Is it possible to afford the Bucking Bronco vigor at the fair?

Early in the game, before things really start to go downhill, there's a fair and a vending machine that sells the Bucking Bronco vigor.

There are ways to get some cash before this point, and I believe you can backtrack for some limited time afterwards to this location, but I can't seem to get together enough cash to afford this Vigor.

Is there any way to buy it at this stage? Or am I limited to waiting and finding it later?

Solution 1:

No, you can't buy it in the fair, it's just there to tease you(and to give you a vendor to "hack" with Possession).

Even if you collect all of the money you find scattered around Columbia and win both the first and the second prize at the shooting games at the fair, you'll end up with about 150 $, less than half of the price of the Bucking Bronco vigor.

Also, if you think about it from a gameplay point, getting it this early would trivialize the first part of the game. Take the first Fireman you meet, for example: it's supposed to be the first "miniboss", but using Bucking Bronco on him would render him completely harmless.

UPDATE: according to this article the vigor vendor you find at the fair is the remnant of the E3 demo. At the time the Salt system wasn't implemented yet, and the vigor bottles had "charges"