Macy’s plans to install 180 iPod vending machines — made by a San Francisco company — nationwide by fall, its chief executive said Friday.

This has to be one of the most stupid ideas I’ve ever heard of…I can just see it now:

“Mommy, mommy can I have $300 for the vending machine? I want an iPod”

First of all, who in their right mind is going to buy a $300 MP3 player from a vending machine. What’s next, cell phones and digital cameras?

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