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Article: Vending machines dispensing iPods, cameras, DVDs

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September 18, 2005
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Vending machines, purveyors of pretzels, soda and other munchie mainstays, are starting to satisfy cravings for iPods, digital cameras and DVD movies.

Travelers, hotel guests and visitors to fast-food restaurants now can use vending machines to buy electronic gadgets and other items that cost as much as $500.

Companies that are offering these services are hoping that U.S. consumers, increasingly conditioned by the Web to buy big-ticket items without a person present, won't hesitate to pay vending machines for items that cost 500 times as much as a bag of chips. It is also a gamble that the U.S. market is ready for a form of automated retailing that is commonplace in Japan and other ...

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