Can't cash-in my change jar anywhere in town...even with an acct, local banks won't count your change anymore, Walmart used to count change, but now, like every other retail store, they have those change counting machines that charge you 10-12 percent to count it. G.D. thieves, I tell ya.
U.S. government was established to represent citizens, NOT TO RULE OVER THEM.
If you are talking about the coin star machines at Walmart, some locations you can get an E Gift card for no fee to use at a bunch of locations. You can get a card to use at home depot, lowes, cabelas, among others. Better than losing the fee or rolling up a ton of coins. https://www.coinstar.com/
Your bank should do it. They used to do it happily back when folks gave a crap about customer service. Come to think of it, that’s all a bank has to differ itself from all the other banks. I’d ask them again, and then change banks to one that does actual services for its customers.
Last time I had a bunch of loose change ($2500+) my credit u said I had to roll it all before I could bring it in and get credited for it. OK, I did, the first think they done was bust it all apart and recount it to make sure I was correct on the total! Go figure. smh
For years we’ve been heading towards a cashless society. Businesses have quit accepting checks long ago and prefer credit cards. They’ll take cash when necessary. Inflation has risen so much that cash is not practical. A trip to the grocery store normally runs in excess of $100. The pot has been steadily reaching the boiling point.
Have a couple thousand $ worth currently in a 5 gal jug. All .05/.10/.25 [pennies are kept separate]. We'll use it towards a 40th anniversary trip next year.
Local bank will count/deposit free as long as there is an account there. Time to start sorting through it for missed silver etc
Banks aren’t really about customer service anymore. Wife deposits a lot of quarters from machines at laundromats, the bank refuses the Canadian quarters, won’t exchange them. It sorts them out immediately. Maybe try a credit union.
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My old credit union had a small room with a counting machine that rolled them and gave you a deposit ticket to take to the cashier. My current bank still has their tellers rolling the coin, imagine that...
Your bank should do it. They used to do it happily back when folks gave a crap about customer service. Come to think of it, that’s all a bank has to differ itself from all the other banks. I’d ask them again, and then change banks to one that does actual services for its customers.
Yep, I remember when you could bring a jar full of coins to the bank, and they'd simply put it through a counting machine and either hand you the paper currency for it, or deposit that amount into your account, at your preference.
There was a funny scene on Seinfeld where Kramer brings a jar full of pennies to the bank, and is refused, so he decided to spend them all for ordinary expenditures throughout the day.
Credit unions and small town banks still do it for you. My small town bank told me not to put it in rolls, just loose. The machines dont count per se, they use weight. If you have silver content or canadian coins it kicks em out into a seperate tray.
