The dictionary defines vendor as “someone who sells; The French infinitive is “vendre”, and used in a much broader context as sell, sale; market, vend, trade; barter away. In my experience I have found the vending machine to be the ultimate in the “sales mechanics”of human nature. Have you ever watched a vending machine at […]
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