Businesses of Convenience: 2008's Most Weird and Wacky Vending Machines

Businesses of Convenience: 2008's Most Weird and Wacky Vending Machines
Vending Machines offer the consumers the convenience of finding products and services at hand wherever they go. Many companies are profiting on this growing business trend, and are branching out beyond the typical candy and soda vending to provide some very unique and wacky services.
Here I present you with the top 5 weird and wacky vending services of 2008. Convenient, or strange? You read and decide.
The Beautiful Vending Company, whose services are available to businesses in the UK, offers the installation of beauty product Vending Machines to upscale businesses. Their target market for their product includes the popular pubs and clubs, gyms and fitness centers and malls.
The idea in itself is really quite similar to using communal hair dryers after showering at a fitness club. However, in the case of Beautiful Vending's products, top of the line hair straighteners and curling irons are available as a pay-per-use service. Unlike many Vending Machines, you don't keep the product. For those who are both style conscious and a bit germophobic, the high temperatures of the machines are said to keep the styling plates hygienic.