Comments on: Funny Law About Shaking A Vending Machine?

By: open4one

open4one — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:46:20 +0000

This can be used to steal from the vendor, can result in damage to property, and has resulted in machines falling on the person doing it, killing at least one person that I know of.
It’s not nearly as funny as the law against removing tags from pillows.

By: yipeee2k

yipeee2k — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:46:19 +0000

none that I know of but, I think some states passed a law saying to mount the machine to the wall since they had 44+ (1998 statistic) people die from the units falling on them.

By: Villain

Villain — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:46:19 +0000

I shake them all the time, it could be condsidered criminal vandalism.

By: saxman35

saxman35 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:46:19 +0000

I don’t believe shaking the machine in and of itself is illegal, but trying to steal from the machine is whether it’s by shaking or otherwise.

By: Houston Apartment

Houston Apartment — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:46:19 +0000

Most states have some kind of law about trying to steal from a vending machine.