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It's not just snacks and sodas that come out of vending machines anymore. Coinstar is anticipating major changes in the market.

Electronics from a vending machine?

BY Kim Shepard  on May 25, 2012 @ 1:27 pm (Updated: 2:12 pm - 5/26/12 )

Now that we are used to getting DVD's out of a vending machine, Seattle-based Coinstar is ready to expand their business model again.

The company behind Redbox is testing a new type of kiosk they are calling "Gizmo". According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, Gizmo dispenses low-cost refurbished electronics, including cell phones, tablet computers and video game consoles, at discounted prices.

They are already being tested in San Antonio, TX and Los Angeles, CA.

Also on Coinstar's radar, recycling your old mobile phone. They just installed a machine at Everett Mall that will give you cash for your old cell. They are calling that one "EcoATM".

Kim Shepard, KIRO Radio Reporter
Kim Shepard is a news anchor and reporter for KIRO Radio and the office optimist. She's energetic, quick to laugh and has a positive outlook on life.
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  • JMGilday wrote...
    too bad Coinstar's techies
    May 26, 2012 2:12 pm
    don't know how to drive (and REALLY don't know how to tell the truth!)

    http://www.sachinsjoshi.com

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  • Citizen of Krazy Town wrote...
    pretty sure there has been such a machine at Bellevue Square for years
    May 26, 2012 3:11 pm
    ...
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  • eddiewhite wrote...
    The hair...
    May 26, 2012 3:12 pm
    on the girl in the picture looks fantastic
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  • kata wrote...
    workin' the scrunchie
    May 26, 2012 4:36 pm
    srsly.
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  • CH wrote...
    Sex out of a vending machine . . . .
    May 26, 2012 9:08 pm
    ?
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  • Howdy wrote...
    Grab
    May 26, 2012 9:45 pm
    and go
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  • Alex Mason wrote...
    Go ahead.
    May 26, 2012 10:41 pm
    When you complain about getting screwed, the rest of us will know you work at microsoft or apple.
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  • Howdy wrote...
    @Alex Mason
    May 26, 2012 11:39 pm
    I was talking about the pony tail. I don't work at microsoft or apple and I never complain about getting screwed.
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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    No I would not.
    May 26, 2012 11:14 pm
    .
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