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How many of you remember these things? Apparently there are actually new models in other countries, but I haven't seen one in nearly 2 decades now.
Dec 15, 2017 3:37 PM
FustyLugs
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How many of you remember these things? Apparently there are actually new models in other countries, but I haven't seen one in nearly 2 decades now.
triestino21
Oops! I remember when it was $.50!!! Yes older.
dumdum3000
We have one of these at a local bar, didn't realize it was that rare
lordyhalvey
Yup
ZeroIsPlural
Up until they outlawed smoking in bars, there was one at my local dive. $9 a pack, but when you're drunk and don't wanna leave the bar...
ZeroIsPlural
However, it wasn't a "cigarette machine" it was a regular vending machine, just stuffed with cancer instead of chips.
emancipist
They're in Australia. Looking at around $30-35 for a pack of 20's though. Bit how ya goin.
dreadpiratekhan
What. What. $30 for smokes??
BladesTonight
God I miss smoking...
ZeroIsPlural
Me too. I quit and feel no pride in it, only annoyance.
maholt
Remember. I have one in my living room
IAProX
Absolutely remember them!
slightlyabovebelowaverage
I remember hearing "stop playing with that its not a game"
RoTaLuMe
there is one like every 500m in germany, though they are more technological with credit card input to check your age
HippieCam
I know it's been a while since this was posted. But we have one in the bar I work at now. Not positive it's legal but I use it regularly.
Nokko
They’re still in the Netherlands. In bars and some fast food places
SirSastonSquatch
They are planning on banning them soon though.
Matocuuri
They hve these in bars in Sweden too. Or at least in one bar in Sweden. In Finland you have to ask the cashier in bars and stores.
Ghobe
Wow...I hadn't even noticed these disappeared...when did that even happen?
albinoscion
They have those in a lot of bars in St.Louis. $7 a pack
goddessofgreen
Ahhh. Good old St. Louis. Vintage Cigarette Machines were all around the clubs in the 90's still.
MrLeesGreaterHongKong
Some places never change
BerwynBrewyn
That's a lot of quarters.
albinoscion
It takes dollars lol
BerwynBrewyn
Ah, so it's modified or is it a newer model?
albinoscion
I can think of at least 5 bars and a strip club that have older models (25-30yrs old) that were manufactured to take dollars.
TheMightOfChondria
An old Chinese place by my house still has one, but it hasn't worked in a long time.
RoxanneLaWin
I was using them in the UK as recently as 2004/5. Wait. That was ages ago.
procyclinsur
japan today
thealmightywalrus420
The only time I ever saw one was at a hotel in Naples, FL
constructionnoises
there is one at my favorite bar in kc
mydickwhen
I live near Pittsburgh. They are in pretty much every smoking bar still.
xanderAnimal
They had them in Indonesia when I lived there in 2008.
duttry98
tornadosandwich
I saw one at my local bowling alley like a decade ago
Noyoudontknowmefromsomewhere
i remember buying smokes from one in a hotel for $4 a pack and thinking how horribly they were raping us on price.
WontSomeonePleaseThinkOfTheChildren
I remember a dollar.
ImNoBorat
One dollar here
ProfessorExpert
Depending on when adjusted for inflation it might have been more than it is now
Bot17629A98001
I saw one of these in a hotel lobby in New Brunswick, Canada a few years ago and it blew my friggin mind.
ReadOnlyMemories
The ones here were the same size as a pack of 20 but they only gave you 16 and charged more for the favour.
S1enderDan
North East here. I saw Marlboro reds for $13
khensu83
You should try buying smokes in Australia talk about price hike. Lucky I don’t smoke.
thabuschwackerOG
I remember being like 10yrs old and buying smokes for my grandfather they were like a buck and change
FayeKalius
Still around $4/pack here in North Carolina, home of several major cigarette makers.
classybroad
Incoming.
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
in my country u can get pack for 4$
CuddleMonsterWithKnives
I remember watching Hot Tub Time Machine and was like "woah they had cigarette vending machines?? How did they check your ID?" Damn 80s wild
goddessofgreen
Lol. Dem 80's!
haveyouheardabouttheseinternetmemes
Apparently if you're old enough to operate the machine you're old enough for cancer.
