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Vending machines in Las Vegas NV
Here is a report on the few machines I tried:
Monorail out of service - so I could not try the fare machines... Pepsi machines in the Palace Station accepted Golden Dollars without a problem. ($1.50 for 20 oz.). Coke machines in the Sands Expo Center (at the Venetian) accepted $2 bills and Golden Dollars and would give change for either in quarters. ($2.50 for 20 oz.). Rio seafood buffet: You pay a machine like you self-checkout at Wal-Mart. One human stands guard over 4 machines. I dined with 2 other people and we fed in around $115 in Apollo XI and Golden Dollar coins. Did not accept $2s and I told the manager. He said he would talk to the technician. Tons of crab legs. Yum.... Big Kitchen Buffet at Bally's: Paid human cashier in Twos and GDs. Folks behind us in line bought some from register and chatted about them. They dug them and did not know you could get them at a bank (by asking/insisting). Crab legs were even better than Rio. Somehow I did not gain weight. Could be the hours at the craps table. I won a little and played a long time at various places. Sprinkled some Twos on the tables. Again, favorable comments. None of the slots accepted the new $50s. I had to throw those around on the tables. They were stamped with the Golden Dollar promotional message. -Fred Shecter -- """Remove "zorch" from address (2 places) to reply. |
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:58:01 GMT, "Fred Shecter" wrote:
Here is a report on the few machines I tried: Monorail out of service - so I could not try the fare machines... Pepsi machines in the Palace Station accepted Golden Dollars without a problem. ($1.50 for 20 oz.). Coke machines in the Sands Expo Center (at the Venetian) accepted $2 bills and Golden Dollars and would give change for either in quarters. ($2.50 for 20 oz.). Rio seafood buffet: You pay a machine like you self-checkout at Wal-Mart. One human stands guard over 4 machines. I dined with 2 other people and we fed in around $115 in Apollo XI and Golden Dollar coins. Did not accept $2s and I told the manager. He said he would talk to the technician. Tons of crab legs. Yum.... And you walked around with 2 pounds of coins and then spent an unbelievable amount of time feeding those stupid coins into a machine: thus holding up the line for other customers who may have need to use said machines. And what does this prove? That stupid people will do stupid things and brag about it. snip Don Brainstorm: when you have an inspiration that's all wet. |
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On 13-Oct-2004, Donald F. Boudreau wrote: And you walked around with 2 pounds of coins and then spent an unbelievable amount of time feeding those stupid coins into a machine: thus holding up the line for other customers who may have need to use said machines. And what does this prove? That stupid people will do stupid things and brag about it. Am I the only one who found this unnecessarily rude to the point of being comical? While it is true that the exercize in question was excentric, I have found that in the few countries in the world where golden dollars and halves circulate, it is unquestionably a boon, because change becomes something other than a nuissance, so it doesn't simply collect in the pockets throughout the day. Getting rid of the cent and nickel and possibly dime would help as well because there wouldn't be so much junk to sort through when spending the coins. |
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Thanks for the comment on the rudeness.
