You’ve probably heard of vending machines dispensing chocolates,
soft drinks, tiny cars, umbrellas, live crabs[I’ve heard there is one in
Shanghai] but have you heard of gold vending machines???
If you’ve been reading my blog then ofcourse you’ve heard of
it. 2 yrs back I remember writing about a Gold vending machine which was
unveiled in the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. Then I had wondered whether
I’d ever get to see a real ‘live ’one.
Guess what, now Dubai’s got them too. Unlike Abu Dhabi,
Dubai believes in placing them in more accessible areas…like shopping malls where
the common people can see and judge for themselves;-D.
Burj Khalifa has
supposedly got 2 of these vending machines…one at the bottom and one on the 125th
floor.
I did all I could to straighten this pic but obviously....;-/ |
I saw one at the Atlantis but look at my luck.......on that
particular day we had spent a lot of money at the Atlantis, to spend on
Gold also would have been too much. So I contented myself by taking a few
pictures;-P.
There is also a built-in computer which updates the Gold rates inside the machine every 10 minutes. And anything you buy from the machine comes with a
money-back guarantee, no questions asked, cool huh;-o