strange problem with vending machines and static lootables

If you go up to a vending machine and go to its side, you'll carefully find a spot where you get the option like it's a box and if you click, you can open it "like a box" -- and take the contents without paying.  If I unload Static Lootables, that problem vanishes.   it seems that static lootables appears to be making vending machines "lootable".  Really need a fix.

we found that initial glitch and fixed it.  However, we now have another problem that's similar.   From the player who found the probelm:

All of my vending machines are empty again. Something is not working right still
[11:30 AM]
It has to be related to using different skins because my one under my other base with the default skin is still fine

So skinned vending machines become lootable somehow, while default ones remain unlootable.   Not sure what's happening here?