I did not hold up the line. Once you finished paying, there was a wait for a table. The backlog of people waiting never reached 'zero'. As I stated, there were 4 machines and we used only one. We did not have to delay anyone to get our wrinkly rag dollars replaced with flat crisp rag dollars. We simply popped in our coins. Las Vegas. Who would expect anyone to walk around with a bunch of coins? ;-) R.C.C. Who would expect posters here to hate coins to the point they attack other posters who *like* coins? At least most folks here don't have "hate filled days". Those that do, end up with heart disease or a stroke. -Fred Shecter -- """Remove "zorch" from address (2 places) to reply. "Papito" wrote in message ... On 13-Oct-2004, Donald F. Boudreau wrote: And you walked around with 2 pounds of coins and then spent an unbelievable amount of time feeding those stupid coins into a machine: thus holding up the line for other customers who may have need to use said machines. And what does this prove? That stupid people will do stupid things and brag about it. Am I the only one who found this unnecessarily rude to the point of being comical? While it is true that the exercize in question was excentric, I have found that in the few countries in the world where golden dollars and halves circulate, it is unquestionably a boon, because change becomes something other than a nuissance, so it doesn't simply collect in the pockets throughout the day. Getting rid of the cent and nickel and possibly dime would help as well because there wouldn't be so much junk to sort through when spending the coins. |
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Papito wrote:
Donald F. Boudreau wrote: And you walked around with 2 pounds of coins and then spent an unbelievable amount of time feeding those stupid coins into a machine: thus holding up the line for other customers who may have need to use said machines. And what does this prove? That stupid people will do stupid things and brag about it. Am I the only one who found this unnecessarily rude to the point of being comical? There's a club of folks who felt that way I suspect. As to the stupid claim, it's hilarious. Let's try an actual timing at an actual vending machine. Donald gets a stack of rag ones, I get a handfull of coin ones. Each of us buy an item for $8. Now time who spends how much time feeding the machine. Vending machines are in no hurry processing paper bills, but they can take coins as fast as I can feed them. Heck, I'll even time putting 8 coin ones into a slot against a 5 and three 1s in paper. I'll still beat the time. Coins *are* more convenient and faster when dealing with vending machines. Claims that paper is faster is emotionally tempting but factually incorrect. |
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"Doug Freyburger" wrote in message om... Papito wrote: Donald F. Boudreau wrote: And you walked around with 2 pounds of coins and then spent an unbelievable amount of time feeding those stupid coins into a machine: thus holding up the line for other customers who may have need to use said machines. And what does this prove? That stupid people will do stupid things and brag about it. Am I the only one who found this unnecessarily rude to the point of being comical? There's a club of folks who felt that way I suspect. As to the stupid claim, it's hilarious. Let's try an actual timing at an actual vending machine. Donald gets a stack of rag ones, I get a handfull of coin ones. Each of us buy an item for $8. Now time who spends how much time feeding the machine. Vending machines are in no hurry processing paper bills, but they can take coins as fast as I can feed them. Heck, I'll even time putting 8 coin ones into a slot against a 5 and three 1s in paper. I'll still beat the time. Coins *are* more convenient and faster when dealing with vending machines. Claims that paper is faster is emotionally tempting but factually incorrect. Last time I ate at a restaurant where I had to insert coins somewhere to pay for the meal was at a NY automat in the early 1950's. What's the deal with the Las Vegas system? Seems like a credit card or $20 bill would be easier and more customer-friendly. If people have to turn a $20 bill into dollar coins before ordering a meal, this sounds like a waste of time. Obviously I must be missing something here. Bruce |
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Yes, you are missing something. Actually, rather than missing something you inserted
