Need a coin counter ($150 budget)

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
chevy chase (not sure if in your area) offers it free to anyone

if that location has a sorter. the chevy chase location near me inside Gaint supermarket does not.

The acme/genaurdi's near me have a sorter but it charges..

 

[EagleEye]

Don't think i have ever seen a Chevy Chase bank. AFAIK, no banks here will let the school do it for free.

 

[jmcoreymv]

If you have a credit union nearby, they may have a free service for members. I know my local credit union lets us use their change machine for free.

 

[ultimatebob]

Yeah... I'm too lazy to sort my own coins, so I just use the CoinStar machine at my local grocery store. They charge an 8% counting fee if you want cash back, but you can also get an amazon.com gift certificate instead and get that fee waived.

 

[EagleEye]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Yeah... I'm too lazy to sort my own coins, so I just use the CoinStar machine at my local grocery store. They charge an 8% counting fee if you want cash back, but you can also get an amazon.com gift certificate instead and get that fee waived.

...doesn't help if the schoool needs to convert $1000 of change for charity. Going to a bank/ coin counting machine isn't going to work.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a coin counting machine?

 

[EagleEye]

I'm thinking of this one, unless anyone knows of a better machine:
[*]FS-4DA Coin Sorter with Digital Readout Display by Royal Soverei
http://store2home.com/product_info.php?products_id=42

 

[cirthix]

detention? it's free but probably will cost some $ over time.

 

[danzigrules]

Originally posted by: EagleEye

Originally posted by: Drakkon
my bank does it for free...they even have a machine in the lobby....you put your coins in...it gives you a slip...then you take it to a teller and you can either get a check/cash/or deposit right then and there.

Man, I wish we had that here. Bank One/ Chase and Bank of America both charge. I haven't tried Wells Fargo yet, but I think thats about it for the banks that we have here.

Wells Fargo has coin machines in some branches. Customers can dump their change and get cash; no fee is charged. If the branch doesn't have a coin machine, you'll have to sort and roll the dough -- but they'll give you the wrappers for free.

I'd say call wells fargo and hope they have a machine

There seems to be a few of them in Phoenix

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: EagleEye

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Yeah... I'm too lazy to sort my own coins, so I just use the CoinStar machine at my local grocery store. They charge an 8% counting fee if you want cash back, but you can also get an amazon.com gift certificate instead and get that fee waived.

...doesn't help if the schoool needs to convert $1000 of change for charity. Going to a bank/ coin counting machine isn't going to work.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a coin counting machine?

Hey, we're just trying to give you some other ideas. 8% of $1,000 is still cheaper than a $150 counting machine, and would be a a lot quicker.

 

[EagleEye]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: EagleEye

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Yeah... I'm too lazy to sort my own coins, so I just use the CoinStar machine at my local grocery store. They charge an 8% counting fee if you want cash back, but you can also get an amazon.com gift certificate instead and get that fee waived.

...doesn't help if the schoool needs to convert $1000 of change for charity. Going to a bank/ coin counting machine isn't going to work.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a coin counting machine?

Hey, we're just trying to give you some other ideas. 8% of $1,000 is still cheaper than a $150 counting machine, and would be a a lot quicker.

However, my Mom has been given the money to buy a machine for the school so that they can have one on campus. She said that they have to count the money by home room (because most of the fund-rasing that they do include competiotions).

So, I am only looking for suggestions for a coin sorting machine since I have had no experience with one.

Please, no more suggestions for banks.

 

[EagleEye]

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