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Newsgroups: uk.transport.london, uk.railway
From: Helen Deborah Vecht <helenve...@zetnet.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:16:16 GMT
Local: Sat 11 Feb 2006 22:16
Subject: Re: Choc off
"Chris Read" <chris...@btinternet.com>typed
> Has anyone else noticed, *all* of the chocolate vending machines on Tube I think many are operated by Cadbury who I believe have not ceased trading. > platforms, certainly in zone 1, have been taken out of use. Anyone know why? > My best guess is that the company which services/restocks them has ceased > trading. > The problem with the present business model for vending machines, is that > the machines have become *too* reliable. Going back 20 years (remembering > childhood trips with grandparents who liked to spoil me), the machines were > programmed to 'eat the money but not dispense the product' for one in three > attempts. It was like a cruel lottery, but the profit margins must have been > good. > Chris > (ps on a choccy theme, Whistlestop, at various London terminals, are now the > only stockists I can find for the elusive plain chocolate Bounty bar.) Theye are also good about sending refunds if you report having lost Maybe the machines are being replaced, maybe... -- You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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