things never mentioned by me. I *never* said that you had to convert to dollar coins. Let's see what I said: " Here is a report on the few machines I tried: Monorail out of service - so I could not try the fare machines... Pepsi machines in the Palace Station accepted Golden Dollars without a problem. ($1.50 for 20 oz.). Coke machines in the Sands Expo Center (at the Venetian) accepted $2 bills and Golden Dollars and would give change for either in quarters. ($2.50 for 20 oz.). Rio seafood buffet: You pay a machine like you self-checkout at Wal-Mart. One human stands guard over 4 machines. I dined with 2 other people and we fed in around $115 in Apollo XI and Golden Dollar coins. Did not accept $2s and I told the manager. He said he would talk to the technician. Tons of crab legs. Yum.... Big Kitchen Buffet at Bally's: Paid human cashier in Twos and GDs. Folks behind us in line bought some from register and chatted about them. They dug them and did not know you could get them at a bank (by asking/insisting). Crab legs were even better than Rio. Somehow I did not gain weight. Could be the hours at the craps table. I won a little and played a long time at various places. Sprinkled some Twos on the tables. Again, favorable comments. None of the slots accepted the new $50s. I had to throw those around on the tables. They were stamped with the Golden Dollar promotional message. " OK, so I said they were like the self-checkout at Wal-Mart. If you are not familiar with those, let me explain. You can pay with cash, coin, debit or credit cards. I like cash/coin. I specifically like Golden Dollars and Twos, but I still threw a few colorful new $50s around the tables. -Fred Shecter -- """Remove "zorch" from address (2 places) to reply. -- """Remove "zorch" from address (2 places) to reply. "Bruce Remick" wrote in message news:Ytcbd.4018$EZ.683@okepread07... "Doug Freyburger" wrote in message om... Papito wrote: Donald F. Boudreau wrote: And you walked around with 2 pounds of coins and then spent an unbelievable amount of time feeding those stupid coins into a machine: thus holding up the line for other customers who may have need to use said machines. And what does this prove? That stupid people will do stupid things and brag about it. Am I the only one who found this unnecessarily rude to the point of being comical? There's a club of folks who felt that way I suspect. As to the stupid claim, it's hilarious. Let's try an actual timing at an actual vending machine. Donald gets a stack of rag ones, I get a handfull of coin ones. Each of us buy an item for $8. Now time who spends how much time feeding the machine. Vending machines are in no hurry processing paper bills, but they can take coins as fast as I can feed them. Heck, I'll even time putting 8 coin ones into a slot against a 5 and three 1s in paper. I'll still beat the time. Coins *are* more convenient and faster when dealing with vending machines. Claims that paper is faster is emotionally tempting but factually incorrect. Last time I ate at a restaurant where I had to insert coins somewhere to pay for the meal was at a NY automat in the early 1950's. What's the deal with the Las Vegas system? Seems like a credit card or $20 bill would be easier and more customer-friendly. If people have to turn a $20 bill into dollar coins before ordering a meal, this sounds like a waste of time. Obviously I must be missing something here. Bruce |
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"Fred Shecter" wrote in message ... Yes, you are missing something. Actually, rather than missing something you inserted things never mentioned by me. I *never* said that you had to convert to dollar coins. Let's see what I said: " Here is a report on the few machines I tried: Monorail out of service - so I could not try the fare machines... Pepsi machines in the Palace Station accepted Golden Dollars without a problem. ($1.50 for 20 oz.). Coke machines in the Sands Expo Center (at the Venetian) accepted $2 bills and Golden Dollars and would give change for either in quarters. ($2.50 for 20 oz.). Rio seafood buffet: You pay a machine like you self-checkout at Wal-Mart. One human stands guard over 4 machines. I dined with 2 other people and we fed in around $115 in Apollo XI and Golden Dollar coins. Did not accept $2s and I told the manager. He said he would talk to the technician. Tons of crab legs. Yum.... Big Kitchen Buffet at Bally's: Paid human cashier in Twos and GDs. Folks behind us in line bought some from register and chatted about them. They dug them and did not know you could get them at a bank (by asking/insisting). Crab legs were even better than Rio. Somehow I did not gain weight. Could be the hours at the craps table. I won a little and played a long time at various places. Sprinkled some Twos on the tables. Again, favorable comments. None of the slots accepted the new $50s. I had to throw those around on the tables. They were stamped with the Golden Dollar promotional message. " OK, so I said they were like the self-checkout at Wal-Mart. If you are not familiar with those, let me explain. You can pay with cash, coin, debit or credit cards. I like cash/coin. I specifically like Golden Dollars and Twos, but I still threw a few colorful new $50s around the tables. -Fred Shecter I was just curious what kind of restaurant had a machine you had to insert coins and/or bills to pay for your meal, such as you described at the Rio seafood buffet. I wondered if it was a Las Vegas thing. I don't use self-checkouts so, no, I am not familiar with them. The only times I glance at them, I see groups of people trying to figure out what to do. Never seen one at a restaurant, though. Do the machines take twenties? Fifties? And wouldn't most diners at a mid-price restaurant pay $115 tabs with credit cards? Bruce |
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"You can pay with cash, coin, debit or credit cards".
