Free stuff from a vending machine with a lighter?

electrogrimey

Couldn't think of a more eloquent way to word that...but a friend told me last night that apparently if you take the sparking bit of a lighter, the little black thing that comes out if you take it apart, and spark that beside a vending machine, whatever waves are created can make stuff come out of a vending machine. He said they tried it with cigarette machines across town, and it worked a good few times!

Anyone tried/heard of this?

high heels

FACT!!!!

It works

Sea Sharp

and spark that beside a vending machine, whatever waves are created can make stuff come out of a vending machine

lmao, what are ye on about??

Atavan-Halen

Couldn't you just light the lighter beside the vending machine without taking it apart

I don't know if that's true or not, but what I do know is that those black things are great for giving people a little electric shock with

Fart

this is teh shiz... I sparked it next to my laptop while surfing ebay last week and the very next day I got 6 wolf head t shirts delivered to my door, I just had a threesome last night and now all the girls turn their head at me when I walk by.
I recommend people to do this!!!

GalwayKiefer

Sounds like a definite wind up to be honest... Rocking the machines definitely works though! Forward to back not side to side. Be careful there's not a motion alarm installed. :D

electrogrimey

GaNjaHaN wrote: »

lmao, what are ye on about??

Never done physics no? I dunno if they're electromagnetic waves or sound waves or what, but apparently it does work...

bluto63

Have you seen this in action? Because I find it a bit hard to believe

Fart

bluto63 wrote: »

Have you seen this in action? Because I find it a bit hard to believe

Dude, get a TV licence, it's been on Ripleys. -.-

AckwelFoley

were there any video cameras there when they told you?

InTheTrees

Does it work any better than a sledgehammer?

Fart

InTheTrees wrote: »

Does it work any better than a sledgehammer?

Only with vending machines in Solsbury Hill.

Bolag_the_2nd

this is mad carck. id be terrified to try cos i dont want to get lifted, but i would be so tempted

electrogrimey

bluto63 wrote: »

Have you seen this in action? Because I find it a bit hard to believe

Havn't tried it myself. I'm not saying it's true, I don't know whether to believe it, but I'm definitely going to try it. Yer man said it only works half the time.

ejmaztec

A chain tying the vending machine to the back of a car works much better than giving yourself a shock with one of those things.

Bolag_the_2nd

is it random free stuff or do you get to programme what you want?

Pompey Magnus

electrogrimey wrote: »

Couldn't think of a more eloquent way to word that...but a friend told me last night that apparently if you take the sparking bit of a lighter, the little black thing that comes out if you take it apart, and spark that beside a vending machine, whatever waves are created can make stuff come out of a vending machine. He said they tried it with cigarette machines across town, and it worked a good few times!

Anyone tried/heard of this?

Think about this, in order for this to be true someone would have had to wonder what would happen if you took apart a lighter, take just the sparking bit, put it beside a vending machine, and keep flicking it until something happened.

How likely do you think this is?

Dyr

Bolag_the_2nd wrote: »

this is mad carck. id be terrified to try cos i dont want to get lifted, but i would be so tempted

Best to play safe, there's a lot of surveillance teams in the garda vending crimes unit at the moments

dilallio

It works!

Based on the same science as this:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64371330&postcount=1

electrogrimey

Charco wrote: »

Think about this, in order for this to be true someone would have had to wonder what would happen if you took apart a lighter, take just the sparking bit, put it beside a vending machine, and keep flicking it until something happened.

How likely do you think this is?

Well the guy who told me, and his friends, are all science geniuses, so it's more likely they realised it'ld work, or were told by one of their science mates that it works.

InTheTrees

Fart wrote: »

Only with vending machines in Solsbury Hill.

And only if I have the touch...

Super-Rush

electrogrimey wrote: »

Well the guy who told me, and his friends, are all science geniuses, so it's more likely they realised it'ld work, or were told by one of their science mates that it works.

Its more likely they were stoned and decided to have you on.

Pompey Magnus

electrogrimey wrote: »

Well the guy who told me, and his friends, are all science geniuses, so it's more likely they realised it'ld work, or were told by one of their science mates that it works.

If they were real geniuses and it did work then they would keep it to themselves and make an absolute fortune, not allow it get spread on the internet where thousands of people will take advantage of it, thus eventually ruining their discovery as vending machine manufacturers will eventually cop on and alter their design.

So either your friends are stupid beyond belief in letting this secret slip or else they were just taking the p1ss.

m@cc@

electrogrimey wrote: »

Couldn't think of a more eloquent way to word that...but a friend told me last night that apparently if you take the sparking bit of a lighter, the little black thing that comes out if you take it apart, and spark that beside a vending machine, whatever waves are created can make stuff come out of a vending machine. He said they tried it with cigarette machines across town, and it worked a good few times!

Anyone tried/heard of this?

Stealing from a vending machine? Are you a 10-year old?

Jumpy

I heard about this in school. That was about 15 years ago. I doubt it would work now, if it ever did.

racso1975

i have done the trick where you get 2 drinks from a vending machine for the price of 1 but the novelty wears off after a while

Super-Rush

m@cc@ wrote: »

Stealing from a vending machine? Are you a 10-year old?

I imagine he's smarter than that

Prof.Badass

GalKiefer wrote: »

Sounds like a definite wind up to be honest... Rocking the machines definitely works though! Forward to back not side to side. Be careful there's not a motion alarm installed. :D

If you rock it front to back you risk it falling on you. A few people actually die from this every year. Giving it a few shoulders from the side (trying not to tilt it) might not be as instantly successful, but i get the impression it's far safer. Also you shouldn't be stealing tbh.

