I wish regular vending machines started having NFC payment options, it would be very handy.
I used Google Wallet on vending machines in 2011.
I wish regular vending machines started having NFC payment options, it would be very handy.
Already get my kitty litter from the interwebs, and its a fucking godsend.Man, I feel like some folks are still chasing that early .com money when you could get a few dozen millions just by promising a new, revolutionary concept to sell kitty litter through the interwebs.
I'd happily take a sledgehammer to one of these if I saw it.
We did surveys in the Latin American community to understand if they felt the name was a misappropriation of that term or had negative connotations, and 97% said no. Its a simple name and I think it works.
But the beset thing about bodegas are their FRESH-made sandwiches, sometimes with hot runny eggs and melty cheese - how are you gonna replicate that with you shitty little vending service?
They literally have these in Italy now, and have had them for decades.
You can get medicine, plasters (band aids), hot food, drinks, condoms, nappies (diapers), all sorts of things, from the vending machines on the street through the night.
Congrats. You invented something that already exists.
Most cities don't have the ubiquity of corner bodegas plus 24/7 Duane Reades found in the boroughs. It's certainly not everywhere you go in the rest of the country.
Dumping one of these things in the lobby of apartment buildings in other primary, secondary, or tertiary cities outside of NYC would theoretically offer an easy method of filling the emergency "out of _____" need without having to hop in your car and head to a grocer with late-night hours.
I doubt it's a profitable model given the limited selection, presumably high mark-ups, etc, but I get the idea.
.Literal gentrifying business model. Jesus...
Just stay away from NYC.
This is the shit I hate. The shit I absolutely, positively do not like.
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But are they all in the same machine? Do you still have to swipe/tap to pay for each item?
This is the real kicker. If this actually works well then I could see it blowing up.
How often are people going to bodegas for toilet paper or detergent as opposed to, I don't know, cigarettes or beer? Alcohol and tobacco are huge sellers for corner stores, and unless I miss my guess, there's no way that local ordinances would allow for vending machines to stock those items. Without that, you're never replacing the corner store.
Also, vending machines get absolutely fucking destroyed all the time; there's a reason we don't just have vending machines everywhere, and it's because people deface them, vandalize them and break them. You're going to stick this on some random street corner in a bad part of town and leave it accessible 24 hours a day? It's going to be destroyed the first night. Your camera with "computer vision" isn't going to capture the faces of people wearing masks, is it?
What even is this nonsense?
Over engineered shit. I'm thinking of getting into tech. Seems like venture capitalists aren't very smart and will throw money at anything.
These "Bodegas" are probably meant for affluent shopping centers and office buildings.
But because they are selling non-perishable items, it's the stuff that those people are either buying from big box stores or ordering online. I don't even think there is enough of a niche to support this thing. Like Jucero it's a dumb idea stacked on top of other dumb ideas.
We just live in an age where a stupid idea, given the correct name and font treatment, can pull down millions in VC funding.
My first thought wasn't quite vending machine, and was in fact something a bit more akin to a modern hotel minibar that automatically charges the room. Still very, very similar, though - it just struck me as a more direct comparison.
But because they are selling non-perishable items, it's the stuff that those people are either buying from big box stores or ordering online. I don't even think there is enough of a niche to support this thing. Like Jucero it's a dumb idea stacked on top of other dumb ideas.
We just live in an age where a stupid idea, given the correct name and font treatment, can pull down millions in VC funding.
This is exactly what I think.
As a side effect of getting this dumb money they also get dumb articles on business websites.
NFC payments haven't taken off much in my country yet I'm afraid.I used Google Wallet on vending machines in 2011.
I mean college campuses have 7-11, bodegas, campus stores etc all aroundThis can work in specific areas. College campus, music festivals, the beach, etc. where there is limited competition and consumers are in a bind. but in high density public areas I think they need to be concerned of vandalism and way too much competition nearby... I mean a 7-11 would offer all of these things at likely a lower price.
The Amazon Go store seems more like the actual model of the future, but that is an extremely high up front cost that requires a large existing customer base.
Leave the bodegas alone, you fucking leeches.
So.. one of these?
Anyhow my old university already has something like this in actual use, maybe I can get a buddy to take a pic of a real life one.