Wasting time on the Forum finally pays off!

MoneyCollector · January 26, 2007 7:04AM

Was walking into Kroger and saw the Coinstar machine. Looked around to see if anybody was watching. Reached into the the rejected coins bin and pulled out 4 quarters and 4 cents. Woohoo - creating wealth through knowledge!!

Randy

MadMarty · January 26, 2007 7:05AM

Silver Quarters???

Russ · January 26, 2007 7:20AM

I never find any money in the Coinstar at my local grocery store. Too much competition from the people that live in my neighborhood.

Russ, NCNE

MrEureka · January 26, 2007 7:30AM

I never find any money in the Coinstar at my local grocery store. Too much competition from the people that live in my neighborhood.

Russ - You live near MadMarty?

SportsModerator · January 26, 2007 7:31AM

<< I never find any money in the Coinstar at my local grocery store. Too much competition from the people that live in my neighborhood.

Russ, NCNE >>

In your neighborhood, I'm surprised that the last time the Coinstar machine was seen by anyone, it was wrapped around with chains being pulled down the road at 60mph behind a pickup

MadMarty · January 26, 2007 7:31AM

<< I never find any money in the Coinstar at my local grocery store. Too much competition from the people that live in my neighborhood.

Russ - You live near MadMarty? >>

Not at all... Russ is over there on the left coast!!

410a · January 26, 2007 7:31AM

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh that's nothing! Back in the day, 5 years ago,
when they still had coins in Atlantic City, I used to walk the casino floor to see what was in the hoppers left from the blind ol ladies. Better yet, I used to buy Kennedy half dollar rolls down there for no reason, but to search for 40 & 90 %.

You're a rookie!

joking, but the top part is true.

billboat · January 26, 2007 7:48AM

I do the same thing surreptitiously --never find anything. Reminds me of when I was growing up in Washington D.C. in the 1950's ( I was an 8th grader in 1955). We would skip school and go downtown to Union Station and hit the phone booths ( the old station had like like 30 or 40 booths in a row--well before the days of the cell phone). The coin return slots always yielded several dollars in change. I guess a lot of businessmen would forget to check the coin returns) We would have a great day with the money we found--hang out at the Smithsonian--go to the Medical museum and get grossed out--sure wish I had of kept my findings instead of buying hamburgers and cigarettes--alas, a misspent youth--but great memories).

Russ · January 26, 2007 7:52AM

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In your neighborhood, I'm surprised that the last time the Coinstar machine was seen by anyone, it was wrapped around with chains being pulled down the road at 60mph behind a pickup >>

None of my neighbors own working vehicles.

Russ, NCNE

onthespot · January 26, 2007 7:53AM

man, that reminds me when i was about five and we were waiting in an airport and my younger brother and i did the same thing, went down the row of pay phones and came back to my mother with fistfuls of change. She blew a gasket and summoned a security guard and made us hand it over.

410a · January 26, 2007 7:56AM

Yeah, guys it's tough these days what with credit cards and cellphones and machines taking dollar bills, heck we have to blow an ATM right off the side of a bank just to make a living.

billboat · January 26, 2007 8:00AM

<< man, that reminds me when i was about five and we were waiting in an airport and my younger brother and i did the same thing, went down the row of pay phones and came back to my mother with fistfuls of change. She blew a gasket and summoned a security guard and made us hand it over. >>

Lesson to be learned--never let your Mom know when you're robbing the pay phones!--needless to say my Mom didn't know I was ditching school to go downtown--or at least not till later. Then she would tell my Dad and all hell would break loose. Still--a lot of fun and I survived. Coinstar will never compare!

CaptHenway · January 26, 2007 1:31PM

Back in the mid-70s while I was working at Coin World, I got caught in a hail storm one day so I pulled into a defunct self-serve car wash to keep my car from being dented. As I was standing next to the car waiting for the rain to stop, I glanced at the metal frame where the coin mechanism had been removed and noticed a dime through a hole in the bottom of the frame (yes, they took dimes back then). I fished it out, and found another, and another, and eventually found over 20 dimes in that frame. That and the other frames in the building gave me a total of 88 dimes.
TD

robertpr · January 26, 2007 1:33PM

<< 

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In your neighborhood, I'm surprised that the last time the Coinstar machine was seen by anyone, it was wrapped around with chains being pulled down the road at 60mph behind a pickup >>

None of my neighbors own working vehicles.

Russ, NCNE >>

I don't think owning the vehicle would be a requirement for your neighbors.

ccr · January 26, 2007 1:59PM

It has paid off one time going to the corner Coca-Cola vending machine. About 25 years ago, this particular one was the one people liked to vandalize by means of the coin mechanism. I put I think a quarter and it got stuck. I kept tring use the coin release to no avail so I started hitting it really hard. Before long I heard " clunck clunck clunck " as it chucked out nickles, dimes, and quarters as well as cans of Coca-Cola. I wound up with 6 cans of Coca-Cola and about $3 worth of change on a single quarter. It happened often and that was my best haul.

BAJJERFAN · January 26, 2007 2:11PM

Why would anyone be dumb enough to pay someone 10% to count their change? Just quit savin it.

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