Introducing an opportunity to own [Sorry, SOLD!] a great example of a class of machines that appeared with great fanfare, but pretty much disappeared just like the Automat itself that seems to have inspired the design.
SOLD – Turbon Multi-Vending 7 Slot ‘Ever Open Shop’
This ‘Turbon’ ever open shop can vend up to 7 items, completely of YOUR choosing!
We’re We were pleased to be able to offer one of these machines [now sold!], the one above was made by Turbon in Germany, but we really can’t find anything more than that on the company itself. Working on 2 shillings, or a florin, this machine was obviously destined for the UK from new.
Many of these machines were also imported to the UK from Nordic / Scandinavian countries and also direct from the USA.
Here’s a similar machine in the USA – selling lamps!
The Automat concept, however, lives on in the Netherlands where there are a couple of chains still in existence, the largest being ‘FEBO‘.
