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Pillar of the Community
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So I was in Walmart early this morning, and there was the Coinstar machine wide open in all it's glory getting the two coin boxes swapped out. A older guy in a Loomis uniform was doing the deed. He had 2 large squarish wooden boxes, (they looked like wood anyway,) maybe 2' x 2'ish, with 2"X 3" slots in the top of each for the change to fall in. Each box had what looked like a Master lock on the top that flips open, it's own dolly lift thingy attached, for easy pulling and lifting. I asked him how much the boxes weigh when they're full and he said, "'5-6 hundred pounds each, and they're hard on the back." I said that the Coinstar folks must find a lot of goodies in the boxes, and he stated, "Not as much as you'd think" I asked him if the machine rejects gold, and he said, "sometimes." The machine was pretty filty inside and most of his time was spent cleaning, wiping, and dumping out garbage. A pretty cool thing to see, and I kept dreaming of getting to hunt through a couple of those full boxes. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice, edweather. I've often wondered what the inside of a CoinStar machine looks like. I'm sure I could have peppered that guy with enough questions to make him quit and hand me the keys.  I had a (somewhat) similar experience a few years ago while eating a McD's QPC. There was a Red Box machine inside the McDonald's a the time and there was a Red Box tech servicing and stocking the machine. Got a nice glimpse of the technology. Looked like a big old CD changer carousel on some high-end steroids. |
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A nice experience worth sharing, thank you!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks. Yeah, the guy seemed friendly enough, but I saw how I could become a pest real easy, so I didn't over stay my welcome.  Still can get the vision of 1/2 ton of change pouring out of those boxes  |
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I like looking below the machine. People drop change there all the time, I found $7 underneath machines this month.
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United States
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I saw a guy emptying the local Coinstar machine. He was wheeling a big metal box (about 2'X2'X2) out of the store. I saw it was locked. Would have loved to make a deal with the company to pay face just for the chance to look through all the coins. I'd wrap them for free.
Not practical.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Certain types of jobs I've always wanted. People that service any type of coin counter, changer, etc. Or working in a Laundromat or place for coin operated machines of any kind. Someone does and I always wonder if they collect coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have thought about on more than one occasion if I worked at a job which empties vending machines or deals with coins on a daily basis (I never have). But I would probably be fired after a short time because I would end up spending too much time checking all the coins in the boxes and not getting the work done. I am probabaly better off not knowing.
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I would probably be fired after a short time because I would end up spending too much time checking all the coins Same here  |
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I work In a grocery store and I usually find steel pennies and silver dimes in the reject slot. Not very often but here and there. A lot of foreign coins too. I believe when the company picks up the bins it's around $10,000.
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I work In a grocery store and I usually find steel pennies and silver dimes in the reject slot. Not very often but here and there. That must make for a happier day now and then. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I worked at a bank part time when I was in high school in the early to mid 70's and people would still bring in rolls of silver coins just to turn into paper dollars. Not often but it did happen from time to time. And the local car wash owner would bring in bags of $500.00 in loose quarters on a hand truck type dolly. We could hear the "ting" sound as the occasional silver quarter went through the coin counter of that era.....much different than the automated counters of today I might add.
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My brother gets lucky at junkyards when he goes looking though cars there. He has found a LOT of money over the years. I believe he told me he found over a couple hundred dollars in paper money before, and he is always finding silver domes. He also finds all different dollar coins and halves.
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lol finding a silver dime at work is the greatest @ jbuck.
and a junk yard, that makes a lot of sense! @fox
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Pillar of the Community
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I used to work at a store with a Coinstar, and have seen inside it many times. Like edweather said, there are huge sealed steel boxes for each denomination, no bags. There is another reject tray inside, and it has the really mangled coins (and trash) in it. I dropped an Ike in a machine one time, and it got stuck there. The store manager got it out for me.
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06/08/2015 8:51 pm
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