Newspaper machine
A newspaper machine is a self-service machine where newspapers can be bought for cash .
target group
Newspapers can also be obtained from newspaper machines outside normal business hours, for example early in the morning or late in the evening. They are often placed near bus and tram stops when there is no place to buy newspapers, but many commuters can walk by or wait or motorists can stop there. They are also often set up at pedestrian crossings.
logistics
Often several machines from different newspapers are set up side by side, for example in Cologne and Düsseldorf : Express , Bild , Westdeutsche Zeitung , Kölnische Rundschau and NRZ , or in Munich : tz , Abendzeitung , Münchner Merkur , Süddeutsche Zeitung , Bild. Usually every publisher, through its own organization or service provider, only equips its machines and also collects the income in this way. Vending machines from different publishers are seldom stocked by one service provider.
functionality
In the viewing window you can see the upper half of the title page with the most important headlines . A so-called dealer apron , a poster , usually in A3 format, often hangs below the viewing window with the main headline of the day, which comes from many regional newspapers. Most newspaper machines do not give change . The buyer must insert coins into the slot of the machine until the nominal amount is reached or exceeded. The note "Overpayment possible" means in this context that the locking of the newspaper machine is only released from the stated sales price and that no change is given if the purchase price has been exceeded. Then you can remove the newspaper by opening the front flap, which is secured by a strong return spring. Because of the return spring, the newspaper can only be removed with one hand; the flap is pushed down with the other hand so that it stays open. When you let go, the flap swings up again and the lock engages again and secures it.
The problem is that most newspaper machines (the so-called semi - automatic machines ) have access to all newspapers that are stacked in a stack. It is assumed that the typical newspaper buyer has no use for several identical copies and therefore - supported by the social control of other passers-by - only removes one copy at a time. In the event that a coin gets stuck on the way, there is a return button through which it can be ejected again.
If there are no more newspapers in the newspaper machine, this will not be displayed. The last thing you can do is to take out the newspaper stuck in the viewing window; then you can tell whether there are still newspapers in the machine. In order to prevent theft, the cash receipts of the newspaper machines are emptied daily, which is also indicated in writing outside.
Newer models, especially those for newspapers in semi-Rhenish format , can also be designed fully automatically. Here, after the coins have been inserted, the newspaper is thrown from a storage container into an output slot. This prevents multiple issues from being removed at the same time.
Sunday booth
Newspaper machines are not common in Austria . The Sunday editions of the daily newspapers are often sold there in transparent sleeves in the public space, known as the Sonntagsstandl .
