Automatic Tubig Machine: The Self-Service Coin-Operated Water Vending Machine

By | March 29, 2011
16 Comments

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For many Pinoys in Metro Manila, the acronym ATM stands for an Automated Teller Machine – but in some parts of the Visayas and Mindanao, an ATM could also mean the very ingenious Automated Tubig Machine.

An ATM, as the title suggests, is a self-service coin-operated water vending machine. And I was lucky enough to try one during my visit in Cebu last year.

The machine looks simple enough to operate. Just insert the coin into the slot and wait for the cold purified water to come out of the spout.

Some machines take just one-peso and dispenses enough water to fill a glass. While some, like this one, takes in five-peso coins and gives almost half a liter of refreshingly cold water.

There’s plenty of this in Cebu, which you can never miss standing along the sidewalks. And according to the guy who owns this particular machine, there’s also lots of this in other parts of the country.

And so I did a little research and discovered that this innovation was the idea of Filipino entrepreneur, Ted Bergado. He is the founder of Automatic Tubig Machine (ATM) Water Venture Corporation and actually offers franchising for these machines.

Now that’s something to think about if you want a vending machine business today.



16 thoughts on “Automatic Tubig Machine: The Self-Service Coin-Operated Water Vending Machine”

  1. Micamyx

    Sounds like a good idea for a start-up business! Ok din ito sa mga school. Hmmm…

  2. jeanbeltran

    indeed this is a good idea for a business. I am from cebu and yes almost all the streets here has this machine. There was one which dispenses hot water too.

  4. lito abiad

    how much is your automtic tubig machine? my no is 09176219291

  5. Joseph de guzman

    please message me im interested 09393736797

  6. Princess Estorgio

    I’m interested with this business! Please share with me on how to operate this! Thank You! I’m from Visayas-Bohol.

  7. Princess Estorgio

    I’m interested with this business! Please share with me on how to operate this! Thank You! I’m from Visayas-Bohol.

  8. Cris

    Please let me know how much the automated tubig machine per piece?

  9. boboy rodrigo

    gudam po magkanu poang isang unit ng automatic tubig machine kasi gusto ko sanang magumpisa ng kabuhayan sa iloilo. pakitag po ng price at kong may available ba ito sa iloilo, 09206216332 pkitxt lng po.gdbles

  10. boboy rodrigo

    pwde po ba malamn kung magkanu ang isang unit balak ko po kasing magsimula ng simpleng kabuhayan pero swak n kumikita, ito po number ko 09206216332, may available b ito sa iloilo

  11. Janice Coderis

    May i know the price of one unit of an automated tubig machine. My number is 09175791920. Thanks

  12. leopoldo Sacedon jr

    tanung ko lang kung magkano yung automatic tubig machine nyo? my number is 09477456178 at kung magkano charge if deliver? d2 lang po ako sa paranaque..tnx

  13. Leilani Valencia

    magkanu po per machine nyo, at magkano din po ang delivery charge. taga Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Valley po ako, wala pa po kasing ganyan d2, may nakita na po akong ganyan sa Taguig e gusto ko po sanang mag business ng ganyan d2 sa amin. paki txt po sa akin details d2 sa number na to 09122283505. tnx

  14. Dennis Chong

    Pls give details on how to avail the machine – Visayas/Iloilo

  15. jmark

    sana po may factory na yan dito sa mindanao particularly po sa zamboanga city..TY

  16. marilou alejandro

    sir ask k po kung magkno at paano etoh cp k 09460313664 salamat

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