A large company used my idea.

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IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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OP, was the 9.8% fee for transferring coins to Paypal funds your idea too?
 

richardycc

Diamond Member
Apr 29, 2001
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for this idea to implement now, they probably have been working on this for months, so you didn't really come up with this idea...so sorry.
 

iamwiz82

Lifer
Jan 10, 2001
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I would bet that their website for it took more than a month or two to finalize, let alone the idea behind it.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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www.anyf.ca
It would be nice if they actually acknowledged you and perhaps even give you something free in return for the idea. As if a corporation would do something like that though. :p

I remember when I was a little kid before the Ziplock slide lock bags they were coming out with all sorts of different ones like the one where it turns green to identify that it's fully sealed etc. I remember joking with my family saying that in the future these bags will be so sophisticated they'll be like a regular zipper. Sure enough, they eventually came up with it. I should have patented it. Haha. Not like I would have been able to afford or even think of that as a little kid though.
 

Paratus

Lifer
Jun 4, 2004
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LOL. I suggested to OCZ they make modular power supplies. They said there wasnt a market. A year later everyone was selling them.

Mine was this mat. It had a bunch of conclusions written on it. And you could "jump" to it.

I bet I could make a million dollars selling that.
 

rockyct

Diamond Member
Jun 23, 2001
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Wow... now there is a crime.

Better off just using a bank coin one and getting all your money if you are a member.
I use it to get Amazon credit as they don't take anything out with that. With Amazon prime, Amazon credit is almost worth as much as cash.
 

Puppies04

Diamond Member
Apr 25, 2011
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I sent an email suggesting this last month or the month before. Today I got an email announcing it and they never even said thank you.

https://www.coinstar.com/paypal

Yeah I believe you, because you can roll something like that out from conception to completion in 4-8weeks.

I can't see you getting any money but you might want to see if you can get hold of a reality check.
 

MonKENy

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Nov 1, 2007
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At > than 4,000 posts, you've had adequate time to instill an impression. And yes. Not saying it's a true representation, but why give anything else?

ITS BECAUSE HES RETARDED

cause he is retarded, because its funny because I said retarded and he is...?
 

Murloc

Diamond Member
Jun 24, 2008
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If you're a normal person you will never get so many coins you can't spend, if you're a business you're not going to throw 10% of it away when banks have coin counting machines, and you don't use paypal either.

I don't understand this coinstar thing.