Have you or do you use the Coin Star machine?

[HiTek21]

Just wondering how many people have tried this. I used it before and I think it ripped me off cuz i counted way more quarters than it said on my reciept. I'll stick to old fashion coin rolls and going into the bank to depost them.

 

[PsychoAndy]

Pay someone to give me my own money? I dont think so.

-PAB

 

[MichaelD]

Heck no. Why should I pay like 10% of my hard-earned money to some machine? I mean, if you've got bucks, you're probably not going to be rolling coins anyway, right?

I have a manual coin-sorter...black plastic base with four removeable, clear tubes. One each: pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters. Everyday when I come home, I empty my pockets and throw the change into the tubes. (I have a big plastic jug for pennies.) I'd say I wrap at least $20 in change per month. I roll it up and stick the rolls in a shoebox.

That shoebox is my "Holy Sh1t am I broke!!!!" money.

 

[kranky]

I guess it's possible for the machine to miscount, but I've never had a problem with it. Did you check the rejected coin bin to see if any of your coins were there?

I will roll all my coins but the cents, which go to Coinstar about once a year. That way the 7.5% fee is tolerable.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: PsychoAndy
Pay someone to give me my own money? I dont think so.

-PAB

 

[loup garou]

Man, I gladly pay 7.5% at the Coinstar machine. I fscking hate banks. The lines, the old people who hold everything up, the dumb employees....I get pissed off just thinking about it. I much prefer to go to the supermarket (open 24 hours, unlike my bank), dump my coins in the machine, hit the express lane for my cash, and I'm out.

 

[deerslayer]

Originally posted by: Carbonyl

Originally posted by: PsychoAndy
Pay someone to give me my own money? I dont think so.

-PAB

 

If you have an account at TCF Bank (Twin Cities Financial, but they have branches in MI, IL, OH, and MN) then there's usually a coin counting machine at the bank that you can use for free. No deduction.

It's nice .

 

[kranky]

I agree with the "going to the bank" comment. We have a cafeteria at work that will take my rolled coins, so I'm covered there.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Yeah my bank has a big ass machine up front for change. Dump it in (a real classy redneck came in when I was at a teller. He must have had 8-10 Crown Royal bags full of change) and it counts it and gives you a coupon which you take to the teller and she gives you your $$$.

 

[MajesticMoose]

i just roll mine and take it to the back.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: MajesticMoose
i just roll mine and take it to the back.

I was wondering when someone would come up with that innuendo

 

[bmacd]

in North Carolina, my uncle and i cashed in on a couple coffee cans and hit $213. He has boxes and boxes of coffee cans of change.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: bmacd
in North Carolina, my uncle and i cashed in on a couple coffee cans and hit $213. He has boxes and boxes of coffee cans of change.

-=bmacd=-

:Q

Share the wealth!

I've used them a few times, when going to the bank wasn't convienent.