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There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a container on my shelf that I specifically use for loose change and the occasional button. Recently, that container became full and I needed to figure out a way to get rid of the loose change.<\/p>\n
I could\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve taken them to a bank and have the teller who helped me dream of shoving an adding machine down my throat. Or I could\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve given them to the panhandlers that hang outside of the convenience store down the street and watch them drown out their problems with alcohol. Or I could\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve stuck them in between my couch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cushions, so that I can finally say I found loose change in between a couch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cushions.<\/p>\n
I eventually decided to cash them in using a Coinstar machine, which can count my coins for me. Sorry, drunk-ass panhandlers.<\/p>\n
First, I had to find a Coinstar machine, which I did by visiting their website. There, I just inputted my zip code and the site told me where the nearest Coinstar machine was. <\/p>\n
The nearest machine was at the locally-owned grocery store down the street that I hardly step into because their prices are slightly more expensive than the national grocery store chain I usually shop at.<\/p>\n
I grabbed my container of coins and walked to the store. Unfortunately, this was a bad idea, because I had to pass the convenience store, and guess who were hanging out there. Yes, the panhandlers.<\/p>\n
Now, when they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ask me for loose change in the past, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve told them that I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any. This time, I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say that with ten pounds of loose change in a container that was impossible to hide. <\/p>\n
I really hoped they were too drunk to notice the Fort Knox of loose change I held in my hands. Fortunately, they were.<\/p>\n
When I got to the store, there already was a guy unloading a small cooler of pennies into the Coinstar machine. I waited for 15 minutes as he dump over 5000 pennies into the machine.<\/p>\n
After waiting and being amazed that 5000 pennies could fit into a small cooler, I began to dump my coins into the machine, which accepts pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollar coins, and dollar coins. <\/p>\n
One cool thing I read about the Coinstar machine is that it can detect if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve accidently slipped in buttons, Japanese Yen, Canadian coins, other foreign coins, or those stupid penny souvenirs that are worth less than a penny. If you happen to stick in non-American money or crappy penny souvenirs, it will drop it into the slot labeled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Coin Return,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which seems kind of ironic to be called that.<\/p>\n
When the machine was done counting my coins, it spit out a receipt that showed me how much money I put into it. My gross total was $50.06, but the machine subtracted an 8.9 percent processing fee. So my net total was $45.60.<\/p>\n
After I got my receipt, I headed to the cashier with the shortest line to cash-in the receipt. For me, the shortest line was the four-items-or-less line, which also had the prettiest cashier. When I got to the pretty cashier, I handed her my receipt and she opened her register to get the money.<\/p>\n
While counting the money, she asked me, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What are you going to with the money?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n
Internally, I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well, how about you and I spend it on dinner at a nice restaurant?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Externally, I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Uh, I dunno,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and then walked away.<\/p>\n
(I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m such a pussy.)<\/p>\n
As I walked out of the store, I began asking myself questions to figure out how to spend the money.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153How many products can I review with this money?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Could I really feed an entire village in Ethiopia for just 25 cents a day?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Could I use an iPod Shuffle?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153How many tricks can I get with this scratch?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n
I eventually decided to use the money to help with the purchase of an iPod Shuffle. <\/p>\n
Thanks, Coinstar.<\/p>\n
Item:<\/b> Coinstar
\nPurchase Price:<\/b> FREE to use (8.9 percent fee for every dollar of coins counted)
\nRating:<\/b> 4 out of 5
\nPros:<\/b> Easy to use. Convenient. No need to roll coins. Takes all types of coins, except those stupid penny souvenirs. Can turn your loose change into an iPod Shuffle.
\nCons:<\/b> Noisy. Drunk panhandlers. I am a pussy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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