wanderful vending Failed at filling up vending machines with no bugs or other foreign objects philadelphia Pennsylvania
I recently paid a visit to a business and I saw one of these candy dispenser machines sitting in the business. I saw that they donated proceeds to children charities. I asked the person at the counter if they are really legit , to which he said yes.
So I decided to purchase quite a bit of candy from the machine. The person at the counter also told me that there were other machines around Philadelphia.
I thought that was cool, until I made a purchase that was horrifying. I know its only 25 cents, but I encountered a dead bug on one of my purchases. This grossed out my child and he started screaming holy terror. I got him to calm down and told him that was just a fluke, so I put in another quarter and a used condom came out. WTH???!!
This was a more significant loss, since now I realized the candy my son was eating was near that nasty condom. I asked the guy at the counter who does these machines and he said the contact info was on the side (he was clearly grossed out also) but said the guys name was Steve.
So I contacted Steve, and I was accussed of putting the condom in there myself. He told me that bitches call him all the time about his machines, and he decided to start ignoring them. What great customer service!
I hung up on the dweeb and decided that was my loss, until I found out the guy also has other businesses. He dances while dressed up like Mario, he sells Rokus, and he also is a loser pizza driver.
Seriously, this guy is far worse than I thought. He rants about stupid stuff while ripping off customers with crap in his gumball machines.
I decided to call him about his Rokus, to get a feel for this guy. I asked him about more details on the Roku, but he was mumbling incoherently about stuff. He was talking about many other things besides Roku. What a pitiful salesman.
Avoid this guy at all costs. Don't buy candy from him or ask him about Rokus. I dread to think what else he deals with.
5 Updates & Rebuttals
geo
Indiana,To the OP
#6Consumer Comment
Mon, December 01, 2014
I forwarded this to the health board, but they said they can't do anything about it; the person that it happened to has to report it.
Please report it to the health board. That bugs me if it really happened. Some kid might get down sick because of this doofus; if its true.
You need to also report to his charities. I did, but they had the same response to me. They said they could make an exception if I knew the place where the machine was at, but it would be better if the report author contacted them.
anon
philadelphia,Pennsylvania,
Already assumed that
#6Author of original report
Tue, October 28, 2014
Thanks for the advice on sending that to the health board. I have no idea why I didn't even think of that. I will forward the address of the gumball machine to the health board, since I don't really want to reveal the address on here. Steve already knows which one and I don't know who you are, so I will not tell you.
But thanks for the advice whoever you are. I will get around to that as soon as I can.
Thanks again.
geo
Another name but still the same.
#6Consumer Comment
Sun, October 26, 2014
What is up with all the different names on here? For everyone's info, this is Steven Forman again.
To the original poster on this thread, I would really like to know the location of this gumball machine. I am sending this to the local health board out there, and it would be easier on me if you would either inform me of which gumball machine it was or send it to the health board also.
If you are going to send it to the health board, let me know so I can put that info in my letter that I am sending.
Thank you so much!
anon
philadelphia,Pennsylvania,
Once a month?!
#6Author of original report
Mon, September 15, 2014
You are so professional. You check out your machines once a month. You claim that I am lying. Nice points, but none of it is true.
The business I was at told me that the only thing you do once a month is empty the money. If the machine has candy in it, you do not bother even checking its condition. No wonder the dead bug was in the machine. You do know that bugs can crawl into those machines and if they are only checked once a month, then that bug stays in there. That is really disgusting.
A true professional would be observant of things. I told you that I was going to file a report on here and if it did not work for me, then I would pursue other avenues. Just the idea of you not cleaning out those machines once in a while really disgusts me and am worried that you are putting our children at risk eating that old crap.
Apparently you have more important things to do than keep track of the quality of your product you are selling. And the condom was not in a package, so for all I know it had already been handled by your disgusting hands.
You need to clean up your act. I will be keeping an eye on your machines, and if I even suspect that you are not properly taking care of them, then I will inform your charities of this potential health hazard.
didyouknow
Trenton ,New Jersey,
Not true
#6REBUTTAL Owner of company
Fri, September 12, 2014
I found this on another site. Apparently someone decides to file a false report. The report about a kid going to a candy machine in the Phila area and complaining about a bug isn't true at all. Every month I go out to the locations and in different areas I service the machines and look to see how all the products are doing.
Apparently the report mentioned above is fake and the person has nothing better to do. Some people have nothing better to do with their free time. So if possible the admin of this site can take the top posting down. I would appreciate it. If we do have any situations at any locations we take prompt action by stopping by a location where it happened and remove the product.
One other thing to note that this posting is fake. We never put condoms in any of our machines. If that were the case we would get a call from the organization.
Thank you for your time and patience.