Change in Vending Machines in Japan Should Not Impact USFJ Bases
Japanese vending machines are great and they are about to get an upgrade:
The ubiquitous Japanese vending machine is keeping its place on U.S. military bases, despite a nationwide round-up of obsolete machines. Many of the 4.1 million vending machines across Japan, each worth around $13,000, will be replaced this summer when Japan rolls out a new set of bank notes featuring holograms to stop counterfeiting, according to a New York Times report June 8. Some older machines will not accept the new currency. The change-out will not affect most vending machines on U.S. military bases from Misawa Air Base in the north to Marine Corps camps in the south, according to the Army and Air Force Exchange Service and the Navy Exchange. They and local contractors maintain and operate 3,800 machines.
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You can read more at the link, but I wish the U.S. could have as many convenient vending machines as Japan. However, the high crime rate compared to Japan makes it impossible in the U.S.
There are vending machines everywhere in the US. Unless you’re referring to ones that dispense booze and cigarettes?
$2,000/month is just chicken feed. The folks pushing fake setnaffa are cheapskates who can’t even afford to hire 21st Century con artists with basic English skills.
Even the chinabots have better prose, though not by much.
The spam bot has spoken. Anyway going back to the point, why aren’t there any clerk-less convenience stores in the US, Moose Knuckle?
“why aren’t there any clerk-less convenience stores in the US”
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