Re: Gold to Go vending machine now at Boca Raton, FL (1st in US; 20th in world)

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> http://www.wpbf.com/slideshow/news/26172180/detail.html
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> http://www.wpbf.com/money/26169805/detail.html
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> (includes 2 min. 8 sec. video)
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> "Gold Vending Machine Installed At Local Mall: ATM In Boca Raton Dispenses
> Gold Bars, Coins"
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> POSTED: 6:28 am EST December 17, 2010
> UPDATED: 12:51 pm EST December 17, 2010
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> BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Looking for something shiny to put under the Christmas
> tree? Try a new vending machine in Boca Raton.
>
> A new automatic teller machine at the Town Center at Boca Raton dispenses
> 24-carat gold bars and coins.
>
> (SURVEY
> There are already vending machines that sell iPods and acne medication,
> but would you buy gold from a vending machine?
> Yes! It beats the hassle of buying it at a pawn shop or a gold broker.
> No. This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.
> VOTE Results)
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> The Gold to Go machine is the first of its kind in the United States.
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> "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.
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> 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.
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> "It's the easiest way," broker Dave Jones said. "You cut out the middle
> man."
>
> The Gold to Go machine is on three continents. The machine in Boca Raton
> is only the 20th in the world.
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> Shoppers insert cash or credit cards and use a computer touch-screen to
> choose the weight and style they want at real-time prices. The machine
> spits out a gold bar with the impression of the Statue of Liberty on it.
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> In order to make sure customers get the market value of gold, the machine
> resets every 10 minutes.
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> Currently, the cap is set at 2 ounces -- a price value of just less than
> $3,000. Dissatisfied customers can return the gold within 10 days.
>

Change obviously is dispensed in gold(en) dollars.