free coinstars anywhere?

tahoe98 · May 21, 2009 1:11AM

...........unloading prez bucks and need an alternative to banks............although the price is right!

rgCoinGuy · May 21, 2009 1:15AM

I think the only place you are going to find these free are in banks that have them as an incentive to bank there.

You could always go buy a bunch of forever stamps at the post office!

Res · May 21, 2009 1:17AM

You could try this web site for the right banks.

Coin Counters

I took your "alternative to banks" statement to mean that you didn't want to deposit with a teller, but didn't mind going to a bank to use their coin counter.

AUandAG · May 21, 2009 1:20AM

Pres bucks won't go through the coinstar in my area.

bob

edited to add: My bank gives me free coin wrappers for all the coins including
president dollars.

doh · May 21, 2009 1:21AM

Why do you need an alternative to banks?

dac076 · May 21, 2009 2:05AM

If I remember right, Coinstar charged 8 1/2% unless you took payment as an e-card (for Amazon, for example), then it was free. Is that no longer true?

InternetJunky · May 21, 2009 2:21AM

<< If I remember right, Coinstar charged 8 1/2% unless you took payment as an e-card (for Amazon, for example), then it was free. Is that no longer true? >>

Not sure about the percentage of the fee for using the machine, but yes there isn't any free CoinStars that I know of unless you get your payment as an e-card. Most banks have their own coin counters I believe, and will let you use them free of charge if you have an account. My old bank used to just charge a two dollar fee regardless of how much change I had (they stopped the fee once they realized I was a member of that bank - I never said anything I figured "it is what it is".)

claychaser · May 21, 2009 2:22AM

In Southern California, Pacific Trust Bank has a free coin star type machine, and it takes prezbucks. You don't even need an account, but those are free too.

You can google search for locations.

ziggy29 · May 21, 2009 2:22AM

I belong to a CU that has one. There is something like a 5% fee for some members, but anyone with balances over $5,000 and all members under 18 can use it free.

MsMorrisine · May 21, 2009 2:23AM

coinstar is a public company. they are in it for a profit.

try the links above to find some free banks.

perhaps the idea is the same as I have been having.... keep them from circulating back to stuffed coin vaults so the banks keep ordering new coin.
try to find a bank that is free and uses a different armored car company than your regular bank.

lathmach · May 21, 2009 2:24AM

Why not just spend them. Afterall, they're money, and spending them is what the government is trying to get people to do.

Ray

Robb · May 21, 2009 2:25AM

Two ways to have it done for free.

As mentioned, get a gift card rather than cash.

Direct Coin Deposit- a service that your bank has to sign up for and it's frr IF your bank doesn't charge you a fee.

edix2001 · May 21, 2009 2:27AM

Some CoinStars are fee free, as long as you apply the count to a commercial smart card of some type, like Starbucks or Borders Books.

Recently I ran 1,300 cents through CoinStar fee free to put on a Starbucks card, but due to technical problems it gave me a receipt for cash, fee free.

tahoe98 · May 21, 2009 2:37AM

<< In Southern California, Pacific Trust Bank has a free coin star type machine, and it takes prezbucks. You don't even need an account, but those are free too.

You can google search for locations. >>

...........you guys got it made in calif. i'm from pa.

tahoe98 · May 21, 2009 2:38AM

<< I think the only place you are going to find these free are in banks that have them as an incentive to bank there.

You could always go buy a bunch of forever stamps at the post office!

>>

.............

tahoe98 · May 21, 2009 2:43AM

<< Why do you need an alternative to banks? >>

.........i don't like to 'irritate' them with these tokens. they get them for me and call when the latest come in, but i'd be willing to bet they'd RATHER i didn't bring 'em back.

ziggy29 · May 21, 2009 2:46AM

<< ...........you guys got it made in calif. i'm from pa.

>>

Yeah, but they pay for it in cost of living and taxes.

tahoe98 · May 21, 2009 2:46AM

<< Why not just spend them. Afterall, they're money, and spending them is what the government is trying to get people to do.

Ray >>

...........i do, ray, but i got lots, and people give me the 'stink-eye' when i spend them.

notwilight · May 21, 2009 2:51AM

<< 

<< Why do you need an alternative to banks? >>

.........i don't like to 'irritate' them with these tokens. they get them for me and call when the latest come in, but i'd be willing to bet they'd RATHER i didn't bring 'em back.

>>

Take them to another branch. Wells Fargo has burned their bridges with me so I'm switching banks but I keep the WF account for returning searched change. --jer

tahoe98 · May 21, 2009 3:00AM

Take them to another branch.

