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07-26-2005, 11:54 PM
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Man cashes in $13,000 in pennies at coinstar.
I came across this while trying to find out how much juice coinstar takes.
New World Record Penny Cash-in FLOMATON, Ala. - June 22, 2005 Coinstar, Inc. customer, Edmond Knowles, today broke the world’s record for the largest ever personal penny collection with a cash-in of 1,308,459 pennies (or $13,084.59) at Escambia County Bank’s Coinstar machine in Flomaton, Alabama. The pennies, which Knowles stored in four 55-gallon and three 20-gallon oil barrels in his garage, weighed more than 4.5 tons. The collection set a new world record as well as broke Coinstar’s existing record for the most pennies cashed-in by a customer. The previous Coinstar record was 1,048,013 pennies (or $10,480.13) set in November 2004 in Barberton, Ohio. I have 53 pounds in mixed change. Anyone have more than that? 
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07-27-2005, 12:02 AM
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Re: Man cashes in $13,000 in pennies at coinstar.
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i think they take like 8%! i cringe at the thought of anyone ever using one of those machines. [/ QUOTE ] If we're talking about $13,000 in pennies, I'd imagine that the 8% is worth substantially less than the amount of time it would take to roll 1.3 million pennies by hand.
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07-27-2005, 10:20 AM
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Re: Man cashes in $13,000 in pennies at coinstar.
as long as u r not doing a [censored] load at once, u can easily roll coins when u r watching tv or something.
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07-27-2005, 12:04 AM
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Re: Man cashes in $13,000 in pennies at coinstar.
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i think they take like 8%! i cringe at the thought of anyone ever using one of those machines. [/ QUOTE ] Can you offer an alternative? Besides rolling the coins myself.
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07-27-2005, 12:18 AM
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Re: Man cashes in $13,000 in pennies at coinstar.
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[ QUOTE ] i think they take like 8%! i cringe at the thought of anyone ever using one of those machines. [/ QUOTE ] Can you offer an alternative? Besides rolling the coins myself. [/ QUOTE ] Go to Commerce Bank in PA, NJ, DE, etc. They have free coin-counting machines. Just dump the coins in, it spits out a receipt, take it to the counter, they give you cash. I don't think you even need to be a customer, but I may be wrong. Edit: 8% is rape, no matter how much or how little your coinage is.
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07-27-2005, 12:21 AM
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Re: Man cashes in $13,000 in pennies at coinstar.
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Edit: 8% is rape, no matter how much or how little your coinage is. [/ QUOTE ]Right. That's how % works. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] -Sam
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07-27-2005, 12:31 AM
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Re: Man cashes in $13,000 in pennies at coinstar.
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[ QUOTE ] i think they take like 8%! i cringe at the thought of anyone ever using one of those machines. [/ QUOTE ] Can you offer an alternative? Besides rolling the coins myself. [/ QUOTE ] Lots of banks provide this service free of charge.
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07-27-2005, 12:36 AM
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Re: Man cashes in $13,000 in pennies at coinstar.
Commerce, thanks.
I tried Standard Federal and 5th 3rd but they didn't have these machines. If banks have these machines then why the hell would coinstar exist? They'll take 53 pounds of change?
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