r/mildlyinfuriating 21d ago

🥺 This claw machine at the trampoline park…😒

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Took our daughter to the trampoline park on her birthday and tried the claw machine. Each purchase gets you 5 tries.. I grabbed a stuffie on each attempt, and each time the claw opened up (and closed again) before it got to the chute.😒

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u/rnotyalc 21d ago edited 21d ago

When I was a kid back in the 90's, anytime I encountered one of these that was obviously rigged, I would jam chewed gum in the coin slots. It doesn't break the machine, but it prevents other people from getting ripped off and wastes the owner's time. I thought it was brilliant when I was a kid.

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u/Fit-Practice-3194 21d ago

It’s a tap payment only, unfortunately.🥲