Only semi-related, I must have $200 in loose change collected over the years (and years). What the hell to do with them?
Turns out I can take them to coinstar at the local Krogers and turn them into cash but they will take a chunk of the change that I am too miserly to part with.
OR, wow, I can turn them into an Amazon gift card! I mean, I can turn them into Home Depot cards (and many other cards), but I live in an apartment.
So that's awesome and I test it with $20 in quarters, AND, AND, AND,
Machine almost instantly jams.
No one uses the coinstar except for the most part as trash can so when the manager rips the machine apart we find safety pins, and buttons, and all sorts of crap.
Oh well.
Hey, the coinstar.com tells me Walmart has a machine too. Let's check that out and and and -- the walmart machines don't allow conversion to Amazon money. My guess is that Amazon is Walmarts biggest enemy.
I'm fairly sure I saw a Coinstar machine at a small casino in Vegas, and it worked fine for me (but it took a hefty commission). I'd guess the Coinstar machines at casinos are used more often than the ones in supermarkets, so they're probably a better bet. (Pun semi-intended.)
Do you not have self-service checkouts at supermarkets? They usually have a counting drop like coinstar but you just pay for your groceries so no extra charge.
Every self-service checkout I've used had a slot which takes one coin at a time. Coinstar machines let you fill a bin with a couple fistfuls of coins and count them in a minute.
Turns out I can take them to coinstar at the local Krogers and turn them into cash but they will take a chunk of the change that I am too miserly to part with.
OR, wow, I can turn them into an Amazon gift card! I mean, I can turn them into Home Depot cards (and many other cards), but I live in an apartment.
So that's awesome and I test it with $20 in quarters, AND, AND, AND,
Machine almost instantly jams.
No one uses the coinstar except for the most part as trash can so when the manager rips the machine apart we find safety pins, and buttons, and all sorts of crap.
Oh well.
Hey, the coinstar.com tells me Walmart has a machine too. Let's check that out and and and -- the walmart machines don't allow conversion to Amazon money. My guess is that Amazon is Walmarts biggest enemy.
Oh well. I now have about $180 of loose change.