Vending Wishes – Soft drinks, electronics, nutrient-free snacks — you can get all of those from a vending machine. But what type of vending machine is sorely needed but doesn’t yet exist? Share your automated retail fantasies with us!
When ATMs first started showing up, I lived in Israel and had two young step-children. They saw the machine and were thrilled.
“It gives you money!” they said. It was as simple as that. Go to that special place and a hole in the wall will spit out money.
They had no concept of where the money came from, that you needed an account in a bank before you could get money. As far as they were concerned, it was a magic money vending machine.
That’s what I want. A magic money vending machine. No account required.
You want money? How much please? No problem. Press this button. Here’s your cash.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I want money whenever I need it. Then I could worry about the rest of life knowing the bills were getting paid.
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 
I want a Redbox machine, but for books. Like any book you want it just prints it up for you
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I figure if you have unlimited money, the rest will follow. One vending machine to rule them all, as it were.
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One machine to find them. And in the darkness bind them. (I forget how that goes)
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I think you nailed it.
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It would feel weird to have to have to bang on and shake the money vending machine when the $100 bill I ordered got stuck against the glass…
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It’s magic, so you can just push another button and get more money. Magic means never having to kick the machine …
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Now I wish we had a magic snack machine at work!
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That too. You can buy it with the money from the magic money machine.
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I think the debit card was a brilliant invention. You can’t overdraw a debit card because it’s tied to your checking account. You don’t need to carry cash and the card can be used for any size purchase such as an honored citizen all day transit pass for $2.
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I want one that’s linked to the U.S. Treasury and will give me as much money as I need or want. It’s my fantasy. I get to say 🙂
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I have absolutely no idea…..hmmmm. I did really enjoy an automated strawberry machine in the middle of the NL countryside last week though : )
Also I will add that to retrieve my money in Europe I take a beating on the conversion and I am charged 4 different surcharges from 4 separate entities. These are not my favorite $$$ extraction machines. Few options however without an acct or pin card.
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But this one is MAGIC. No fees. Magic. Free money. In any currency you like. Unlimited. Cheez. Doesn’t anyone get the whole magic thing?
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Yes I got it but as the pragmatic realist I am always is the party pooper : ) ~
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While we’re wishing, you could wish for a Money Growing Tree vending machine. This would accomplish three objectives: 1. More money 2.More trees 3.No more having to hear that money doesn’t grow on trees (“yes, dear, it does–you just have to have the right vending machine.”)
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Love it 😀
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Order one for me as well, but with Swiss Francs
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My magic machine will work in every known currency. Promise 🙂
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Nice post. What I wanted when I was a kid was a way to make stuff I see in those shiny magazines materialize. Although the magic money making machine would serve too.
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I like money for just that reason — because you can apply it effectively to so many problems. It may not buy happiness, but it’s pretty good at buying fun!!
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i think it will be hard to top your suggestion.
I remember when these machines first came out – older folks wouldn’t use ’em. Didn’t trust them or know how to work them. There would be a big line-up at the till and nobody except a couple of young people at the machine,
And I’ve had a couple of those things eat my card over the years. I still avoid them as much as possible.
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They have gotten a lot more dependable than they were in the beginning. I don’t use them often, but I use them when I need cash and have no other option. The only ones I will NOT use are the ones you find in stores that have no bank link … off brand machines that will whack you with huge fees. They are dangerous.
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Genius Marilyn, pure genius!! 😀 😀
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More like desperation 🙂 But genius works too!
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Great idea! $$
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We have so many great ideas 🙂
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Oh, I am with you on this one, Marilyn: an endless supply of the readies whenever! Wow! xxx
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Would take that nasty edge of desperation off our lives. It’s a lot easier to deal with emotional issues when you can escape on the yacht!
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