Luxury ATM Dispenses Diamond Jewelry, Gold, Silver and Religious Jewelry

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10/26/2011 @ 10:16AM



What’s next, diamond jewelry coming out of ATM machines? Well, yes.

In a testament to the economic growth of India, its insatiable appetite for consuming products and the creativity, even audacity, of companies willing to find ways to feed that appetite; an Indian company has built the world’s first machine that dispenses out gold, silver, diamond jewelry and religious jewelry.

The Gitanjali Group, the machine’s creator, is calling it an ATM, but I think a vending machine would also be an apt description. These types of machines have been vending gold at certain places around the world for the past few years. But this is the first such machine that also dispenses other precious metals and jewelry.

The first ATM was recently placed at a Mumbai shopping center. As is typical with the company, it was introduced with a ceremony featuring a Bollywood star, in this case, Raima Sen.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2011/10/26/luxury-atm-dispenses-diamond-jewelry-gold-silver-and-religious-jewelry/

With things like this on the horizon, why on earth are people protesting in the streets?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. Its an unusal vending machine...they have had odd ones all over Japan for years

[MADem]

2. You're not kidding on that score!!!! Some are downright...perverse!

http://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. I do try not to be judgemental...but have seen some really *odd* stuff in some there

[DCKit]

4. A little bigger door, and they could squish out the baby Jesus. nt