Do you remember cigarette vending machines?

[Sinestro]

So do ya? Cigarette vending machines used to be the adults gumball machine. Now they're gone.

[razorboy]

They're still around in cities and states where the fun police haven't assumed total control.

[drusilla]

no "yeah i remember getting my dad cigs that way back in the day" choice

[MC Pee Pants]

I miss them. I hate asking people to get my ciggs, its degrading. I want a cold hard machine dispensing death to me.

[A.J.]

I remember the evolution from the pull-handle variety to the push-button variety.

[sailor]

don't remember anything other than the pull handle.

[ToiletCrusher]

There is still one at my favorite bar.

[~Katja~]

There is still one at my favorite bar.

the dive bar in Easton where we hang has one as well and you are able to smoke inside as well.


I remember them out in the streets and they still are in Germany... but I remember when a pack was sooo cheap and even cheaper when I first came here... it wasn't even 2 bucks per pack back then.

[ToiletCrusher]

The same bar here with the machine also lets people smoke inside. It's kind of nostalgic.

[WampusCrandle]

there used to be one right next to a toy machine in a Duchess. on tuesday nights, there used to be a old car convention in their parking lot - the coolest, greatest cars every invented, with great music. those nights, i would beg people for money for the video games, and then actually use it on the cig machine.

[Ritalin]

I don't even smoke anymore but I miss those machines.

I used to get my smokes out of the machine in the bowling alley when I was a kid. How long ago was that, Blowhard fans?

They cost 45 cents.

[Furtherman]

Almost every bar in Hoboken still have the pull type.

[ElBoberino]

They used to have these machines in the Denny's right by my place. It rocked because that was where we would buy smokes because none of the gas stations around my place would sell to us. I've only seem them in one bar around here now, but the newer style vending machines have cigs in all the strip clubs here.

[cougarjake13]

vaguely

[Gvac]

I just got home from a bachelor party at a "Gentlemen's Club" and lo and behold, there was an old school cigarette vending machine there.

It fascinated me more than the skanks on stage.

[landarch]

There's a white trash bar around the corner from me that still has one fully operational, but you're not using your spare change to get them. They're somewhere around $9 a pack.

[Coach]

Not only do I remember them, I remember getting quarters from the cashier to buy them for my mom and grandpa.
I saw a machine about a week ago in a strip club.. 5.25 a pack....

[TooLowBrow]

as a little kid id always pull the handles

once, 4 packs came sliding down

i was only 8 or 9 years old

my brothers, cousins and i took them out to the parking lot
and started a small fire and threw them in on by one


it happened at the rockaway point yacht club in breezy point
where parents didnt care when a group of 9 year olds started fires

[Marc with a c]

I remember them out in the streets and they still are in Germany... but I remember when a pack was sooo cheap and even cheaper when I first came here... it wasn't even 2 bucks per pack back then.

what? did you invent cigarettes?

[joethebartender]

I just got home from a bachelor party at a "Gentlemen's Club" and lo and behold, there was an old school cigarette vending machine there.

It fascinated me more than the skanks on stage.

If I'm at a "gentleman's club"... I buy them from the gentleman in the bathroom. Usually served with a couple of shots of Burberry eau de toilette and a towel.

[sailor]

I just got home from a bachelor party at a "Gentlemen's Club" and lo and behold, there was an old school cigarette vending machine there.

It fascinated me more than the skanks on stage.

why do you hate women?

[bostonronandfezfan]

i was independence ohio last week in a small closet like room when coming out of the bathroom there was a pull type machine that took paper im only 22 did they ever take paper or just coins???????

[~Katja~]

what? did you invent cigarettes?

no, just the machine that dispenses them.

i was independence ohio last week in a small closet like room when coming out of the bathroom there was a pull type machine that took paper im only 22 did they ever take paper or just coins???????

I am just going to guess that they were adjusted over the years... since cig's cost like a buck or two at first coins were probably fine, but no they are between 5-10 bucks so they have to take notes

[Gvac]

why do you hate women?

Because they're stupid and ugly.

[Caseyelan]

The bar I worked at up until 2004 has one.
6.25 a pack.

