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In this site you will find information about vending machines and
the vending industry. We have compiled a list of frequently asked
questions to help you get a better grip on some of the answers to
commonly asked questions. We also have built a buyers guide. In the
buyers guide is a list and explanation of the many types of vending
machines, gumball machines, Atm machines, coin counters soda and
snack machines, capsule machines, sticker machines and more.
A little
vending history
Although the first commercial coin-operated vending machines were
introduced in England, in the early 1880s, they quickly caught on in
America and soon became a national craze. The first coin-operated
machines dispensed post cards in London. Around the same time,
Richard Carlisle, an English publisher and bookshop owner, invented
a machine for selling books. Inventors and companies soon realized
the vending machine's potential for selling small items to large
crowds quickly and easily. Soon companies were building vending
machines to sell everything from stamps and cigars to eventually
soda and food. It was in 1888 that the Thomas Adams Gum Company
first introduced the vending machine to the United States. America's
first coin-operated machines were installed on the elevated subway
platforms in New York City and sold Tutti-Fruiti gum. In the next
ten years advanced technology added animated figures to vending
machines as an added attraction. Attractive lights and catchy music
would soon follow. The round candy coated gumball and gumball
(vending) machines, that we are most familiar with, were introduced
in 1907.
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Vending dictionary
If you are going to be in the
vending industry, you should know some of
the terminology that is used.
Buyers guide
In this
buyers guide is a list and explanation of the many types of vending
machines, gumball machines, Atm machines, coin counters soda and
snack machines, capsule machines, sticker machines and more.
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