Paparazzo

Do you have to use a clipper lighter? They're the only ones that produce the right "waves"?

racso1975

Bolag_the_2nd wrote: »

is it random free stuff or do you get to programme what you want?

Yeah you program the machine using the waves from the lighter:)

Overature

try a shot gun, they work pretty well. unless they have used bullet proof glass, than you ****ed

BluesBerry

Paparazzo wrote: »

Do you have to use a clipper lighter? They're the only ones that produce the right "waves"?

yeah cause you cant seem to take apart the bic lighters

Ive just tried

window_licker

racso1975 wrote: »

i have done the trick where you get 2 drinks from a vending machine for the price of 1 but the novelty wears off after a while

enlighten me with this one

BluesBerry

window_licker wrote: »

enlighten me with this one

you lick the glass on the machine and say hey baby and it gives you anything you want

Chardee MacDennis

I know if you want to access the menu of a coke machine with the big half can buttons hit the 4th button, 2nd, 3rd then 1st. I have yet to find one I can do something decent with though. Most menus are locked but for how cold the machine is and how much money is in one!

If they haven't locked the machine you can test the change release and can release mechanism!

Oh press the coin return to leave the menu!

seanbmc

window_licker wrote: »

enlighten me with this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB1h4ha90mc

ball

This sounds like an excuse to set the place on fire

racso1975

window_licker wrote: »

enlighten me with this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql8wDngyDvw

Has to be one of these machines

actuallylike

electrogrimey wrote: »

Never done physics no? I dunno if they're electromagnetic waves or sound waves or what, but apparently it does work...

This is an awesome comment, you must be joking?!?

electrogrimey wrote: »

Never done physics no?

You give this extremely condescending comment like you really know what you're talking about and then you come out with the most half arsed 'physics' explanation ever!

electrogrimey wrote: »

I dunno if they're electromagnetic waves or sound waves or what, but apparently it does work...

You sir are a genius, I can imagine Stephen Hawking coming out with this in his sensual, sexy voice!

AnonoBoy

I've seen this work.

We used a crowbar.

Don't know why everyone doesn't do it to be honest.

electrogrimey

actuallylike wrote: »

This is an awesome comment, you must be joking?!?

Is it that hard to believe that electromagnetic waves created by sparking that part of a lighter can affect the mechanics of a vending machine? I'm going to try it today, if I can find a lighter. No harm in it anyway.

brianthebard

electrogrimey wrote: »

Never done physics no? I dunno if they're electromagnetic waves or sound waves or what, but apparently it does work...

Have you ever done physics??

itsallaboutheL

electrogrimey wrote: »

Is it that hard to believe that electromagnetic waves created by sparking that part of a lighter can affect the mechanics of a vending machine? I'm going to try it today, if I can find a lighter. No harm in it anyway.

I don't have a lighter.... can i just use my hand??

*waves*

Mylesie

Fart wrote: »

this is teh shiz... I sparked it next to my laptop while surfing ebay last week and the very next day I got 6 wolf head t shirts delivered to my door, I just had a threesome last night and now all the girls turn their head at me when I walk by.
I recommend people to do this!!!

Sodit, you must be using a blue lighter - will :(I ever learn?

Darksaga87

Think ill stay with shoving my arms up the machine and having a an oul root about.

Old ways are often the best.

AnonoBoy

I think homeopathy works for opening these as well.

You leave a key in a vial of water for a day and then after that a drop of that water on any lock will open it.

True story. A cousin of a neighbour's friend did it and he got, like, 5 free cans of coke and it cured his cancer too.

Prof.Badass

electrogrimey wrote: »

Is it that hard to believe that electromagnetic waves created by sparking that part of a lighter can affect the mechanics of a vending machine?

Yes......very.

Sounds like some sort of EMP weapon you're talking about, not a lighter spark.

Considering a wire inside the machine can operate unaffected by the active wires beside it, i really can't see a lighter spark from outside the machine having any effect.

Darksaga87

Im sure if the owner of these machines came out and seen you, with your pants around your ankles, lovingly caressing the machine and licking it, The owner may just give you whatever you want from the machine so you will go away.

AnonoBoy

vinylmesh wrote: »

Yes......very.

Sounds like some sort of EMP weapon you're talking about, not a lighter spark.

I saw a lighter once that projects a picture of a lady's bottom from the end of it so how come you can't believe that one would be able to remotely activate a vending machine in order to get free goods?




Oh yeah, I know why - cause it's a load of horsesh*t. That'd be it wouldn't it?

karma_

Never seen this done with vending machines but I know something similar was used on arcade machines back a few years ago, no longer works though afaik. Basically all it was, was using the old stove lighters to fool the machine into thinking you had deposited a coin, it definitely worked though and this sounds a lot similar.

AnonoBoy

karma_ wrote: »

Never seen this done with vending machines but I know something similar was used on arcade machines back a few years ago, no longer works though afaik. Basically all it was, was using the old stove lighters to fool the machine into thinking you had deposited a coin, it definitely worked though and this sounds a lot similar.

Used to do it on old arcade machines with a coin with a hole drilled in it and a bit of fishing line put through it. You could put it in and hit the credit button a few times to get extra games.

That was in the 80's though. I'd presume it wouldn't work now.