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HaRuMaN:
I tried the bic pen thing, didn't work. Didn't try the cardboard trick. In the end, I just had to brutalize it till it gave up... :P
Nephasth:
--- Quote from: Vigo on July 19, 2012, 10:44:54 am ---Of course, it could be that I am inept at lock picking, I won't doubt that for a second, but I have never seen a vending machine ransacked in the wild. Given that there are so many unattended machines out there, I think I would come across this by now if all you needed was a lighter and a Bic pen.
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There was a snack vending machine in the driver's lounge at the shop I used to work at. My Snap-On toolbox has barrel locks. My toolbox key was by no means a match for the vending machine lock, but it opened it just as easily. I never ransacked the thing, but I did enjoy complementary snacks...
>:D
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on July 19, 2012, 10:57:13 am ---
--- Quote from: Vigo on July 19, 2012, 10:44:54 am ---Of course, it could be that I am inept at lock picking, I won't doubt that for a second, but I have never seen a vending machine ransacked in the wild. Given that there are so many unattended machines out there, I think I would come across this by now if all you needed was a lighter and a Bic pen.
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There was a snack vending machine in the driver's lounge at the shop I used to work at. My Snap-On toolbox has barrel locks. My toolbox key was by no means a match for the vending machine lock, but it opened it just as easily. I never ransacked the thing, but I did enjoy complementary snacks...
>:D
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Those coil feed vending machines are often ransacked through a good shacking or momentary inversion. Won't get you the money but you will make off with all the chips, candy and gum you can carry.
MacGyver:
I hope you pulled out those stuffed animals and vacuumed out all of the scorpions that were probably living in there. You never know what kind of crazy things the guy that abandoned it left in there. Nice find btw.
Yenome:
there is even tricks to unlocking a car with nothing more than a tennis ball.