Yes, the machine would take $20s and $50s (but not the new $50s yet). We arrived with dollar coins to pay, as we did at ALL the restaurants we visited (and the gas stations). I spend them everywhere, so if it's a human or machine it's/they're getting dollar coins. Customers could pay with those "oh so useful" one cent coins (aka, Lintcents, Zincolns, etc.). Halves won't fit the slot. -Fred Shecter -- """Remove "zorch" from address (2 places) to reply. "Bruce Remick" wrote in message news:O7kbd.30658$cJ3.27817@fed1read06... "Fred Shecter" wrote in message ... Yes, you are missing something. Actually, rather than missing something you inserted things never mentioned by me. I *never* said that you had to convert to dollar coins. Let's see what I said: " Here is a report on the few machines I tried: Monorail out of service - so I could not try the fare machines... Pepsi machines in the Palace Station accepted Golden Dollars without a problem. ($1.50 for 20 oz.). Coke machines in the Sands Expo Center (at the Venetian) accepted $2 bills and Golden Dollars and would give change for either in quarters. ($2.50 for 20 oz.). Rio seafood buffet: You pay a machine like you self-checkout at Wal-Mart. One human stands guard over 4 machines. I dined with 2 other people and we fed in around $115 in Apollo XI and Golden Dollar coins. Did not accept $2s and I told the manager. He said he would talk to the technician. Tons of crab legs. Yum.... Big Kitchen Buffet at Bally's: Paid human cashier in Twos and GDs. Folks behind us in line bought some from register and chatted about them. They dug them and did not know you could get them at a bank (by asking/insisting). Crab legs were even better than Rio. Somehow I did not gain weight. Could be the hours at the craps table. I won a little and played a long time at various places. Sprinkled some Twos on the tables. Again, favorable comments. None of the slots accepted the new $50s. I had to throw those around on the tables. They were stamped with the Golden Dollar promotional message. " OK, so I said they were like the self-checkout at Wal-Mart. If you are not familiar with those, let me explain. You can pay with cash, coin, debit or credit cards. I like cash/coin. I specifically like Golden Dollars and Twos, but I still threw a few colorful new $50s around the tables. -Fred Shecter I was just curious what kind of restaurant had a machine you had to insert coins and/or bills to pay for your meal, such as you described at the Rio seafood buffet. I wondered if it was a Las Vegas thing. I don't use self-checkouts so, no, I am not familiar with them. The only times I glance at them, I see groups of people trying to figure out what to do. Never seen one at a restaurant, though. Do the machines take twenties? Fifties? And wouldn't most diners at a mid-price restaurant pay $115 tabs with credit cards? Bruce |
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Here is a report on the few machines I tried:
Monorail out of service - so I could not try the fare machines... Pepsi machines in the Palace Station accepted Golden Dollars without a problem. ($1.50 for 20 oz.). Coke machines in the Sands Expo Center (at the Venetian) accepted $2 bills and Golden Dollars and would give change for either in quarters. ($2.50 for 20 oz.). Rio seafood buffet: You pay a machine like you self-checkout at Wal-Mart. One human stands guard over 4 machines. I dined with 2 other people and we fed in around $115 in Apollo XI and Golden Dollar coins. Did not accept $2s and I told the manager. He said he would talk to the technician. Tons of crab legs. Yum.... Big Kitchen Buffet at Bally's: Paid human cashier in Twos and GDs. Folks behind us in line bought some from register and chatted about them. They dug them and did not know you could get them at a bank (by asking/insisting). Crab legs were even better than Rio. Somehow I did not gain weight. Could be the hours at the craps table. I won a little and played a long time at various places. Sprinkled some Twos on the tables. Again, favorable comments. None of the slots accepted the new $50s. I had to throw those around on the tables. They were stamped with the Golden Dollar promotional message. -Fred Shecter -- I found out just last week that Atlanta, GA's transit system does not take dollar coins. I take the subway train into downtown... I usually buy a monthly card, but after a vacation, I had forgot to get one at the end of the previous month. I had bought stamps the previous day, so had a pocket full of gold dollars. When I got to the station, I had no dollar bills, so decided to try the coins. The coin slot on the turnstiles were too small for the dollars. I ended up having to ask a station employee to exchange for a rag dollar so I could get on the train. :-( Robert Shaw |
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