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I've drilled out the lock on an old Coke machine my dad bought at an auction. It's not a fast, discreet, or easy process.
by floren 3y ago
I've drilled out the lock on an old Coke machine my dad bought at an auction.
It's not a fast, discreet, or easy process.
- ethbr1 3y agoThat's why you drag it somewhere you can do it in peace.
- prepend 3y agoThat’s why it is so rare for people to drag vending machines somewhere to do it in peace. They are big and bulky and heavy and all that work for, what, $80? Junkies aren’t usually that coordinated to pull this off.
- choilive 3y ago$80 is a good payday for a junkie. I've seen junkies steal manhole covers for a couple bucks of scrap metal.
- prepend 3y agoStealing manhole covers is quite easy compared to hauling off a vending machine and drilling out the cash box. $80 sitting easy is great for a junkie. But requiring multiple steps and special equipment may as well be a voyage to the moon. For proper criminals who can plan and procure equipment, $80 probably isn’t enticing.
- neuralRiot 3y agoAs a teenager (back in the gold age of arcade) i used to work as a helper on an arcade, vending machines and jukeboxes repair shop. I’ll tell you none of those machines are easy to drag arround!
- Doxin 3y agoTubular locks are fast, discreet, and easy to pick. You need a specialized tool, but when you do opening the lock is almost as easy as just using the key. And that's assuming your vending machine isn't using some standard key you can just outright buy on ebay.
- mrguyorama 3y agoOn cheaper tubular locks, that specialized tool is a pen cap.
- Chirael 3y agoThat’s true of 70-80% of tubular locks, but there are higher quality tubular locks that are designed with the standard tubular impressioning tool in mind, and on which it does not work.