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[–] [email protected] 80 points 10 months ago (2 children)

When I was a kid I pressed the "return coin" button on a vending machine at a rest stop and 50¢ came out. Gotta check every single vending machine now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I do this too, and yeah you’d be surprised how many times there’s money in the coin slot

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Can confirm. Coin slot returns saved me from bankruptcy! Sadly much less common now with the advent of contactless card payments.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Technically, any amount of money would save you from bankruptcy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you owed $1k then $1 wouldn't save you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But of you only had $999 and had to cone up with $1000 by the end of the day...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This isn’t 1980s Hollywood rich guy poor guy rules.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

My dad said when they were kids they'd check the payphones for coins in the change slot, so sometimes kids would spit in them to fuck w people