..........yeah, i can do that but i don't have accounts at all the others...............I KNOW WHAT I'LL DO!!!!! I'll JUST SPREAD MY WEALTH AROUND! then i'll be allowed to turn them in to the others. and i'l be politically correct to boot!

tjc2120 · May 21, 2009 12:58PM

i spent 500 on lunch, coffee and delivery guy tips an they went fast

NewEnglandNotes · May 21, 2009 1:14PM

Some Sovereign Bank locations have a free coinstar for account holders.

GrumpyEd · May 21, 2009 1:23PM

Put em in a coke machine and hit the return button.
It'll either give you a different buck or 4 quarters.

LOL.... I fed a few rolls to the machines at work over a month and spent the quarters each day to avoid a few stink eyes from cashiers wondering where to put the dollar coins.

BXBOY143 · May 21, 2009 1:53PM

FREE....

illini420 · May 21, 2009 3:24PM

<< In Southern California, Pacific Trust Bank has a free coin star type machine, and it takes prezbucks. You don't even need an account, but those are free too.

You can google search for locations. >>

Bummer!!! Closest one is about 90 miles away in Riverside... still might beat Coinstar fees if I have enough coins to process

nutz4coinz · May 21, 2009 3:43PM

Did I miss a whole year and it's April Fool's day again? J/K, no offense to the OP. I thought everyone knew there chunk is like 8.9% (not sure if it's the same rate in every machine in every city). I am 99% positive I recently overheard a guy b*tching about CoinStar's 'fee'(well, it was more like you couldn't NOT hear his rather loud rant). I could stand to be corrected, but they are famous for their 'fee'. Though, each time I pass one, there's always something in tha reject bin. Yeah, I stoop that low....lol...and when they had public pay-phones (remember way back when they had those?), yeah, I checked those too!!! lol Though, more times than not I'd wind up with a little extra sha-shing in my pocket.

I would just put that with the change I picked up off the street away, and let it accumulate, and eventually use it for a new coin, or a vacation, or some other extra treat. Though, mostly, it wound up having to go to a car repair, as usually, when I had a good enough sum to get a decent coin, or something else, all my cars have had a tendency to decide they need extensive/expensive repairs at the last second...like on my way to the local B&M, or on the road for a little getaway, or......you get the picture.

garsmith · May 21, 2009 4:03PM

Why don't you just put them into circulation yourself?

Snowman24 · May 21, 2009 10:14PM

<< ...........unloading prez bucks and need an alternative to banks............although the price is right!

>>

Tahoe

how about stores with self-serve check outs. A few stores in my area have this feature like Super Walmart, BJ's Wholesale and Home Depot.

I've dumped hundreds & thousands of dollar coins thru these places and no one has ever complained.

Stores like this may solve your dilemma so one has to give you the stink eye

Snowman

lope208 · May 21, 2009 10:28PM

As far as I know, TD Bank in the northeast has free coin counting machines, even if you aren't a member.
When they bought Commerce, this was one of the things they retained.

lope208 · May 21, 2009 10:31PM

<< 

<< ...........unloading prez bucks and need an alternative to banks............although the price is right!

>>

Tahoe

how about stores with self-serve check outs. A few stores in my area have this feature like Super Walmart, BJ's Wholesale and Home Depot.

I've dumped hundreds & thousands of dollar coins thru these places and no one has ever complained.

Stores like this may solve your dilemma so one has to give you the stink eye

Snowman >>

Agreed. I've paid as much as $30 or $40 at a time with half dollars and dollar coins at my supermarket self-checkout

I have to coordinate a trip like that though, because otherwise my pocket wouldn't hold all that coin!

pmac · May 21, 2009 10:51PM

I'll make the same assumption that most are making in that you bought $250-$500 in rolls from the mint at face value and you want to convert to bills. Why? If we're buying them to cherrypick and the mint knows it, their intent is to put them into circulation. Put some in your desk, pocket, or whatever and spend them on whatever you spend cash for. Don't worry about the cashier, they'll get over it and learn that Uncle Sam has a dollar coin, probably to eventually replace the dollar bill. Let's do our part in this scheme and help the mint to circulate!

PerryHall · May 21, 2009 11:05PM

<< Why don't you just put them into circulation yourself? >>

He said he didn't want to get the ol' stink eye.

ilikebuffaloes · May 21, 2009 11:15PM

Tahoe, not sure where you are in PA but in NJ Commerce Bank (now TD Bank) would take the coins and give you cash for free. I know that they have branches in PA also.

I don't know if their machines take the dollars but I assume that they do.

Edited to add: lope said the same thing, I didn't see it

ziggy29 · May 21, 2009 11:32PM

<< Did I miss a whole year and it's April Fool's day again? J/K, no offense to the OP. I thought everyone knew there chunk is like 8.9% (not sure if it's the same rate in every machine in every city). >>

That may be their fee, but some financial institutions will subsidize it for some/all of their members. As I mentioned, any member of my CU in California can use the machine for no more than 5%, but if you have more than $5,000 in savings/loan balances or you're under 18, they don't charge you anything.

