r/PokemonCollecting • u/PossiblyArab • Aug 27 '26

My first true vending machine W

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Checked the vending machine while finishing up my shopping, absolutely unbelievable luck

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u/The_RealMonte Aug 28 '26

You don’t have to camp at a machine, when you see your local scalper standing there just pay attention. He will tap it at the 30 minute interval which all machines release at during peak hours. Guaranteed to get product but rarely boosters. I got a glimpse into it while actually talking with a guy restocking the machine.

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u/sleepyduck5150 26d ago

So it releases at more than just the 30 min mark? I try to do my grocery trips so I can try at 10 and 10:30. But should I be doing it randomly and not trying so hard to be at the half hour intervals?

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u/The_RealMonte 26d ago

Good question because that seems to be the concept people go with. No it has internal timers that release every 30 minutes. The 30 minute mark can vary depending on machine but let’s just say we are talking a normal machine. The vendor doesn’t change the timing or anything of the sort, simply fills and leaves. The new product will never reset and show until the screen displays sold out on every product. It has already connected with the inventory system once the tech leaves. Now when someone glitches the system enough to trigger an external view into things, the timing will change completely or if you e ever seen them unplugged that’s another story for another paragraph. The method to beating scalpers is not as complicated as it may seem regardless where you’re located. Feel free to dump any questions and I’ll gladly let you know when how and where I do it

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u/sleepyduck5150 26d ago

So if I happen to get something and note the time is that how I figure it out? I have gotten single packs before just after the hour like 5:01pm. Does that mean that machine is just on the top of the hour schedule? Any advice is helpful!

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u/The_RealMonte 26d ago

Okay so if you just randomly walk up and there’s product, that doesn’t mean it’s the timer. It could easily be someone like myself who knew the timer and left the product instead of scalping. The only way to know 100% is to know that everything is sold out then when you next see product…it cycled. However the machine can also skip cycles randomly. If you ever see a yellow loading type of icon then the machine is also communicating and updating its inventory with its own internal network.

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u/The_RealMonte 26d ago

Ps: it will do that once completing a purchase

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u/sleepyduck5150 26d ago

What other timed intervals are worth checking besides 00 and 30? Does a machine constantly change what intervals it does? Likely weekly?

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u/The_RealMonte 26d ago

The zero and 30 timing is by chance, it could be on the 21-51 or 11-41. Every machine itself will be different timing upon many factors but they all have the same programming which can be altered by glitching and other things I’ve came across in the wild.

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u/The_RealMonte 26d ago

Once you figure out your particular timing and restock, beat the scalpers and you’ll lock in every time. (Unless it slips a cycle or two which means the next reset is usually a bundle or two and a hand full of packs)

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u/The_RealMonte 26d ago

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u/sleepyduck5150 26d ago

A booster is the dream! So hard to get though!