Not my idea but it works GREAT

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Can't take credit for tis as I saw it on the net somewhere but it is a great way to get rid of all the change that seems to accumulate and you're too cheap to put it in the change machine at a 10% cut and can't find a bank to take it.

Take it to the self checkout lane and pour it into the machine when it comes time to pay for the groceries! It works GREAT! Yesterday I poured around $30 in change to pay for some sundries at the grocery and topped off the amount owed with a $20. People were snickering as I poured the coins out of a cup and I got a bit of Stink eye from the overseer cashier but by and large it met with crowd approval. I suspect they will be getting a lot more change cups in the future especially from the guys who were watching. SO next time you go shopping, clean out the center console of all that change, and if you think ahead, grab that cup on the dresser!

On my way home it suddenly came to me that if enough people do this at once, imagine the increase in money supply that will occur when all of a sudden all of this forgotten change suddenly finds it's way back into commerce!
Kill 2 birds with one stone, clear out yer excess change and watch the money supply suddenly grow and start runaway inflation-anarchy at its' best

 

[soFlaNative]

I hit the local Walleyed Mini Mart on occasion for beef, beer and mixed nuts but can only recall a bill feeder and change return at the self help stand.
I'll take a closer look for a way to feed silver.

 

[UncleEd]

Many places, such as restaurants, don't deal in change.

Your. bill is $19.45, you'll get a dollar back from a Twenty. Your bill is $19.65, the whole Twenty disappears.

I've found it evens out mostly over time. Many times if a bill is
around $19.30, I just put $19 cash down and that's accepted.
At restaurants I deal in cash for the fare and the tip.

OK, I know I just opened up the door for all sorts of chest beating that "no one is going to nickle and dime me."


For decades the government has talked of eliminating the penny.
They just cost too darn much to make.

 

[djohns6]

My Credit Union has a change counter in the lobby . No charge for members . I've rolled coins at home and taken them to Chase Bank . I avoid self checkouts so they aren't an option . Whatever works for you .

 

[ralph7]

I don’t recall seeing a change feed at a self check, either.

 

[djohns6]

My wife said they had them at Lowe's but you had to feed the coins into a slot .

 

[WR Moore]

All the self checkout machines I've used have a way to accept coins. Generally looks a bit like a funnel. Usually on the left, bills go in a slot on the right.

I notice a lot of checkout clerks seem to own stock in plastic bag companies. They'll even put jugs of milk into a bag.

 

[Krogen]

The local Rotten Apple, err...Red Apple store has a Coinstar machine. If you accept a store card from the machine, they don't take a percentage. However, store prices are high, so they get you one way or another. I'll go looking for the coin funnel at checkout next time.

 

[coltle6920]

It's even more fun to dump your change at the DMV.

 

[rbmac52]

No thank you. Too much trouble while others stand in line behind me. My credit union gladly runs my coins through their coin counter for free. No easier way to dump your change. I usually just have the teller deposit the total into one of my accounts.

 

[Xfuzz]

I don't carry ones or loose change.
All dumped into an ammo can in the safe.
Local bank has a change counter.

I cash it all in around early spring.
Enough for a 3-4 day road trip.

 

[Skeet 028]

I recently took 2 ammo cans of coins to the CU locally. They run it through a counter and put it in my account. I use it to pay most of my property taxes every year. There was over 1700 bucks this time. We put all change in baskets at home. I used to separate 'em but only separate copper pennies now. They are worth 3 cents

 

[alwslate]

About the only things I buy these days out in public are groceries or gas. Using a debit card pays the exact amount with no change back. That works great for me

 

[zeke]

A useful tip, but am in practice of spending my change with cash purchases. It doesn't accumulate much.

 

[Rudi]

My bank is happy to run it through their counter.

 

[glenwolde]

I just use Coinstar and get gift cards. No fee.

 

[Golddollar]

One of my banks has a change counter to accepts bulk coins (except for Golden Dollars). It generates a receipt that then can be added to your account.

But then, I had to adapt to coin carrying and access by an old-fashioned means. One of my cars has no place to set an aftermarket combination coin/cup/CD holder. So I was carrying coins and CDs in the center console, and of course, the coins migrated to the bottom underneath everything. I like to have accessible coins for parking meters and parking garages. Now I carry my Golden Dollars in a Crown Royal bag that I carry in my pants pocket. The light bulb went on in my head (thanks to my improved problem solving ability given by my CPAP machine) and I pulled another Crown Royal bag out of the stack, dug the coins out of the bottom of the center console and the coin caddy in my pants pocket, put those coins in the second Crown Royal bag and put the newly filled Crown Royal bag in the center console. Problem solved.

 

[crows]

I just use Coinstar and get gift cards. No fee.

Right there, handiest thing in the world. Get Amazon gift card, pass to my wife, and she shops for household necessities that way. The bank branch I use doesn't have a coin counter. Coinstar is way easier than driving to a branch in another town.

 

[pharmer]

Great idea, just a couple years late for me. I have always hated "plastic" and paid cash for most things. Got a debit card a couple years ago, now I use it for most everything. I haven't gotten a coin in months. Yeah, somebody can "profile" me by my purchases; I wish I was important/interesting enough for someone to do just that. "There goes mr chop meat, sardines and pistachios again. We should bring him for questioning, that diet ain't right." Joe

 

[ridewv]

My bank is happy to run it through their counter.

Same here. It's been 15-16 years back when I told my banker I had a 5 gallon bottle filled with coins and could I bring them all in? He said "sure I'll give you some money sacks 'cause it'll be heavy and let me know when you do and I'll come down because I want to see how much it is".

I had made a point to not put pennies in and it had taken me probably 20 years to fill.

It was somewhat difficult getting the coins out as they dam'd up at the neck, but I finely got them all out and into the sacks and took them in. He came down (from the executive office) and watched as a male teller dumped them in the coin counter. He brought me the slip and it was for (from recollection) $3,200. He also handed me about a dozen washers and two 9mm cartridges that went through the counter saying "you can have these back".