This is illegal. For all you thick skulled people, that means it is bad, don’t do it. It’s a lot of fun, as I know from what other people have told me. I’ve never tried it, of course, so you will be going only from second-hand experience. If you get caught, whatever happens, we aren’t responsible. That means me, Xioth, The Weasel, and anyone else involved in the process of getting this text to you.
Introduction:
Basically, what this text is about is as follows: Getting a free soda, or free money from a change machine. You can do this by using coins or bills, pick your method now. With bills, you cannot use the return change lever, but with coins you can. There’s an advantage. With bills, there is no chance of alarms as of the time or writing. With coins there is a big chance. That is the advantage of bills.
What to do (bills):
Take the following out of your collection of goodies:
Crisp, new dollar bill
Scotch Tape (CLEAR ONLY)
Take the dollar bill, and hold it as if you were going to insert it into a soda machine. Place it on the table. Take one strip of clear scotch tape as long as the LONG end of the bill. Take another. Attach them coming from the edge of the white margin facing you, coming directly toward you away from the bill. It should look as follows:
 
Now, flip the bill and all over, and cover the two strips you made with two more strips of tape of the same size.
Now you have a dollar bill with two non-sticky plastic strips coming off of it. Now what you need to to is “railroad-track” it. This means that you will make about three small strips of tape on both sires of the bill crossing over the extending strips. Now your bill will look like this:
 
Now smooth the bill over with a flat, hardcover book to make the tape as thin as possible, and to make it adhere as much as possible. That’s all for proparation.
Now walk up to the soda machine and insert the bill as per directions. Grap the ends of the plastic strips as it goes in. When your fingers about hit the insert slot, quickly tug the bill back out. Punch your soda/snack button, or grab your change.
How to do it with Coins:
What you need:
Two quarters, brand new preferably.
2 feet of fishing line
a 1/32” drill (or 1/16” if you have to)
Place the two quarters on your workbench. Drill a hole at the very top of both quarters. Drill a hole at the bottom of ONE quarter. Take the fishing line and thread it through the top of the TWO HOLE coin. Tie as small a knot as possibly, or better, melt it together. cut off about 2 or 3 inches from the loose end of the fishing line. Use this 2-3 inch piece to tie the two remaining coins together. Your final product should look like this:
 
You are all set. Drop both coins into a machine, then yank them out after they pass the sensor.
Why, you ask, not use one quarter? Answer: most machine now subtract credit when they sense a coin going backwards past them. Two coins fools them.
Have a happy time getting rich, or full of soda and snacks!
