Ipod Vending machine sells $55,000 worth of electronics
A vending machine selling Apple iPods has sold $55,000, worth of the mp3 playersin one month.
The machine based at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, retails the iPods for $349 before tax, a sophisticated robot arm guides the iPod to the customers hands (rather then dunking it in a dispence tray).
“We’ve done about $55,000 in a month in gross sales just for the one on Concourse A,” said Leopold, executive vice-president and owner Business Traveler Services. “This is becoming the future for some high-end products in places like airports where space is at a premium.”
“We put in some iPods and found we couldn’t keep them in stock,” he said, “We found no customer resistance to swiping a card and buying a $300 item from a machine. We’re selling thousands (of iPods), and the machines at the Atlanta airport are major contributors to that.”
The vending machines are user-friendly, providing easy-to-access product information through a video touch screen. And, unlike traditional retailers, they never close.
That is such a simple idea…I wonder when the UK will get them. And the iTunes Kiosks.
Comment by john — January 5, 2007 @ 10:31 am
I can’t see them lasting too long over here, within a day someone would have one on the back of a truck.
Comment by chris — January 5, 2007 @ 4:53 pm
My underage daughter just purchased an iPod from one of these vending machines. Spent $200 plus dollars from her hard earned summer job. The iPod is incompatible with her computer. Guess what??? No refund unless the iPod is defective.
Comment by M Davis — June 26, 2007 @ 5:16 am