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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Sirgod on June 26, 2006, 11:51:06 am

Title: Sony vending machine ...
Post by: Sirgod on June 26, 2006, 11:51:06 am

The tech Junkie in me loves this, but IT makes me wonder about Job security for people who sell products at stores...

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/sony-vending-machine-in-action-crecente-style-183120.php

Stephen

Title: Re: Sony vending machine ...
Post by: Just plain old Punisher on June 26, 2006, 02:26:00 pm

This won't be much more than a small nitch market. How do you return products? Key issue right there, I imagine that most people would prefer to have a store to take back defective products to. What about asking questions about the products capability? Being able to try out a demo model?

No cash sales, I notice too.

Title: Re: Sony vending machine ...
Post by: Sirgod on June 26, 2006, 02:41:18 pm

True that. I heard that Ipod has done something similiar down there in So. Cali. Can you verify that for me?

stephen

Title: Re: Sony vending machine ...
Post by: Just plain old Punisher on June 26, 2006, 03:16:39 pm

Yes, it's at a shopping center here in San Diego. Fashion valley or something like that.

If it makes money, hey I'm all for it. And it does have potential for a small nitche market. But I don't see all that many people deciding to buy expensive consumer electronics from a vending machine --- unless there's a good discount.