Why Jigsaw Puzzle Vending Machines Are Quietly Cleaning Up in Tourist Spots
There’s a jigsaw puzzle vending machine in a castle gift shop in Bavaria that out-earns the shop’s entire postcard and magnet section combined. The shop manager told me something I haven’t forgotten: “Postcards get thrown away. Puzzles get framed.” She was annoyed about it, actually—her margin on postcards is higher per unit. But the machine moves 9–12 […]