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Mine are in the safeCoinstar.
When I saw your post I thought you meant old coins. They have gone on Ebay.
Mine are in the safeCoinstar.
When I saw your post I thought you meant old coins. They have gone on Ebay.
Thank you for this tip, I was not aware of that. Can you tell me how it works? Do you get a receipt and then you present the receipt to the cashier at checkout?
It has been about 5 years since we last cashed in our coins. 3 or 4 gallon ziplocks full.
The small town where our camp is located has a bank with one of those really old (maybe 1920's) clattering sort machines. Last time we used it, there was no charge.
Don't want to guess how much our 'collection' is worth.
Same with Home Depot self checkout. I try to go when it is not busy with my bag of coin. Miss TD though but HD seems to be more accurate.Grocery stores now in my area had self checkout. I would periodically annoy checkout people by paying with lots of coins but self checkout computer just takes whatever I throw in. So any change I have goes in then you can pay for the rest of your transaction with credit. I love this split pay option.
You could shift a lot of coins this way over time. This solved the coin problem for me.
Grocery stores now in my area had self checkout. I would periodically annoy checkout people by paying with lots of coins but self checkout computer just takes whatever I throw in. So any change I have goes in then you can pay for the rest of your transaction with credit. I love this split pay option.
You could shift a lot of coins this way over time. This solved the coin problem for me.
Here's a funny one. Since 1979 or so I've been saving my pennies by putting them in one of those large Alhambra water bottles. Over the years I've filled a couple of them.
Last year I wanted to buy a pair of those Bose noise canceling headphones for airline flights but couldn't justify spending $300. on them.
I loaded all one hundred pounds of pennies into my car and went to the local supermarket to deposit them into one of those Coin Star machines. Instead of paying the Coin Star user fee I decided to exchange them for an Amazon Gift Card for the full amount. Sure enough, after feeding pennies into the machine for almost an hour I had just over $300.00. Just enough to buy the head phones off Amazon.
By the time I was done feeding coins into the machine I had the entire store watching me. Almost like Vegas but in reverse!
Obviously you have not been retired long enough to take up the challenge!So there it sits, collecting dust and the occasional byproduct from a stop at 7-Eleven.
We picked up a hexagon shaped end table at the Good Will. It had nothing in the middle. Wife found a cool idea on Pinterest using pennies. Had a piece of glass made to set on top ......
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