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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good for tolls if you have to drive through those a lot. I think the Chesapeake Bay-Bridge Tunnel is $17 now. A few trips through there should help  Edited by Gothic Florin
09/23/2012 5:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4227 Posts |
When I was with the Bank of Montreal in the late '80s a teller got burned by taking in a huge lot of rolled washers. After that we were told to unroll each roll to check. I didn't do that, instead just using my thumb nail to make certain there were reeded items in each roll. I never got burned, and I hated rolling coins (we didn't have coin rollers back then)!
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Valued Member
United States
60 Posts |
I like to use loose halves or dollar coins or to buy coffee or for other small purchases. I always get a laugh when someone asks what they are or says they have never seen them before. Oh and eng they work well for tipping gas station attendants.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1796 Posts |
Every Stop & Shop around here in Central NJ has a Coinstar which either takes 9% for cash in return *or* takes 0% if you take a gift card for Stop & Shop instead.
I've never taken advantage of that, myself though, as my Credit Union has a free Coinstar, itself. :-)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1700 Posts |
Hello, Self-checkout machines at Walmart or Safeway are what I have used to dump halves, quarters, and sometimes even pennies. |
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New Member
United States
46 Posts |
I have 23 bank accounts in my area, and I have designated "dump locations" and "roll locations". Some of the bigger branches, like wells fargo and bank of america, are my dump spots, because they offer free use of their automatic coin machines if you hold an account with them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
802 Posts |
I don't spend cash. I get 1%-5% back with my credit card. With $500 in free money reward that can be redeemed at 1.5x to 2x face value. I am sitting at up to $1,000 by using a credit card and not cash.
It is WAAY faster to use a credit card as well versus "let me check." and waiting. (Time=Money also).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
979 Posts |
But then you don't get change!
Actually, I am looking into going back to plastic as well unfortunately. My wife and I need to start building credit. The only thing is I NEVER want to pay interest so we will be paying it off after every use.
And I will miss getting the change because you never know what you're gonna get!
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Moderator
 United States
14463 Posts |
I still use a credit/debit card at times, but my credit card has dropped to only 1% cash back. That's why I "joined" the Project $100K club  I spending these dollar coins on groceries, food, gas, and most things.  My enjoyment makes-up for the 1%. Edited by Fuzzy317
09/23/2012 10:46 pm
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Moderator
United States
189340 Posts |
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Every Stop & Shop around here in Central NJ has a Coinstar which either takes 9% for cash in return *or* takes 0% if you take a gift card for Stop & Shop instead. I have mentioned this before. This is the best way for me. The grocery store I use has the same thing, no fee if you redeem for a gift card. Two birds, one stone. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1227 Posts |
Lucky me, I work at a gas station. I'll take in my few poor little rolls of coin and swap 'em out for bills or whatever funny-money* we might have lying around in the drawer. I once dumped ten bucks' worth at work and nobody said a word. When you only get to search MAYBE one box a week, that's a huge dump.
*Foreigns, halves, dollar coins, silver certs, $2 bills.
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Moderator
United States
189340 Posts |
That is definitely one thing I miss about working retail. We only had one register and I always volunteered to open and close it out every day. My manager knew what I was doing. |
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Valued Member
United States
242 Posts |
I'm from NJ and I'm mailing them to someone out of state. Hope that gets them out of my vault range lol.
My immediate family supports this person by sending them money or making purchases for them and since I have only been using the face value worth extra change as a savings plan I figured contribute to the family and be a little silly at the same time. Flat rate box is 15$s about but I can fit 200 to 300 dollars in rolled coin in there and they'll gladly take the free money. :D
I considered stop and shop but according to the coin star site the closest one that has a coin star is too far away for just dropping off coins and shopping. Though if your saying Steve every one of the stop and shops in your part of central NJ has them maybe the one by me does and its just not on the site. I'll have to look. My dad shops and stop and shop so I could turn in there and get gift cards, have him use the gift cards and send something extra to the person we're supporting.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
979 Posts |
I bought $30 in gas with 3 quarter rolls the other day. Another roll at the post office. A little hear and there keeps my load down with the occasional dump :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
979 Posts |
I bought $50 in gas this week in quarters. Last week I used dime rolls for gas. Now that I know this place takes rolls with no qualms, it's a common dump place. Also, it's an indian reservation, so gas is 15 cents cheaper per gallon!
I have been dumping at various banks, even one's that I buy from because coins get bought so often I don't get my rolls back with how often I get to go to the banks for pick ups. (once a weekish)
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