CoinStar

[nassir]

So you go to the great CoinStar machine in the nearest supermarket or whatever because you're finally desperate enough to turn that 10 pound jar of change into something a little lighter say a few bills perhaps. You walk up to the machine and with high expectations you begin to dump all your money down the little slot as the ringing sound of the

Comments

[nymaara]

yeah, but then you take the receipt to the customer service desk and get dollar bills from it. still just as good.

[nassir]

yeah, but you get dollar bills....and change. It doesn't just count to an even number and return the extra. You take the receipt to the desk and get bills and extra coins back.

[nymaara]

to help you start your next 10 lb change jar collection see? they're trying to help you out.

[goth_hobbit]

See, this is why I annoy the nice people at my bank. No service charge, and I can throw the excess in my account.

Of course, they get amused at the fact that I come in with a Twining's loose-leaf tea tin. And pint plastic juice bottles? If you pull all of the pennies out on a regular basis, those puppies will hold about $75 in assorted silver.

The things you figure out when you're a compulsive coin-hoarder...