[Foster]

i was independence ohio last week in a small closet like room when coming out of the bathroom there was a pull type machine that took paper im only 22 did they ever take paper or just coins???????

yes they used to take coins when cigarettes were cheap.

when I was a kid my mom would send me to a local diner to get cigarettes from the machine in the lobby

[sailor]

The bar I worked at up until 2004 has one.
6.25 a pack.

were you in carolina at that point? i remember them being much cheaper in general there.

[Caseyelan]

were you in carolina at that point? i remember them being much cheaper in general there.

Nope, I was in Mt Kisco, ny

[lotionhands]

Here in Tennessee at some places they have cig vending machines, but there so damn expensive that most people don't use them unless their really hurting for a smoke.

[sailor]

Nope, I was in Mt Kisco, ny

miss north carolina cheap smokes.

[Foster]

in japan the cigarette machines are out on the streets, next to vending machines that sell beer

[fezron]

i remember buying them for 35 cents out of the machine.. i was a kid ... wow im old...lol:wallbash:

[~Katja~]

in japan the cigarette machines are out on the streets, next to vending machines that sell beer

in Germany they are next to the machines that sell condoms or candy

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Kaugummi-_und_Zigarettenautomat.jpg/800px-Kaugummi-_und_Zigarettenautomat.jpg

[Foster]

in Germany they are next to the machines that sell condoms or candy

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Kaugummi-_und_Zigarettenautomat.jpg/800px-Kaugummi-_und_Zigarettenautomat.jpg

foreign countries are so well organized

[~Katja~]

foreign countries are so well organized

yeah and most of them now only work with a debit type of bank card, they don't even take cash anymore eliminating underage purchases

[sailor]

in Germany they are next to the machines that sell condoms or candy

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Kaugummi-_und_Zigarettenautomat.jpg/800px-Kaugummi-_und_Zigarettenautomat.jpg

or candy condoms.

[Foster]

yeah and most of them now only work with a debit type of bank card, they don't even take cash anymore eliminating underage purchases

I don't think japan has an age limit for such things, their machines still work off of funny coins.

[~Katja~]

or candy condoms.

hmmm candy condoms... too bad I hate condoms

[BlackSpider]

hmmm candy condoms... too bad I hate condoms



You, and every man alive...

[bigredd]

They were sweet and were at the technological level of an old school parking meter.

[Coach]

I recall like 5 years ago they said we would have vending machines that we called with our cell phones and it ate up minutes from our phone and that they were testing them in Europe..where the fuck are they?

[~Katja~]

I recall like 5 years ago they said we would have vending machines that we called with our cell phones and it ate up minutes from our phone and that they were testing them in Europe..where the fuck are they?

in europe
parking
http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/00679/handypay_parken_DW__679012g.jpg

transportation
https://www.it-solutions.siemens.com/b2b/it/en/global/press/press-pictures/Images72dpi/mobile-phone-ticketing-01.jpg

Snacks
http://www.smarpay.ch/typo3temp/pics/e10b3e9621.jpg

[MacVittie]

I remember there used to be one in Friendly's when I was a kid, those are long gone. But a couple bars I go to still have them, and I'm fairly sure they're the pull handle kind. I would bet down south they're more common and you might still find them in restaurants and such since you can smoke indoors down there.

[Marc with a c]

Nope, I was in Mt Kisco, ny

flannagans in your face.

[STC-Dub]

I always thought the pull handle machines were cool and liked the way they looked when I was a kid.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

I always thought the pull handle machines were cool and liked the way they looked when I was a kid.

They were always next to candy dispensers and arcade games where I grew up. When I think about 'em, I still get hungry cuz I wanted there to be some kinda amazing candy for grownups that you'd get in them mysterious machines.

[IamFogHat]

Wait, Blowhard didn't start this thread?

[JBLouisville]

At the Original KFC in Corbin, Kentucky, they have a museum and such a machine exists. I seen it a few days ago and brought back memories. Notice, there are no "Light" cigs.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/safetypunt/100_0130.jpg

and, because it was in my Photobucket account, I kill you with a rabbit:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/safetypunt/thmontypythonrabbitlh9.gif

[sailor]

any filter cigarette could be considered light compared to original cigs. heck, even camel regulars were considered "mild" at the time. note the orange section where they are referred to as "mildest" and also the crack-like free trial period to get you hooked.

http://graphic-design.tjs-labs.com/pictures/camel-lib-02-05-1936-999.jpg

[Whiskeyportal]

They always seem to be stragicaly placed next to the exits too, for easy access to us young rebels.

