Vendo Soda Machine robbed....but how?

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I have a newer Vendo multi-price soda machine that got robbed last night. They smashed out the top-most selection button as well as the red LCD display. They removed the entire coin-changer and nothing else. They let the bill changer attached, and did not take any drinks. They locked the machine back up when they left. My question is: How do you unlock the lock without breaking it? The machine appeared to be working fine, locked and ready to go...other than the top button and LCD screen were smashed. Does the screw part of the lock twist independantly of the t-handle?
 
I have a newer Vendo multi-price soda machine that got robbed last night. They smashed out the top-most selection button as well as the red LCD display. They removed the entire coin-changer and nothing else. They let the bill changer attached, and did not take any drinks. They locked the machine back up when they left. My question is: How do you unlock the lock without breaking it? The machine appeared to be working fine, locked and ready to go...other than the top button and LCD screen were smashed. Does the screw part of the lock twist independantly of the t-handle?

I know nothing about the locking mechanism of the machine but as you know on cam locks the cam can be removed since it is screwed on. That is how I get into old games if I don't have a key to the front but the lock is accessible from the inside of the game. Got any pictures?
 
It's not a cam lock. It's a T-handle/screw type vending machine lock. I don't have any pictures as I already removed all the damaged parts.
 
If anyone has any Vendo parts available, I need all of the plastic coin-chute parts between the coin-slot and the changer.
 
This type of lock?

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exactly. They smashed out the buttons directly above and below that lock, somehow opened the lock, opened the machine, yoinked the coin changer and ran. No drinks were stolen, maybe 1 or two...

I just serviced the machine earlier that day, so there was $5.25 in the changer, but they did several hundred dollars in damage to my machine.
 
The parts they damaged where the entire coin chute assembly, LCD display "lens only - Display is fine", and the "water tray" that is behind the coin chute. I called Vendo, who told me to call Betson in Pittsburgh tomorrow.

I also need a coin changer, TRC 6512 (used, ebay...)

Then I should have this machine back online to get destroyed again.

How I wish I could have been off in the distance with my M4 when these scums hit my machine...
 
I would contact the folks at Vending Times magazine. They might be able to put you in touch with some other large vending operators who have suffered the same thing, but know how it was done and what they've done to combat it.
 
When I get it repaired, it is going inside the show room, not out front like it was before. It was on location at a car stereo store.
 
I am going to try to find a non-working soda machine on the cheap, remove all the guts, put it out on the same location. I am going to crawl inside it and wait with my handy Glock 19....I'll take a pillow and a few sammiches in there in case it takes a few weeks...
 
I am going to try to find a non-working soda machine on the cheap, remove all the guts, put it out on the same location. I am going to crawl inside it and wait with my handy Glock 19....I'll take a pillow and a few sammiches in there in case it takes a few weeks...



Cool. That is awesome. :)
 
Wild guess here without actually playing with the lock itself...... but I would think that if you could get to the sides of that lock and push those keepers in then the handle would pop out and then it's just a matter of turning it like normal.
 

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I'm pretty sure they used a screwdriver to push in on the lock keepers, and not used some sort of "key" because they smashed out the selection button and LCD screen lens on top and bottom of the lock. If it were just robbed and not damaged, I'd assume they made some sort of key.

At any rate, we are working on a solution. I bought a used 7UP machine that no longer gets cold for $50. We are going to remove all of the innards, and putting a lawn chair in it. I am leaving two of the selection buttons empty to serve as peep holes. I plan to sit inside this machine with my digital camera and my Glock 19 and wait for them to come back. I spoke with my local state police station, and they said that as long as I have written permission from the location owner, I am allowed to detain any burglars at gunpoint until the police arrive.
 
not the first time its happened eh??


what if some poor basterd just shows up to buy soda??? you should fuck with em and make buzzing sounds then plink out beer out of the chute... lol


as far as a fix im thinking you could have a thick metal plate welded in above the selection button so as if smashed again they would have no access....

or just weld up the keeper holes so that the keepers can not be pressed with a pick...


It got so bad at my dads buddies auto parts store(machine out front, store is in the ghetto) that they drilled about 6 feet down with a posthole digger, put in 4 steel tubes, to make a "box" where the pop machine sits.... filled them full of concrete. THey then welded on more tubing to heavy duty hinges along weith some thick mesh screen stuff and smaller box tubing to make a front door/cage and then that locks shut with one of those round super secure type padlocks...


They had a moron rip off his back bumper off of his rusty hoopty after wrapping a chain around the gate in a effort to remove it. The cops got him soon after it happened because in a hurry(mabye he saw a cop??? got scared???just a plain moron????) he fled the scene leaving his bumper and chain... His rear license plate was still on the bumper ... LOL
 
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It's the first time I've ever had a machine robbed. But once is too many.

If someone tries to buy a soda, I'll keep their change and drop a #2 in the can chute.
 
The solution is pretty easy, all you have to do is make a metal shroud for the T-handle mech.

They smashed out the buttons to release the T-handle, then opened it like normal. They locked it back up to help hide the fact that it had been broken into. If the door was swinging in the breeze, somebody might call the cops.
 
I read in the paper today that at least one other business had their machines robbed. It said they had 2 Pepsi machines robbed, same night. I am going to talk to the garage owner tomorrow and see how they did his, see if they did the exact same thing.

As far as the metal plate, do I just have a machine shop make this, or try to buy a heavy duty hasp at a hardware store?
 
I took a bar lock that was on an old arcade cabinet and modified it to work on the Vendo machine. It uses 2 padlocks, a 1' length of square stock, and 2 square receivers. I don't think it's Fort Knox, but it will slow someone down.

With today's bolt cutters, are Master padlocks secure? Not talking about the round ones, but the normal padlocks...how easily are they cut?
 
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