Half a sandwich zip lock baggie & got $40 bucks
By Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94914)
United States
January 11, 2017 7:04pm CST
We had a lot of coins in the car and cluttered around so we decided to cash them in!
I'm surprised half a zip lock bag turned into 40 bucks! Would have been more if we opt for giftcard as they don't take a fee but next time! I'm not entirely too sure how the giftcard feature works on the Coinstar yet, do you?
I also like the breakdown. I'm not entirely too sure how we had half dollars in the bunch too.
How do you get rid of coins? Coins way down my purse, so I don't carry coins much. I'd always dump them out every few days in the bucket.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Jan 17
Why don't you get them turned into notes..I guess many shopkeepers would me needing a lot of change.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
@HAPPSINGH you both have a good day/weekend soon =)
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
12 Jan 17
Wow! That's a lot of coins in the car! I keep a small makeup pouch in the car with quarters for parking at a certain doctor's office. My husband loads up jars and containers with coins and we give them to our grandkids. Here in Florida, we will wrap them and deposit them in the bank. My husband is a living coin maker it seems. Lol!
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
They're coins accumulated :)
I don't like carrying too many coins in my bag because it'll weigh the bag down! But I do have a little coin pouch that I keep and every week, I dump the coins in the bucket that counts coins for me. :)
That's nice you give the change to your grandkids!!
My mom likes to wrap the coins up, I don't have the patience.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
@DianneN My boyfriends previous bank a credit union (he no longer banks with them) had a coin machine that didnt take a fee which was cool!
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
12 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby I don't have the patience either, but I do it when the containers overflow.
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@youless (112496)
• Guangzhou, China
12 Jan 17
In the past I would keep the coins in the jars. But I don't do it any more since the jars are full already
I don't like keeping coins in my wallet since they are easy to get lost. So whenever I receive the coins, I will try to spend them as soon as possible
I don't like keeping coins in my wallet since they are easy to get lost. So whenever I receive the coins, I will try to spend them as soon as possible2 people like this
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
Coins get pretty heavy ! Is it common to use coins there?
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@youless (112496)
• Guangzhou, China
12 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby I think here people don't like to use the coins, too. Usually people use them to buy the subway ticket from the automatical ticket machine. Or they will spend them in the market.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
@youless I see yeah I do not like using coins much either
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
Lol, spent it all. We usually spend that amount per day for food.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jan 17
I save all my loose change and put it in a big, giant jar. It usually takes me the whole year to fill the jar, but once it's full I'll take it down to my credit union and dump it in the CoinStar machine. I usually will get several hundred dollars out of it, and then I deposit the money into my savings account
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
You are quite the saver same with Swagbucks for you =) My credit union doesn't have a coinstar machine ~ my boyfriends previous one did and they didnt take a fee which was nice.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
@moffittjc Do they charge for you?
My mom likes rolling them =)
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby I'm glad my credit union finally got a CoinStar machine, because prior to that I had to count and roll all of the change by hand. That was never fun!
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
@magallon Oh I see, so they'll come in handy =)
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
Yeah, they weigh my bags down so I'd clean it every week!
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@magallon (19279)
• Philippines
12 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby I use the coins for my jeepney fare..
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
12 Jan 17
I do not like the coinstar machine due to the fee. I try to use coins as often as possible so I don't get too many of them. I don't often deal with cash, I use debit for most transactions, so I don't end up having much change.
A lot of banks and credit unions have coin counters and often do not charge a fee if you have an account with them and plan to deposit the coins into your account (which you can then withdraw).
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
13 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby Where I work we don't have a coin machine yet either, they're very expensive to purchase, although it would come in handy.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
14 Jan 17
@katsmeow1213 Yeah it is quite pricey, I bet! But in the long run the machine will make profit :)
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
I don't like the machine as there is a fee too and I don't have patience to roll the coins like my parents'. I prefer using credit card too so I can get cash back but for some reason, cash comes up somehow and we get all these coins!
I have a credit union but they don't have a coin machine. My boyfriends previous bank did and it was nice they don't charge. :)
@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Jan 17
I use a debit card. I can honestly say I don't remember the last time I saw paper money. Coins occasionally when my daughter is wanted something and it is that end time of the month when we don''t have much money. She will come asking if I have any. Why I don't know cause she usually buys things for me with my card.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
I prefer to use my credit card to get cash back and points - it surely adds up. I don't often use money but it seems like I do since we have so many coins. I don't often go to the bank to get cash.. I got cash for Christmas so I think that's why we've been using cash lately.
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby .....I use my debit card but I don't get points or cash back.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
@celticeagle Yeah debit doesn't, credit does though!
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Jan 17
WOW, awesome. enjoy your cash, we have them over here too, but don't to my knowledge the last I used one do gift cards
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby I remember my ex-partner from there using one and I think she used the Walmart one, well we were in Walmart and did buy something, so I guess she did, oh, so long ago now lol.
Maybe that was in store.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
@kevin1877uk Oh I see, yeah I am going to have to try to browse the selections again to see if any are appealing =)
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
I want to try the gift card feature as they dont take a percentage but the gift card spots do not appeal to me. Hoping they'll add more selection =)
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
12 Jan 17
I would usually exchange them with notes at the bank. Managed to get around MYR200 last time, that would be around USD45. I didn't even realize how I collected that much. 
