96 Pounds Of Cleaned Clad & Coinstar

[McKinney_5900]

I posted about a while back concerning my well cleaned coins which I've found over time in the past. All I want to do is get them through a Coinstar which gives Amazon gift cards.

What's it like, packing in that many pounds to a Coinstar in peanut jugs? Is there a best time, after the machine has been emptied? 96 pounds will likely fill one Coinstar. Simply trying to pour that many coins through has to be interesting.

TIA

 

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[pepperj]

I posted about a while back concerning my well cleaned coins which I've found over time in the past. All I want to do is get them through a Coinstar which gives Amazon gift cards.

What's it like, packing in that many pounds to a Coinstar in peanut jugs? Is there a best time, after the machine has been emptied? 96 pounds will likely fill one Coinstar. Simply trying to pour that many coins through has to be interesting.

TIA

Why don't roll them and take them to the bank?

 

[McKinney_5900]

Why don't roll them and take them to the bank?

Rolling is not my forte, plus my credit union still charges a 5% fee, even if I roll them myself. Coinstar is my choice, easiest and cheapest.

 

[LostinGeorgia]

Good luck. If they are like a lot of the clad I find there will be a lot of rejects and jams.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Take a break once in awhile to let the machine catch up. Easy to jam it up if you push it to the limit. Good luck!

 

[Tony in SC]

I posted about a while back concerning my well cleaned coins which I've found over time in the past. All I want to do is get them through a Coinstar which gives Amazon gift cards.

What's it like, packing in that many pounds to a Coinstar in peanut jugs? Is there a best time, after the machine has been emptied? 96 pounds will likely fill one Coinstar. Simply trying to pour that many coins through has to be interesting.

TIA

Last week I took $417 to the Walmart coinstar and got cash. There was no Fee.

 

[Tony in SC]

It might easier if you make 2 trips?

 

[McKinney_5900]

It might easier if you make 2 trips?

Is it easily done in your experience to run all 96 lbs through in two trips? I just want to know what to expect. Thanks.

I have never cashed in even a cup or handfull of coins in a coin counting machine, just to be honest. Hauling in as many pounds of coins into Krogers store, or Walmart, will stand out a little with the machines making its noises.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Just leave some goodies in the reject tray for whoever harvests at the Coinstar. It will be good Karma LOL

 

[Tony in SC]

Is it easily done in your experience to run all 96 lbs through in two trips? I just want to know what to expect. Thanks.

I have never cashed in even a cup or handfull of coins in a coin counting machine, just to be honest. Hauling in as many pounds of coins into Krogers store, or Walmart, will stand out a little with the machines making its noises.

I had about 50lbs. Had no problems at all. Took my recent to the service counter got paid in cash. No more rolling for me!

 

[RGINN]

Don't get in a big hurry and it works pretty smooth. You'll get a lot of rejects but usually you can run them back through. It will reject silver coins too so keep your eyes open. My bank used to have a coin machine I could take them to but not anymore. It pretty much was a big pain for them. My bank will give you coin rollers but they don't accept rolled coins anymore.

 

[robertk]

My bank used to have a coin machine I could take them to but not anymore. It pretty much was a big pain for them. My bank will give you coin rollers but they don't accept rolled coins anymore.

Then what do they expect you to do with them?

 

[newnan man]

When my sisters husband died we helped her move into a smaller place. He had a 5 gallon water bottle brimming full with coins. It took a long time to pour them through the coinstar. I would pour the coins into a smaller container then pour that into the machine. I think it charged 5% of the total.

 

[vpnavy]

I searched Google and found: "...Coinstar tech...it has 2, 500 pound capacity tubs inside..." Sounds kind of high to me...

 

[cudamark]

My local Coinstar machines will only take just so much. I can't remember what the limit is at the moment, I'll have to check again. Also, to get cash, they take a bit over 10%. I usually get a gift certificate at 100% value from the menu they have on the machine. I had an interesting experience a time before last. I chose a gift certificate, and started pouring in the coins as usual. When I got a bit over 75% done, the machine jammed, or, at least quit working. I called over the manager to help and he opened up the machine. He managed to get it working again, but, it would only work now in a cash mode, no gift certificate like I chose. He had to call Coinstar, get the proper person to handle this problem, give the phone to me, and I had to answer many questions and give out my name and address so they could mail me a check for the full amount. On a side note, you would not believe all the stray coins and other junk laying around inside those machines! It's no wonder they jam from time to time.