Paying with coins
- Thread starter CHAPO GUZMAN
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Recently, CoinStar started a campaign where they won't charge you any fee if you turn your coins into iTunes gift cards, Amazon gift cards, or Virgin mobile cards. The machine doesn't actually give you any cards, but rather PINs which can be typed in on the sponsor's site and redeemed for their value. This works because the CoinStar machine has the power of the internets.
How to do it
This is really quite simple. Follow the directions as usual, but when it asks how you would like your money, make sure to pick the iTunes gift card. After it counts all of your change, the machine will ask you how much of your money you want as a gift card and how much you want as cash. Go ahead and set it all to gift card. Now, before proceeding, you need to find a way to unplug the phone jack from the back of the machine. I'm lucky because the wall phone jack for my local CoinStar is at about shoulder height right next to the machine.
Now the poor machine is in quite a pickle. It already has all of your change, and it can't give that back to you. It can't give you an iTunes card either. It could give you cash, but it's not going to lay that 9% fee on because you obviously didn't agree to that when you put your change in the machine. What can it do? Give you cash for FREE. After a few minutes of trying, it will simply give up and just give you a slip which can be redeemed for cash at the store customer service counter.
Conclusion
This little trick worked for me, so go ahead and give it a shot. Oh, and I'm supposed to tell you that I didn't think of this one. My good friend Collin over at Virtual Fresh Air thought of it, but he was too lazy to write it up.
How to do it
This is really quite simple. Follow the directions as usual, but when it asks how you would like your money, make sure to pick the iTunes gift card. After it counts all of your change, the machine will ask you how much of your money you want as a gift card and how much you want as cash. Go ahead and set it all to gift card. Now, before proceeding, you need to find a way to unplug the phone jack from the back of the machine. I'm lucky because the wall phone jack for my local CoinStar is at about shoulder height right next to the machine.
Now the poor machine is in quite a pickle. It already has all of your change, and it can't give that back to you. It can't give you an iTunes card either. It could give you cash, but it's not going to lay that 9% fee on because you obviously didn't agree to that when you put your change in the machine. What can it do? Give you cash for FREE. After a few minutes of trying, it will simply give up and just give you a slip which can be redeemed for cash at the store customer service counter.
Conclusion
This little trick worked for me, so go ahead and give it a shot. Oh, and I'm supposed to tell you that I didn't think of this one. My good friend Collin over at Virtual Fresh Air thought of it, but he was too lazy to write it up.
My sister bought a pizza one time with change, prolly like 20 dollars worth of change and yes pennies too. Poor delivery dude, lol, I woulda paid to see the expression on that dudes face when she handed him that bag of change. And her and her friend were embarrassed about it so she like wrapped her hair up, put on a hat, greased her chin with Vaseline and then dipped her chin in coffee grounds to make herself look like a dude. That's a lot of fuckin' trouble for a pizza, but I guess kids will do anything, lol...
She took pictures too, lol, I should try and find them. She did look like a dude, only a way small wimpy little dude, lol.
Me, I just throw my change in a jar at the end of the day. When its full, I go cash that shit at the bank... I hate fuckin' w/ change.
She took pictures too, lol, I should try and find them. She did look like a dude, only a way small wimpy little dude, lol.
Me, I just throw my change in a jar at the end of the day. When its full, I go cash that shit at the bank... I hate fuckin' w/ change.
Shit, fuckin around in this economy, I hit up the coinstar the other day to get my $44 dollars, fuck that.
What ALWAYS happens to me is that there is some fat greasy crack hanging out white man who walks up to the machine about 2 seconds before me, and has $300 in change he is turning in in big ass plastic kitty litter buckets, reading the directions on the screen line for fuckin line. I want to shove his fat pale ass out of the way like 'lemme cash in this $25 right quick, playa".
What ALWAYS happens to me is that there is some fat greasy crack hanging out white man who walks up to the machine about 2 seconds before me, and has $300 in change he is turning in in big ass plastic kitty litter buckets, reading the directions on the screen line for fuckin line. I want to shove his fat pale ass out of the way like 'lemme cash in this $25 right quick, playa".