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
that is awesome.. if we want to exchange at the bank we have to put them in rolls to get money.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
@cahaya1983 They do not take a fee?
Here we don't have that (except a bank my boyfriend used to bank out).
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
12 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby Oh okay here at our bank there's a coin deposit machine where you can just dump in the coins.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
12 Jan 17
I have decorative coin jars, one for pennies, one for nickels and dimes and one for quarters. I am a bit anal about separating my coins lol. My bank counts them for free. They love seeing me come in with my coins because they know someone is getting a candy bar. All the tellers guess how much I have and whoever gets closest gets the candy bar I bring with. It's fun lol.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
Wow you surely do keep all your coins separate
Darn - I wish my bank did! I know my boyfriends previous credit union he banked at had a free coinstar but the one I have doesn't.
That sounds fun!! 
Darn - I wish my bank did! I know my boyfriends previous credit union he banked at had a free coinstar but the one I have doesn't.
That sounds fun!! 1 person likes this
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 No men at the bank or they don't like to participate 
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
13 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby Yea it's fun, the ladies at the bank are so nice all the time, I like doing that for them.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
Yes it's a nice option. The giftcard selection wasn't entire that great
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
@teamfreak16 Wow thats awesome! They surely add up quick!
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby - It was a lot more than I expected.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
16 Jan 17
Even me.dont carry much coins... Most of the time we put them.in a till or give coins to beggers, or else put into tills in temples. We rarely get changed them. When tthe till is filled deposit in kids account
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
16 Jan 17
Yeah I am not a fan.. they way down my bag!
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
16 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby hehe.... My daughter likes to collect
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@diosabella (4789)
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13 Jan 17
I cashed my coins in the bank last Christmas. 
I've got almost $100 from it. And I still have more. So I making the trip to the bank again soon.
I've got almost $100 from it. And I still have more. So I making the trip to the bank again soon. 1 person likes this
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
Wow thats amazing =) What did you do with the cash?
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
@diosabella Yes that is right - hidden treasure so extra is nice :)
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@diosabella (4789)
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13 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby Bought some tees and gifts last Christmas. I saved a lot. I already have money set aside but I had hidden treasures all over the house so that was the one I used.
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@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
13 Jan 17
Isn't that nice, it's like found money!
I usually do that too, save up change and then go redeem it at Coinstar every so often. I haven't yet used the gift card option. Lately I've been raiding my change quite often, so I haven't been saving it, but I'll be doing that again soon.
I usually do that too, save up change and then go redeem it at Coinstar every so often. I haven't yet used the gift card option. Lately I've been raiding my change quite often, so I haven't been saving it, but I'll be doing that again soon.1 person likes this
@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
13 Jan 17
Gift cards are great! I was broke in December after doing my holiday shopping, but still had some Macy's gift cards from previous Christmas gifts, so I bought myself some nice perfume. If they'd given me cash instead, it would have been long gone.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
@fluffysue Yes thats right - gift cards are very handy and I especially love Macy's :)
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
I have not use the gift card option but I will have to browse the selection one more time to see.
It is like extra 'treasure' money which is nice :)
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@much2say (55665)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Jan 17
40 bucks worth of coins - what a find! I haven't used Coinstar in a long time . . . back then I think I just took the receipt from it and redeemed it at the cashier (grocery store) - a giftcard would be cool! I tend to use up coins when I go out with the kids . . . for parking meters, vending machines (if we need to), overdue books at the library, duck feed dispensers . . . I can always use up the coins somehow 
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@much2say (55665)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby HA - the last time I used Coinstar was at our Vons too! 
Oh yah, quarters are the best!
HA - the last time I used Coinstar was at our Vons too!
Oh yah, quarters are the best! 1 person likes this
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
I redeemed for cash at the grocery store too. I did this at Vons.
I don't use parking meters often, or vending machines but if I did - they'd be handy! Back in middle school and high school quarters were my favorite. :)
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
@much2say Hehe. I prefer quarters
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
16 Jan 17
What do you use coins usually there?
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
16 Jan 17
@Madshadi oh i see!then the coins will be useful! =)
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
16 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby usually to buy snack,to pay a bus ticket or car wash service.
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@paigea (36317)
• Canada
12 Jan 17
I keep toonies (two dollar coins) and loonies (one dollar coins) in the car for carwashes. And that collection has saved me a few times when I forgot my wallet! And some quarters for parking. Other than that I use the coins as much as possible rather than collect them.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
We don't have two dollar coins, we do have two dollar bills but it isn't used often. :)
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
16 Jan 17
@paigea I only have some two dollar bills my mom requested to hand out for Chinese New Years :)
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@paigea (36317)
• Canada
16 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby we got rid of one and two dollar bills a long time ago. And pennies a few years ago
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@jyotiu28jul (403)
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12 Jan 17
I generally don't keep coins. I spend it or change it withy hubby lol.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
12 Jan 17
What does your husband do with the coins? Spend it? :)
@jyotiu28jul (403)
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12 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby spends it...I get rid of them.. I don't care what does he do
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Jan 17
In store your coins in a pan (like an actual pan to cook or a pan like a bowl).
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@Jam4321 (577)
• Jamaica
13 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby It basically like a saving jar.
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