Message from discussion Choc off

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Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:16:16 GMT
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From: Helen Deborah Vecht <helenve...@zetnet.co.uk>
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"Chris Read" <chris...@btinternet.com>typed



> Has anyone else noticed, *all* of the chocolate vending machines on Tube
> 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.)

I think many are operated by Cadbury who I believe have not ceased trading.

Theye are also good about sending refunds if you report having lost
money. 0800 223879 is the number to ring.

Maybe the machines are being replaced, maybe...

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Helen D. Vecht: helenve...@zetnet.co.uk
Edgware.