Comments on: What Do You Do With Your Coins?

By: yunglin

yunglin — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:56:07 +0000

last time when I used coinster and opt for amazon certificate, the machine ran for 5 minutes. And then it told me it can not connect to background system, I have to get cash from cashier with 18% service charge.

I was so pissed and felt like I was cheated. I will never use their service again.

Does anyone have similar experience with I do?

By: Karla (threadbndr)

Karla (threadbndr) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:49:03 +0000

My credit union changes coins for free for all members. I have about $20 a month in change that I just pitch into a basket on my dresser. Once I month, when I do other banking, I haul it in and deposit the resulting cash into the vacation fund account.

I never miss it and hey – an extra $250 or so for vacation time isn’t a bad thing.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:17:09 +0000

I also take it to the Penny Arcade at Commerce Bank. At every Commerce they have this. I have seen them in Philadelphia. I take it once in a while when I have some change. You do not need an account w/ commerce to do this!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:08:57 +0000

I do the same thing as you (charge mostly everything, but occasionally I pay for things with cash).
I use the “Penny Arcade” at my bank (Commerce Bank in NJ) about once a year. After we cash it in, we just split the money between each of our 4 kids savings accounts. And it’s usually under $250.

By: Shmoe

Shmoe — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:56:33 +0000

I currently have a nice sized tupperware box full of all misc. coins (including a bunch of dollar bills + gold dollar coins).

I intend to take it to our bank (Commerce Bank, NJ) to use their “Penny Arcade” essentially a free CoinStar machine they have in each of their branches, pretty neat.