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Title: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: memorylane on August 10, 2008, 03:10:45 pm
Has anyone noticed there are no more Coke knock off Gumball machines on E-bay or for that matter, I have not seen any Coke knock offs lately. I'll bet Coke is head hunting?


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: jasmine64 on August 11, 2008, 06:56:30 pm
I havent looked in a long time for anything soda related on ebay.

Just dont have the room if I found something.


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: Pat Pixley on August 11, 2008, 09:23:12 pm
Hmmm I did notice that , I wonder if Coke may have been tip off as to what that person was getting for those knock off coca cola gum ball machine,  Then decide that they need to get their share of the pie  :glare:.

  Thing that make you go hmmm


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: bubba on August 11, 2008, 09:32:10 pm
I think I saw one a few weeks ago..


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: loman4ec on August 12, 2008, 03:46:35 am
I have seen them in Pepsi and I think Ford recently but no Coke. That is one thing I hope Coke put an end to. They were very misleading. Someone who doesn't know any better could really think they are buying something valuable and be very disappointed when they go to sell it off. I am all for fantasy machines and other coin ops but you need to be clear that they are not original. 


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: collecture on August 12, 2008, 08:58:36 pm
I think they just temporarily ran out of stock!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160271271123&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: MoonDawg on August 12, 2008, 11:59:06 pm
LOL Tom............Yea! they have plenty of gumball machines,
they just ran out of decals :biggrin:


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: bubba on August 13, 2008, 05:28:13 am
Looks like he is selling off the Coke decals too...


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: memorylane on August 13, 2008, 08:10:18 am
I guess we won't see anymore $600.00 gumball machines! I just went into his feedbacks and this guy was making 3K + a month just in the knock off coke gumball machines and every feedback reads Coca Cola gumball machine in the add., with the sold price of anywhere from $300.00 to $900.00 a machine. You think Coke might want there cut, what a paper trail. Now thats just Dumb, I don't care who you are!


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: Larry on August 13, 2008, 09:22:49 am
 :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:  I hear you brother! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: sodaworks on August 13, 2008, 11:21:13 pm
He's charging 265.00 BIN for a theme gumball machine. How can this guy sleep at night.


Title: Re: No Coke knock offs on E-bay
Post by: mznb1u on August 13, 2008, 11:45:41 pm
As my dad used to say that PT Barnum said (even though PT Barnum never really said it):

"There's a sucker born every minute!"  :oops:

and, as I learned in all of those Economics classes at the University of Michigan:

"Caveat emptor - - Let the buyer beware!"  :glare:

Of course, it would be nice if the folks in Atlanta would crush this guy like a grape! :veryangry: