 (87820)
• Bangalore, India
21 Nov
I have a dispenser in my building. Our building has one of the gyms in our apartment ( we have three of them). And just outside the gym, you see it. It's full of all energy drinks, juices, protein bars, fresh banana and some more healthy snacks along with chocolates and other stuffs. I have never used it. My husband uses it sometimes after his workout.
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@Michellekidwell (29422)
• Sonora, California
21 Nov
Dispensers like that can come in handy for sure!
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@aureategloom (10038)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
21 Nov
it's so weird how some things were once so unusual and now they're common even where we live
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