Malaysia dropped the 1RM coin altogether - I have a few I forgot to use before the deadline. Now they have a 1RM plastic bill that is static charged and sticks to other 1RM bills - impossible to separate!katbh wrote:^ and let me guess.... the Malaysian 1RM coin could be used in vending machines as a SGD1?
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- pixfirewall
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seems vendo machines needs to be calibrated with the new coins... just use the old ones since this will take some time for vendors to get the calibration for all vendo machine island wide.
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Are you always this obvious?pixfirewall wrote:seems vendo machines needs to be calibrated with the new coins... just use the old ones since this will take some time for vendors to get the calibration for all vendo machine island wide.
Anyone else notice LHL's favourite phrase is "needs to be re-calibrated" or others using the word "calibration"?
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They get fixated with a "buzz word" and think it's shows all and sundry that they are intelligent, so you have to hear it until you vomit! Human Capital is another one that turns my stomach. Just means your staff are no more than fixed assets to be depreciated, worked to the max and tossed out when a new model arrives.
The gahment here should get into BullSh*t Bingo for sure!
The gahment here should get into BullSh*t Bingo for sure!
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Some people believe that using buzz words make them look smart. It's all smoke and mirrors!sundaymorningstaple wrote:They get fixated with a "buzz word" and think it's shows all and sundry that they are intelligent, so you have to hear it until you vomit! Human Capital is another one that turns my stomach. Just means your staff are no more than fixed assets to be depreciated, worked to the max and tossed out when a new model arrives.
The gahment here should get into BullSh*t Bingo for sure!
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Not true. They (the gov't) notified vending machine owners, casinos, etc over a year ago. But until enough new coins are in circulation the aren't likely to change their machines. Put in devices for the new coins and you eliminate 90% of customers still with the old coins.movingtospore wrote:I think it's hilarious...in the land where they plan everything to the nth degree...they didn't realize that their new coins wouldn't work anywhere. Unless they did plan it that way...and have a roster of "works" lined up to replace vending machines, trolleys, etc etc across the Island.
Annoying but that's the case. And they DID all know.
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Mostly by size and weight. Size directs coins to a certain slot, weight determines whether they trigger the device. Older machines will be much harder to adapt as they are purely mechanical, and may not have enough settings to handle old and new.zzm9980 wrote:Technology doesn't exist that would allow it to accept both coins? How can machines tell .50 and $1 apart already?scarbowl wrote:Put in devices for the new coins and you eliminate 90% of customers still with the old coins.
Brilliant!!!scarbowl wrote:Not true. They (the gov't) notified vending machine owners, casinos, etc over a year ago. But until enough new coins are in circulation the aren't likely to change their machines. Put in devices for the new coins and you eliminate 90% of customers still with the old coins.movingtospore wrote:I think it's hilarious...in the land where they plan everything to the nth degree...they didn't realize that their new coins wouldn't work anywhere. Unless they did plan it that way...and have a roster of "works" lined up to replace vending machines, trolleys, etc etc across the Island.
Annoying but that's the case. And they DID all know.
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