I found a vending machine in a shopping mall in Bellevue. The number and the kinds of vending machines are apparently less in North America than in Japan, though I'm not sure the precise statistics. However, the one I found today was what I had never seen in Japan. It was selling iPod! To tell the truth, I had known the existence of this vending machine in an article on the Internet, but it was for the first time I saw it with my eyes. I don't think it pays for the development and running cost, and actually no one was using it while I was looking around the machine. I think for most people, iPod is still a precious item which is sold hand in hand. This machine would have been set as a part of advertisement telling "iPod is so popular that you can purchase it from a vending machine like a Coke."
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