# holy crap... coinstar FTW **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 3, 2006, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857 "2006-06-03T09:20:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/1 "2006-06-03T09:20:05Z")
so after paying rent this week, I was left pretty damn broke (aka, eating peanut butter/ketchup until next payday lol) well, I have a jar that I throw all my loose change into anytime I get in from being out somewhere. it was at the point where I couldnt even get the top on it anymore so I figured I’d take it to tops and see what kind of loot I’d get. I figured MAYBE 15.00 at the most… (this jar holds roughly 20oz or so) I got 78.12 :eek: :tup: now I can upgrade a steak one day this week 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/2 "2006-06-03T09:23:34Z")
how $ did it take from you like 10$? ---
**Author:** ![mk3some](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@mk3some](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mk3some)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/3 "2006-06-03T09:24:36Z")
if u were really that broke, u wouldn’t be abl;e to afford giving coinstar 5 bucks for changing ur change to cash…it does save some time but still. what a freekin rip ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/4 "2006-06-03T09:25:10Z")
bank of america “keep the change” program FTW last month i saved about 23 dollaz ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/5 "2006-06-03T09:27:43Z")
hell yeah. I have the plastic container tube from a wooden human maquette - I can tell you from experience it will hold over $130 in assorted coinery. :tup: Iss like free moneh. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/6 "2006-06-03T09:28:31Z")
> [@Twizted](#): > > how $ did it take from you like 10$? yeah… close to it. it takes 8.9 cents on the dollar… I’d rather pay that than sit down with rolls and doing it by hand 😛 jon, I heard about that on the radio :tup: edit: hells yeah tom… you dont even think about it until you gots billz in yo hand ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/7 "2006-06-03T09:42:19Z")
I’ve never used coinstar…thats sweet though :tup: ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/8 "2006-06-04T13:09:45Z")
yeah coinstar is easier than rolling coin, thats a pain in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/9 "2006-06-04T13:51:18Z")
i do my spare change there once a month…i average 35 bux a hit ---
**Author:** ![cooter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cooter/32/7199_2.png) [@cooter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cooter)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/10 "2006-06-04T15:35:21Z")
> [@Locutus](#): > > bank of america “keep the change” program FTW > > last month i saved about 23 dollaz bank of america “keep the change” is awesome i saved 28 bucks… Ex. I pump my gas $25.01 ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/11 "2006-06-04T15:50:10Z")
I had one of those gigantic plastic pop bottles thats a bank from spencers…When full I coinstared it for almost 300 bux 🙂 :edit: U catch some looks walking in with that thing at tops at 2am lol ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/12 "2006-06-04T16:39:32Z")
> [@Locutus](#): > > bank of america “keep the change” program FTW > > last month i saved about 23 dollaz what this you speak of? ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/13 "2006-06-04T17:11:17Z")
i do the change dash too. i just sort it out when I’m drinking beers at my place. next thing i know its done. I usually get about 150 a year ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/14 "2006-06-04T21:24:44Z")
hehe…when I’m really bored and I have a lot of change, I’ll roll it up. 2004 alone, I had $90 in pennies. (total of about $300 wiith just P, N, & D’s. I use the quarters for laundry…) ---
**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/15 "2006-06-05T11:23:33Z")
i do it every couple of years and use the profits to make it more efficient for the next time. at one point i went to banks and got the rolls. then i used $20 of the “profits” to get an automatic coin sorter the following time i used $8 to get a stamp with my bank account number on it since i was fed up with writing it on each roll. so now i’m pretty much set and have been for a couple of years. $28 \> paying coinstar each time. i think commerce bank provides free coin sorting/cashing even if you aren’t a customer, but i don’t know if they are upstate? ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/16 "2006-06-05T11:37:49Z")
> [@cooter](#): > > bank of america “keep the change” is awesome > > i saved 28 bucks… > > Ex. I pump my gas $25.01 So they credit u that much money closets to the next dollar…id there like a 15 cent window or something…on a side note…if u have a Tops bonus card use it as much as possible…at their gas station on French and Transit i had X amount of points on my bonus card and I got 93 octane for 1.81 gallon ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/17 "2006-09-19T14:02:49Z")
Bump because I’m about to do it. Gimme a quick how-to so that I don’t augment my looks-like-an-ass-walking-through-Tops-with-a-bucket-of-change with breaks-the-coinstar-machine. Do you just throw your change into a big hopper or something? ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/18 "2006-09-19T14:13:50Z")
well i’ll tell u right now it charges u like 8.5 cents tax on every dollar, so it u wanna save that then just roll it and take it to the bank. otherwise, u just walk up to it, hit the big green button, tell it u want to cash your coins in, that u want a cash voucher, and then just dump your change in there. take the recipt up to the cusomter service coutner and $$$$ ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/19 "2006-09-19T14:20:29Z")
Thanks for the tip about them taking a cut. If I was smart I’d roll it myself, but I’ll never get around to it so I’ll just accept them charging a fee… Thanks for the how-to. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![badazzss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@badazzss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/badazzss)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857/20 "2006-09-19T14:23:08Z")
i roll my own coin… get about $ 200-$300every 6 months… not too shabby… i never heard of this bank of america keep the change program… but now that i read about it, they match you for the first 3 months, and it’s limited… but otherwise all they do is charge your debit (checking acct) more, and move funds around to make u think you’re gaining money. it’s stupid. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-coinstar-ftw/12857.md?page=2)