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"My Coinstar" account

Postby thunter » Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:21 pm

I see that Coinstar now will track the history of your transactions through a free account you set up. Go to coinstar.com to check it out. Supposedly you'll receive special offers every once in a while like the Lowes offer in December. I think I'll sign up. Nothing to lose except more junk in my email box. :( What do you all think? It might pay off down the road and the statistics would be interesting.

I dump my clad coins I find metal detecting at Coinstar every once in a while too. Some of them look pretty awful! :lol: I choose the Amazon certificate each time and that has worked out good. Most of my coins are unloaded at a bank with a Cummins machine for free. But you have to spread the wealth (so to speak) and one thing I've determined is that you have to keep up with disposing the zinc pennies along the way or it will really get out of hand.
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Re: "My Coinstar" account

Postby tn-dave » Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:33 pm

Thanks for the info. I believe I'll sign up and see what offers come in also.
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Re: "My Coinstar" account

Postby 68Camaro » Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:07 pm

I signed up earlier this week and the latest special is a $10 itunes bump-up. $50 coupon for $40 in coins. Not bad if you use itunes, but I don't...
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Re: "My Coinstar" account

Postby rickygee » Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:28 pm

I luv coinstar! I don't use it, but there's one in our store. Check it 3 or 4 times a day for rejects and stuff left in the tray. Every now and then I score and today was a good day! 1937 wheatie, (2) 1982, 1970D. :lol: Hey, the '37 fills a hole. Biggest score was $.45, four clad dimes and a nickel in the reject bin.
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Re: "My Coinstar" account

Postby henrysmedford » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:06 pm

rickygee wrote:I luv coinstar! I don't use it, but there's one in our store. Check it 3 or 4 times a day for rejects and stuff left in the tray. Every now and then I score and today was a good day! 1937 wheatie, (2) 1982, 1970D. :lol: Hey, the '37 fills a hole. Biggest score was $.45, four clad dimes and a nickel in the reject bin.

My son Theodore got a 1939 1¢ ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS coin out of the bin!
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Re: "My Coinstar" account

Postby thunter » Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:41 am

henrysmedford wrote:
rickygee wrote:I luv coinstar! I don't use it, but there's one in our store. Check it 3 or 4 times a day for rejects and stuff left in the tray. Every now and then I score and today was a good day! 1937 wheatie, (2) 1982, 1970D. :lol: Hey, the '37 fills a hole. Biggest score was $.45, four clad dimes and a nickel in the reject bin.

My son Theodore got a 1939 1¢ ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS coin out of the bin!


Congrats to Theodore on the old foreign coin! :D Very cool. Thanks again for all the tips. Much appreciated. ;)
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Re: "My Coinstar" account

Postby cuppoor » Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:38 am

I cant walk by a Coinstar without checking the tray and looking around the general vicinity. Latest find was a 2000 Canadian quarter and a copper penny. My wife does it too and her best score was $.85 in US nickels and dimes. Not sure why those were in the reject tray?
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Re: "My Coinstar" account

Postby Dave » Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:48 am

They moved the machine to another area at my local supermarket just as I was coming in. Under the machine was loaded with coins, 3 of us picked them up. I picked up over $5(mostly Canadian quarters).
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Re: "My Coinstar" account

Postby cuppoor » Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:04 am

Ironically, the Canadian quarters are worth more than US quarters at face value. I expect this trend to continue.

http://www.x-rates.com/d/USD/CAD/graph120.html
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