# How do I maximize my take from a vending machine?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 8, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-maximize-my-take-from-a-vending-machine/311599 "2005-07-08T15:43:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_len](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/c0e974/32.png) [@\_len](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_len)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-maximize-my-take-from-a-vending-machine/311599/21 "2005-07-11T01:20:55Z")

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This is the best thread I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks for posting the data, **Nature’s Call**.

Len

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**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-maximize-my-take-from-a-vending-machine/311599/22 "2005-07-11T13:21:31Z")

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Back at work this morning. I heard someone comment, “Where are all the pistachios?” (I started at about 3/4 full - I left about 5 cm)

I wonder what the guy who replaces the contents of these machines will think of the sudden spike in pistachio popularity.

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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-maximize-my-take-from-a-vending-machine/311599/23 "2005-07-11T13:30:56Z")

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> [@Nature's Call](#):
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> Back at work this morning. I heard someone comment, “Where are all the pistachios?” (I started at about 3/4 full - I left about 5 cm)
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> I wonder what the guy who replaces the contents of these machines will think of the sudden spike in pistachio popularity.

0.50 instead of .025!!!

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**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-maximize-my-take-from-a-vending-machine/311599/24 "2005-07-11T14:12:56Z")

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> [@Balthisar](#):
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> 0.50 instead of .025!!!

:smack: D’oh! Damn the scientific method! When will we learn that there are some things mankind was not meant to know!

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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-maximize-my-take-from-a-vending-machine/311599/25 "2005-07-11T14:45:45Z")

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Or at least, mankind was not meant to use up all the natural resources on scientific experiments. 😉

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**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-maximize-my-take-from-a-vending-machine/311599/26 "2005-07-11T17:23:19Z")

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> [@Troy McClure SF](#):
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> Buddy up with it, grab an olive green bowling pin, and make fun of crappy movies with them. He’ll probably let you munch for free.

[“Eh, my Mother was a can opener, my Father was a wood duck.”](http://students.uww.edu/morrisonbt10/tomquote.html)

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