I'm sure Coinstar isn't being charitable here, but in any event the 8.9% isn't always charged to the end user. Maybe the financial institution subsidizes it, or in the case of getting the gift cards, the retailer subsidizes it.

dac076 · May 22, 2009 2:01AM

For prez bucks I'd spend them or roll them. I only use the Coinstar for cents, because it's not worth my time to count and roll 1000 coins for a $10 bill.

edix2001 · May 22, 2009 2:12AM

<< For prez bucks I'd spend them or roll them. I only use the Coinstar for cents, because it's not worth my time to count and roll 1000 coins for a $10 bill. >>

Makes sense.

If you had a 100 count pack of single dollar bills, would you just spend them as need be or try to turn them in for larger denomination bills?

tahoe98 · May 22, 2009 3:19AM

<< Why don't you just put them into circulation yourself? >>

.........i do, Gareth, but it's a grind sometime to absorb the 'look' from cashiers and such.

tahoe98 · May 22, 2009 3:30AM

<< Did I miss a whole year and it's April Fool's day again? J/K, no offense to the OP. I thought everyone knew there chunk is like 8.9% (not sure if it's the same rate in every machine in every city). I am 99% positive I recently overheard a guy b*tching about CoinStar's 'fee'(well, it was more like you couldn't NOT hear his rather loud rant). I could stand to be corrected, but they are famous for their 'fee'. Though, each time I pass one, there's always something in tha reject bin. Yeah, I stoop that low....lol...and when they had public pay-phones (remember way back when they had those?), yeah, I checked those too!!! lol Though, more times than not I'd wind up with a little extra sha-shing in my pocket.

I would just put that with the change I picked up off the street away, and let it accumulate, and eventually use it for a new coin, or a vacation, or some other extra treat. Though, mostly, it wound up having to go to a car repair, as usually, when I had a good enough sum to get a decent coin, or something else, all my cars have had a tendency to decide they need extensive/expensive repairs at the last second...like on my way to the local B&M, or on the road for a little getaway, or......you get the picture. >>

..........i realized there is a small fee with these machines............BUT it doesn't hurt to ask!

the places that give gift cards is a good idea, providing it is for a store or stores that you like to shop at. if you get my drift.

i'll just spend them and take them to the banks i guess.

tahoe98 · May 22, 2009 3:32AM

<< 

<< ...........unloading prez bucks and need an alternative to banks............although the price is right!

>>

Tahoe

how about stores with self-serve check outs. A few stores in my area have this feature like Super Walmart, BJ's Wholesale and Home Depot.

I've dumped hundreds & thousands of dollar coins thru these places and no one has ever complained.

Stores like this may solve your dilemma so one has to give you the stink eye

Snowman >>

...........i'll have to consider that! thanks!

PerryHall · May 22, 2009 4:27AM

<< ..........i realized there is a small fee with these machines............ >>

Do you really consider 8.9% a "small fee"? I sure don't which is why I spend my change as I get it rather than save it to later feed a coinstar machine.

Frankcoins · May 22, 2009 5:30AM

It's free if you take a gift card to CVS, JC Penney, Lowes, Starbucks, Amazon, Borders, many more places depending on your location

CaptHenway · May 22, 2009 5:47AM

<< ...........unloading prez bucks and need an alternative to banks............although the price is right!

>>

TANSTAAFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PerryHall · May 22, 2009 6:47AM

<< 

<< ...........unloading prez bucks and need an alternative to banks............although the price is right!

>>

TANSTAAFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>

O.K. I give up. What's TANSTAAFL?

ziggy29 · May 22, 2009 6:48AM

<< O.K. I give up. What's TANSTAAFL? >>

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.

PerryHall · May 22, 2009 7:00AM

<< 

<< O.K. I give up. What's TANSTAAFL? >>

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. >>

Thanks and I agree with this sentiment.

tahoe98 · May 22, 2009 8:35AM

Do you really consider 8.9% a "small fee"? I sure don't which is why I spend my change as I get it rather than save it to later feed a coinstar machine. >>

.............i was being facetious.

tahoe98 · May 22, 2009 8:38AM

<< 

<< O.K. I give up. What's TANSTAAFL? >>

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. >>

............is that texting lingo?

CaptHenway · May 22, 2009 1:32PM

<< 

<< 

<< O.K. I give up. What's TANSTAAFL? >>

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. >>

............is that texting lingo?

>>

No, it was a favorite saying of science fiction immortal Robert Heinlein.

free coinstars anywhere?

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