[Mullenax]

They always seem to be stragicaly placed next to the exits too, for easy access to us young rebels.

Exaclty. $2 in quarters, in and out of the bowling alley before anyone realizes I'm fourteen.

[ralphbxny]

AHH Yes!! The good old days. I remember buying loose cigs from our local bodega and I was 15.

[Meataball23]

As a kid I remember them in diners and thinking, 'how do they know youre old enough to buy them?'


I was a moron as a child

[silks]

It always seemed that when I needed a light, the machine would never eject the matches with the pack. However, when I didn't need a light, there were always a few books laying in the bin...

The attendant in the first floor grandstand mens room at Monmouth Park used to sell loose cigs for a nickel.

[9mileskid]

ahhhhhhhh,the good old days before women,children and political correctness took over the world

[toolshed]

There are still plenty in bars in Florida. Along with drive-thru liquor stores.

[Gvac]

My buddies and I used to hang out at a local dump when we first turned 21. The bartender was a mean, nasty old guy in his 70's and we loved him. He was genuinely annoyed when someone made him get up and get them a drink. He preferred sitting down, drinking his whiskey and smoking his Camels while watching TV to actually working.

One time I asked him for change for the cigarette machine (which was in the hallway by the entrance) and he handed me a few extra bucks in quarters and asked me to get him a pack while I was out there. I asked him "filters or no filters?" He responded "Are you kiddin' me? Smoking a filtered cigarette is like sucking a nipple through the bra."

We need more men like this.

[zildjian361]

At the Original KFC in Corbin, Kentucky, they have a museum and such a machine exists. I seen it a few days ago and brought back memories. Notice, there are no "Light" cigs.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/safetypunt/100_0130.jpg

and, because it was in my Photobucket account, I kill you with a rabbit:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/safetypunt/thmontypythonrabbitlh9.gif

those are the machine's i remember.$5.50 a pack last time i seen one, about $3.00 in the stores.

[We.Are.138]

Here in Saint Louis every bar has one, but the bartender has to turn it on after you show him/her ID. Cigs here in this dump of a town cost 3.49. So if anyone wants a couple cartons cheap lemme know. I'm always up for some inter-state trafficking.

[PigShitIrish]

Both of the places I bartend at still have cigarette machines.

[The Ogre]

I had to go to the Stone Pony is Asbury last year. They still have one in the back. But nothing beats the one that was across the street from my high school a couple decades ago. Only a buck seventy-five to boot.

[jforce]

Hi-tech jobbies here(Japan). But, in order to prevent the kids from purchasing them, you have to sign up for a scan-card (literally mail away for it). 3 bucks a pack though...

I miss the ol' pull ones. Damn. I miss smoking.

[raulfd4]

i worked in a bar in new jersey and we still had one. i don't think anyone used it but the employees, but it still worked. it wasn't regulated at all, either. any kid of any age could have walked up and used the thing. i have seen others where you have to ask for a special coin from the bartender or something, but not this one. i am sure there are more out there if you look is shady enough locations.

[Rab]

Yermans in glendal queens ny still has one prices are rediculous n the machien is old as balls but its there..they should start putting in chucky cheeses..we need more smokers to harvest for taxes

[high fly]

Yeah, back in the day occasionally one could get a free pack of smokes bysometimes if you yanking the the handle real hard. Instead of not coming out at all, the handle would come right on out and you'd get a pack of cigarettes.
When there were people around we'd walk by the machine and quickly reach out and try one of the knobs at random. Other times when no one was around we'd go down the row trying every one.
Even if we struck gold and it was only a pack of Tarytons, we were happy.....

[DiabloSammich]

Both of the places I bartend at still have cigarette machines.



Where the hell are you bartending tha....


Oh. Norristown.


Carry on.

[KEITHJAY]

Some young people I used to know might have stolen a whole machine out of bus terminal :devil2:

[Silent Jesus]

I remember the pull handle ones... I once bought a pack of Export Green with no filter. Gawk! never made that mistake again!

[DolaMight]

I wish I was around in the days of the rotary coin slot cigarette vending machine.

I'd be a thousandaire.

They never thought a person would trace a quarter on cardboard, cut it out and rotate it endlessly for unlimited cigarette goodness.