Newspaper vending machine

A newspaper vending machine is a self -service kiosk, where for cash throw newspapers can be bought.

Target group

At Newspaper vending newspapers are also obtained outside normal business hours, such as early morning or late evening. They will be happy situated near bus stops and tram stops when there are no shopping facilities for newspapers is, but go by many commuters there or wait or retain drivers. In addition, they are often placed at pedestrian crossings.

Logistics

Often multiple machines of different newspapers are next to each other, for example in Cologne and Dusseldorf: Express, picture, West German newspaper, Cologne Rundschau and NRZ, or in Munich: tz, evening newspaper, Münchner Merkur, Süddeutsche Zeitung, image. Most stocked every publishing house, by its own organization or service only his machines and collects in this way the revenue a. Rare machines of different publishers be fitted by a service provider.

Operation

In the window you can see the top half of the front page with the most important headlines. Often hangs below the viewing window also has a so dealers apron, a poster, usually A3 size, with the main headline of the day comes from the local area for many newspapers. Most newspaper vending machine no change given. The buyer must long throw coins into the slot of the machine until the principal amount is reached or exceeded. Note The " overpayment possible " states in this connection that the lock of the newspaper vending machine is only released above mentioned sales price and no change will be issued if the purchase price has been exceeded. Then you can remove the paper by opening the backed by a strong return spring front door. Because of the return spring can be the newspaper with one hand only refer, with the other hand, the flap is pushed down, so that it remains open. After releasing the flap swings upward again and the latch snaps back and secures it.

The problem is that in most newspaper vending machine ( the so-called semi-automatic ) access to all the newspapers that lie to one another within a stack is. It is assumed that the typical newspaper buyer has no use for multiple identical copies and therefore - supported by the social control of the other passers-by - takes only a copy. In the event that a coin gets stuck along the way there with the newspaper vending machine a return button, by which it can be ejected.

If in the newspaper vending machine no more newspapers should be located, it will not be displayed electronically at the machine, if it is a simple semi-automatic, which works purely mechanically. When the jammed paper in the window has been removed, it can be seen whether there are present newspapers in the vending machine. To prevent theft, the cash proceeds of the newspaper vending machines are emptied daily, as will be noted in writing and outside.

Sunday Standlschmaus

In Austria Newspaper vending machines are not common. The Sunday editions of newspapers are there many in sheet protectors in a public space, called Sunday Standlschmaus sold.