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December 17, 2010
Gold, I tells ya
stacks of gold bars, originally uploaded by evovtec.
Don't know what to get that special someone for Christmas? Do you have $3,000 lying around? Well then, why not go to the mall in Boca Raton, Florida, where somebody has installed a gold vending machine:
The Gold to Go machine is the first of its kind in the United States.
"I think of a vending machine like a Coke or say a candy bar maybe or gum, but gold? It's unbelievable," one shopper told WPBF 25 News.
Thomas Geissler, inventor of the Gold to Go machine, said that, unlike chocolate or flowers that come out of a vending machine, gold will last for the next 5,000 years. He said the machines are also convenient for more serious investors looking to bypass the hassle of buying gold at pawn shops and on the Internet.
Now, fine - I suppose if somebody wants to buy some gold, out of a vending machine would be fine. But then you have the problem of somebody hanging out by the machine, waiting for someone to buy a piece of gold, and then beating that person's ass and taking his gold.
Additionally, what kind of security do these machines have? If people are willing to rob machines to get a free can of pop, I can guarantee they'll want to hit the one that dispenses gold.
Do you think it drops the gold down like the snack machine? How terrible would it be if you bought a piece of gold, only for it to get stuck in the machine? I would think if you tried to rock the machine to dislodge the piece of gold, somebody is going to arrest you.
But, I'm sure this has all be thought out, right?
entry no. 1531
Posted at December 17, 2010 02:50 PM