This would be a vending machine if it was able to gate people from taking things they didn't pay for. This is just a cabinet. What stops people from completely clearing this thing out, without paying for anything?
From the second paragraph of the article.
* Fake account via throw away mail service * Block camera lens to blind computer vision with gum * Steal all the things
And if you have a stolen credit card, do you use it for 70$ worth of chips and nail-polish? I'd think there as more to get in any normal store.