DeadOnionSaysWhat
I was buying them at 14 from the gas station, they looked away. Even the Gas N Shop people sold them to us, yep, 1980s.
PreciousPotato
Huh? In Germany, you scan your passport or use your cheque card to prove you're 18...
bluesun68
Bowling alley for the win
sarcazem
Right on!
GhostRing
Candlepin bowling & smokes
BDF1838
Ditto, only place I remember seeing them as a kid, I'm still south of 30.
LeftHandPanda
They're in pretty much every night club and pub in Ireland.
TheShittierBeatles
I see cigarette vending machines pretty frequently in bars and such around Utah. Also they were everywhere when I was in Barcelona.
pequenasaltamontes
All over Spain for sure!
xoxokah
All over Europe really
GoodChange
Eastern Europe perhaps
ContraryToPopularOpinionIKnowWhatIAmDoing
Banned in the UK since 2011
RogenaValorina
I did not know this but it explains why i haven't seen any in ages
nonamejanie
There are still some places where smoking indoors is legal in Mississippi.
digby8787
Deal with these as a job in Australia
RandallKavanaugh
They still allow smoking in public?
Varynja
Austria just abolished a law prohibiting smoking in restaurants. Owners can choose now if they want a “smoking“ establishment or not
katespaz
Beer gardens
TheValleyofGwangi1
They’re in every bar I patronize in Texas. OP must only hang out in fancy pubs, like the kind with windows and floors.
Th1ng
over here the machines now check your ID before allowing purchase
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
here they dont do that, but usually u have to ask pub staff to turn the machine on for you (so they might ask for ID)
Tinkrr
Yea, we have lottery ticket machines like that here in the Boston area. Haven't seen a smokes version but it would make sense.
jdfotopoop
We have them in nevada still. Mostly casinos
Tinkrr
Hu, I don't remember them in Vegas, so maybe they're more common than I think but I never look for them?
jdfotopoop
I live in cali but 5 miles from stateline. 3 casinos open on the line. They have machines. Reno is loaded with them too
Tinkrr
Fair enough, I probably just didn't notice them while there or mistook them for something else.
ThatShiftyMonkey
So you don't have to be old enough, just have an adult's ID?
Th1ng
http://www.f1online.de/premid/003972000/3972705.jpg
Th1ng
I think it was debit card or ID
franzzegerman
Drivers license also works (in germany)
SpockIsMyHomeboy
I pulled every single one of those knobs whenever I'd walk around the store with mom.
Laeryc
Yeah i got a couple quarters once they were disappearing when i was a kid here like 80's
CptRobotNinja
It was your own space ship console!
SpockIsMyHomeboy
Exactly!
Haagus
Thought the same thing!! I can still feel and hear it in my head. Loved these things
gimlisthebestone
Boy that brings back memories
Mr3inches
Every. Time.
solomoncainereaper8888
Did you ever win any of the prizes?
SpockIsMyHomeboy
Never! What an outrage
zapsdiputs
Yup
zeacorzeppelin10
Good times
PutaLittleSpittleOnIt
Didn’t we all.
KeeleonOhms
Technically if a pack fell out someoe needed to be arrssted.
FreudianLisp
YESSSSS - pulled alllllllll the levers too!
Omni21
I've gotten so old. All I can think of are the number of germs on those knobs.
jwan
Good at pulling knobs, are ya?
SpockIsMyHomeboy
FredAstaireAteMyTapShoes
Considering what the word knob means here, that mental image required a lot of mind bleach
ccooper23331415
Haha... as did i
jelloknits
Do you still like to pull knobs?
DIngleberriesForBreakfast
I got out like $15 in quarters one day by doing that. Someone must have paid with a $20 and walked off without their change.
MeerkatMuskrat
The fact that you could get $15 in change from a 20 for a pack of vending machine cigs shows the age enough.
snackfairytalescometrue
MFDork
They were so fun to pull, like a pinball plunger.
SpockIsMyHomeboy
Exactly!
stopitlucas
Just saw some in the casino the other day
stopitlucas
Well, a new school version
IcedTeaFTW
Pretty sure Binion's in downtown Vegas still has one.
ScruffyThePirate
Every casino I've been too has em. They're like $10 a pack though
SnackMasterRanger
In the casino I go to they're like six a pack which is a dollar cheaper than the stores