Comments | prog: Morning adventure: ch-ching

prog

Morning adventure: ch-ching

Jan 23, 2004 13:04

Day got off on the wrong foot, but became fun anyway. Discovered that I seem to have lost my bank card, so instead of going to the ATM machine on my way to the T, I lugged my box of coins to the CoinStar machine in the Porter Square Shaw's. (I can't just sidle into my bank for a withdrawal because my bank is NetBank, and does not have any of your ( Read more... )

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Comments 2

keimel January 23 2004, 10:10:22 UTC

It spit coins of any type back at you?!?!?! I've heard that it simply eats anything that looks odd. "Silver quarter? reject bin. Steel penny? Reject bin." and the reject bin is INSIDE the machine, meaning that the hoo-man who comes to pick up the contents gets his pick of all the collectible coins. I find it good that it spat back T-coinage at you. funny, I've got a few of those around the house somewhere. should remember to bring them when I visit (like last weekend).

$130 - that's impressive. I remember when I was a kid the banks would count your change with their machine free and give you the folding green paper, no charge. Oh well, customer service ain't what it once was.

prog January 23 2004, 10:25:46 UTC

It actually rejected all kinds of coins, including about $10 worth of perfectly reasonable ones on its first pass. I recycled them until the number of rejects fit into my coat pocket. So, yes, the reject bin was customer-accessible. (Worth noting that I wouldn't have noticed at all if it weren't, since it wasn't like I was counting as I went...)