Gold vending

Just an addition to our post about gold investments back in June.

Apparently it's soon going to be possible to buy gold from vending machines, just as you might buy a sandwich, a drink, a tube of sweets or a pack of postage stamps.

The idea is to install the new vending machines in airports, where people will be looking to disburse their money either on expensive guilt-assuaging last minute gifts. But the machines will also hold bullion - the notion being that it will also be possible to make investments by purchasing bars of up to 250 grams.

For the time being the only vending machine selling gold is in Frankfurt airport, but the machine's inventors hope to start moving their products in the UK and Asia soon, the best gold and precious gems markets in the world.

For those who dislike paying for their investments - think again - the machines are said to be built like tanks.