That reminds me of the time, way back when I was a teenager and hung out with the wrong crowd, I learned (and saw demonstrated!) that soda vending machines of t

That reminds me of the time, way back when I was a teenager and hung out with the wrong crowd, I learned (and saw demonstrated!) that soda vending machines of the time were trivial to steal from. It probably did a fair amount of damage. Take a soda bottle filled with salt water, blast it into the coin slot, start pushing the buttons and watch all the cans get dispensed. Not necessary to muck about with the lock.