It’s getting close to being laundry day. My bank said they don’t have coin counters in their lobbies anymore, and I’m not a fan of the big fee that coin star machines charge.
Any other options? I considered asking at the customer service counter at my local chain grocery store. Is that a service they might provide?
Check with other banks nearby, one of them may still have a coin counter.
Otherwise, you might get some nickle and dime paper rolls, and see if your bank will take them that way – deposit to your checking account, then write a check later and ask for it in quarters?
Go to this Coinstar siteand enter your zip code. You can put your nickels and dimes in their machines and get cash for them. Many are located in grocery stores and they may be able to supply you with the quarters. If not take the cash to the bank to get quarters.
I don’t know what you mean by a ton but you can convert them at many soda and other vending machines. Put in 25 cents in dimes and nickles and then hit the coin return button. The newer machines usually don’t give you your original coins back. They just return 25 cents the best way possible (a quarter). Just make sure you find a machine in a non-busy place to try this. I have converted cups of coins that way pretty quickly.
In my experience, the bank will just given you coin wrappers. But I agree with the suggestion of using the Coinstar machine and getting a gift card. I’ve heard that sometimes you can get more than 100% of the value of your coins (a discounted gift card in other words).
That’s why my suggestion is to take the dimes and nickels to the Coinstar machine to exchange 1:1 for a gift card (one that she can use) and goes to the bank to exchange dollar bills for quarters.
BTW, I usually get $40-50 in quarters, every couple of months, or as necessary so that I always have enough for laundry.
Bring all your coins with you to the laundromat. When the person using the machine beside you is not looking, dump a handful of coins into it, call the police, have her arrested for money laundering, and collect the reward. Then rinse and repeat with other people using the laundromat until you are out of coins but rich with reward cheques. Deposit the reward cheques with your bank and buy a washer and dryer, but while you are at it, also withdrawal a roll or two of quarters in case your new machines break down.
My bank confirmed that it will accept rolled coins (so I guess phew! I don’t have to shut down my account!) but I still have to obtain the wrappers and roll 'em my dang self.
phs, if you get some stackable coin sorting trays and some rolling tubes, they’ll make the job less tedious. The trays have holes of different diameters that let each denomination of coin fall into its own tray and the tubes are calibrated to take exactly enough coins for a full roll so you don’t have to count them. They should be pretty inexpensive in a place like Staples.