Comments on: 5-Cent Coca-Cola http://www.retroplanet.com/blog/vintage-vending-archives/5-cent-coca-cola/ Retro Blog, Memories, Gallery, Spotlights and More Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:16:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Toni http://www.retroplanet.com/blog/vintage-vending-archives/5-cent-coca-cola/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Toni Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:41:24 +0000 http://www.retroplanet.com/blog/vintage-vending-archives/5-cent-coca-cola/#comment-507 <p>A Coke was only 5 cents for over 70s years? Crazy.<br /> Interesting bit of history.</p> A Coke was only 5 cents for over 70s years? Crazy.
Interesting bit of history.

]]> By: Pamela http://www.retroplanet.com/blog/vintage-vending-archives/5-cent-coca-cola/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Pamela Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:14:27 +0000 http://www.retroplanet.com/blog/vintage-vending-archives/5-cent-coca-cola/#comment-495 And to think that now, you can pay more than $1 for a bottle. You'd think, though, after all these years, that just about every vending machine would take bills, pennies and even debit cards. Ahh, the good 'ole days. I'll bet the honor boxes were more successful then. Speaking of which, it was only 25 years ago when my Mom and I used to drive just outside town to buy ears of corn. A farmer put a wooden wagon full of corn near the side of the road, with an honor box for payment. He rarely came up short. And to think that now, you can pay more than $1 for a bottle.

You’d think, though, after all these years, that just about every vending machine would take bills, pennies and even debit cards.

Ahh, the good ‘ole days. I’ll bet the honor boxes were more successful then.

Speaking of which, it was only 25 years ago when my Mom and I used to drive just outside town to buy ears of corn. A farmer put a wooden wagon full of corn near the side of the road, with an honor box for payment. He rarely came up short.

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