It's been a fantasy ever since the first time I put my grubby little paws into that reject slot that someday I would pull gold. Momma stopped by Wally-world today on the way home from work and made sure to hit the coinstar on the way out. $.45 cents clad and a 2018 1/10 Gold Maple. Unbelievable the luck this woman has. She is as obsessed with the coinstar as I am. I have trained her well. RGDS!
It's been a fantasy ever since the first time I put my grubby little paws into that reject slot that someday I would pull gold. Momma stopped by Wally-world today on the way home from work and made sure to hit the coinstar on the way out. $.45 cents clad and a 2018 1/10 Gold Maple. Unbelievable the luck this woman has. She is as obsessed with the coinstar as I am. I have trained her well. RGDS!
Congratulations - you and your Momma are very lucky!
It surprizes me that such a new gold coin already ended up in the reject bin of a CoinStar machine.
I mean it's not even 10 years old, so not that long ago somebody bought this coin for full gold price (plus possibly even a premium). And now the previous owner has already forgotten about it? Wow!
It's been a fantasy ever since the first time I put my grubby little paws into that reject slot that someday I would pull gold. Momma stopped by Wally-world today on the way home from work and made sure to hit the coinstar on the way out. $.45 cents clad and a 2018 1/10 Gold Maple. Unbelievable the luck this woman has. She is as obsessed with the coinstar as I am. I have trained her well. RGDS!
Thats the Stuff Dreams are made of, Congrats Brother !
@JBK said:
And don't forget to check the small trash can that many places leave next to the machines, especially at banks. Some people toss their rejects.
I found $10 in oily change once in the trash. It may be a bit embarrassing to rummage through the trash, but it's worth it
I'm an obsessive aluminum can recycler and enjoy dumpster diving for cans or riding my 'bent and grabbing cans along the highway shoulder. I turn them in for cash and then head to the LCS to purchase junk silver dollars, SAEs, and other silver coins.
Last week, along with about 2000 cans, I found 85 cents in a dumpster. Occasionally, a dollar or $5 bill will turn up. I also have grabbed well over 100 sealed alcoholic beverages such as beer and vodka-and-seltzer drinks from dumpsters this past year. I have several cases worth of Michelob Ultra alone in the garage. Sometimes I find 11 sealed Michelob Ultras in a 12-pack and laugh because I don't like Michelob Ultra and assume the purchaser didn't care for them either. Unfortunately, I don't drink beer much anymore.
2000 cans in one week?
That would be some serious money here in Germany. For every returned can (except damaged and foreign ones) you get back the deposit of 0.25€ - that's 29.5 US Cents.
It's been a fantasy ever since the first time I put my grubby little paws into that reject slot that someday I would pull gold. Momma stopped by Wally-world today on the way home from work and made sure to hit the coinstar on the way out. $.45 cents clad and a 2018 1/10 Gold Maple. Unbelievable the luck this woman has. She is as obsessed with the coinstar as I am. I have trained her well. RGDS!
@JBK said:
And don't forget to check the small trash can that many places leave next to the machines, especially at banks. Some people toss their rejects.
I found $10 in oily change once in the trash. It may be a bit embarrassing to rummage through the trash, but it's worth it
I'm an obsessive aluminum can recycler and enjoy dumpster diving for cans or riding my 'bent and grabbing cans along the highway shoulder. I turn them in for cash and then head to the LCS to purchase junk silver dollars, SAEs, and other silver coins.
Last week, along with about 2000 cans, I found 85 cents in a dumpster. Occasionally, a dollar or $5 bill will turn up. I also have grabbed well over 100 sealed alcoholic beverages such as beer and vodka-and-seltzer drinks from dumpsters this past year. I have several cases worth of Michelob Ultra alone in the garage. Sometimes I find 11 sealed Michelob Ultras in a 12-pack and laugh because I don't like Michelob Ultra and assume the purchaser didn't care for them either. Unfortunately, I don't drink beer much anymore.
2000 cans in one week?
That would be some serious money here in Germany. For every returned can (except damaged and foreign ones) you get back the deposit of 0.25€ - that's 29.5 US Cents.
