Comments on: My Coinstar Experience http://www.growingmoneyblog.com/2008/12/coinstar-experience/ Increase Your Net Worth Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:03:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.growingmoneyblog.com/2008/12/coinstar-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-122357 Anonymous Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:06:07 +0000 http://www.growingmoneyblog.com/?p=1235#comment-122357 I used a Coinstar machine within a local grocery store to redeem $175 worth of coins to a Amazon.com eCertificate. The gift code that was printed on the receipt did not work on Amazon.com. After numerous phone calls to both Coinstar and Amazon.com customer service help lines, it was determined that the gift card code was printed correctly and valid, but expired due from long disuse in the machine. Unfortunately, neither company will claim responsibility for this problem. Although, in my opinion, my change is still in the Coinstar machine at the end of the day and they need to issue me a valid gift card code. At the end of the day, Amazon.com customer service treated me like a fellow human being, with courtesy and respect. The Coinstar customer service was rude, unkind, and unsympathetic to my problem. I will choose not to use Coinstar again, but may continue to use Amazon.com in the future. I used a Coinstar machine within a local grocery store to redeem $175 worth of coins to a Amazon.com eCertificate. The gift code that was printed on the receipt did not work on Amazon.com. After numerous phone calls to both Coinstar and Amazon.com customer service help lines, it was determined that the gift card code was printed correctly and valid, but expired due from long disuse in the machine.

Unfortunately, neither company will claim responsibility for this problem.

Although, in my opinion, my change is still in the Coinstar machine at the end of the day and they need to issue me a valid gift card code.

At the end of the day, Amazon.com customer service treated me like a fellow human being, with courtesy and respect. The Coinstar customer service was rude, unkind, and unsympathetic to my problem.

I will choose not to use Coinstar again, but may continue to use Amazon.com in the future.

]]> By: Tom http://www.growingmoneyblog.com/2008/12/coinstar-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-118223 Tom Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:41:25 +0000 http://www.growingmoneyblog.com/?p=1235#comment-118223 I used to use these coin-counting services but instead, I recently purchased a electric coin-sorter. Whenever I have change, I simply pop it into the sorter which keeps my money organized at all times. I used to use these coin-counting services but instead, I recently purchased a electric coin-sorter.
Whenever I have change, I simply pop it into the sorter which keeps my money organized at all times.

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]]> By: Carnival of Personal Finance #182 - Don’t Go Broke Over The Holidays Edition | Free From Broke http://www.growingmoneyblog.com/2008/12/coinstar-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-118131 Carnival of Personal Finance #182 - Don’t Go Broke Over The Holidays Edition | Free From Broke Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:50:07 +0000 http://www.growingmoneyblog.com/?p=1235#comment-118131 [...] Growing Money writes My Coinstar Experience. [...] [...] Growing Money writes My Coinstar Experience. [...]

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