with a feature of the invention once the drop off activation code is received the machine controller 50 determines at stage 302 whether the machine is configured to accept such a code for example a machine may be programmed via a configuration file or setting to enable or disable activation of the drop off mode if it is determined at stage 302 that the machine is not configured so as to enable activation of the drop off code then the process 300 exits after stage 302 otherwise the process moves forward to stage 303 wherein the machine switches to a drop off mode pursuant to entering the drop off mode the controller causes an appropriate message to be displayed via the user display panel in stage 304 for example the display may be changed to read u201c busy u201d or other appropriate message to alert potential users that the machine is not available for use at the moment in addition at stage 305 the controller disables certain control inputs of the machine for example in an embodiment of the invention the controller 50 may disable or cause to be ignored any coin deposit card insertion start button depression and or other control inputs usable to use the machine in modes other than the drop off mode however the keypad preferably remains enabled so that a user code may be entered as will be discussed below in addition the.