I grab roughly 2000 cans EVERY week, or 100K cans per year. That's 25,000 KWh of energy sunk into making those cans. Summer is better than winter for can collecting. I get about 2.0-2.3 cents per can. Florida has no deposit on beverage containers, so they are everywhere. Littering in Florida is pretty disgusting.
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I could live well off 29.5 cents per can. I collect on two nights for 4-5 hours per night, so by expanding my efforts to 5 nights a week, I could easily generate $1000-2000 per week. One could make $1000 at a college football game.
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This week, I scored:
-1800 cans,
-8 unopened beers,
-A half dozen large, unsoiled garbage bags
-7 boxes of single doses of common over-the-counter drugs like Advil, Advil PM, Anacin Extra Strength, Vicks DayQuil Severe Cold and Flu, Benadryl Allergy, Tylenol Extra Strength, and Imodium. There are enough drugs here to supply a neighborhood for a year, which is about when these drugs will reach their expiration date.
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The Imodium will come in handy. I doubt I'll use the others because I rarely get sick.
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The 8 beers add to perhaps 200 cans of beer and soft drinks in my garage. Most popular beer here is Michelob Ultra, Natural Light, Busch Lite, Bud Light, and Coors Light. I don't care for Light beer and in general, don't drink much anymore, so they accumulate.
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I also get hundreds of vodka seltzer drinks that I pour out in the dumpster or on the ground and retain the can.
100000 CANS at .023 each = $2300 per year. 8 hrs per week x 52 weeks = 416 hrs. $2300 / 416 = $5.52 per hour tax free I assume. Big benefit - keeping all that stuff off the roads.
It's been a fantasy ever since the first time I put my grubby little paws into that reject slot that someday I would pull gold. Momma stopped by Wally-world today on the way home from work and made sure to hit the coinstar on the way out. $.45 cents clad and a 2018 1/10 Gold Maple. Unbelievable the luck this woman has. She is as obsessed with the coinstar as I am. I have trained her well. RGDS!
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Oh my, that's a good wife!!!
Congratulations - you and your Momma are very lucky!
It surprizes me that such a new gold coin already ended up in the reject bin of a CoinStar machine.
I mean it's not even 10 years old, so not that long ago somebody bought this coin for full gold price (plus possibly even a premium). And now the previous owner has already forgotten about it? Wow!
Thats the Stuff Dreams are made of, Congrats Brother !
It's all about what the people want...
2000 cans in one week?
That would be some serious money here in Germany. For every returned can (except damaged and foreign ones) you get back the deposit of 0.25€ - that's 29.5 US Cents.
Nice!
I grab roughly 2000 cans EVERY week, or 100K cans per year. That's 25,000 KWh of energy sunk into making those cans. Summer is better than winter for can collecting. I get about 2.0-2.3 cents per can. Florida has no deposit on beverage containers, so they are everywhere. Littering in Florida is pretty disgusting.
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I could live well off 29.5 cents per can. I collect on two nights for 4-5 hours per night, so by expanding my efforts to 5 nights a week, I could easily generate $1000-2000 per week. One could make $1000 at a college football game.
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This week, I scored:
-1800 cans,
-8 unopened beers,
-A half dozen large, unsoiled garbage bags
-7 boxes of single doses of common over-the-counter drugs like Advil, Advil PM, Anacin Extra Strength, Vicks DayQuil Severe Cold and Flu, Benadryl Allergy, Tylenol Extra Strength, and Imodium. There are enough drugs here to supply a neighborhood for a year, which is about when these drugs will reach their expiration date.
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The Imodium will come in handy. I doubt I'll use the others because I rarely get sick.
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The 8 beers add to perhaps 200 cans of beer and soft drinks in my garage. Most popular beer here is Michelob Ultra, Natural Light, Busch Lite, Bud Light, and Coors Light. I don't care for Light beer and in general, don't drink much anymore, so they accumulate.
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I also get hundreds of vodka seltzer drinks that I pour out in the dumpster or on the ground and retain the can.
100000 CANS at .023 each = $2300 per year. 8 hrs per week x 52 weeks = 416 hrs. $2300 / 416 = $5.52 per hour tax free I assume. Big benefit - keeping all that stuff off the roads.
NICE HIT !!