I have a buncha change, definitely at least $100-150. I took it to the bank once all rolled up to avoid getting charged a percentage from coinstar. It was a pain to count and roll it up. Don't any banks have machines to deposit without a charge?

 

i took $75 worth of coins to the bank once. just gave it all to the teller as a deposit. she poured it into a machine to count it.

 

I see. Which bank though? I have Wells Fargo.

 

i stay away from larger national banks. they always have fees on anything they can think of.

i bank with a local bank (first midwest). the only fees they have are for obvious stuff like overdraft, stop payments, stuff that you'd expect to pay a fee for. not BS like fees like direct deposit, teller fees, drive through fees, check cashing fees.

 

Well I WAS with a local bank until Wachovia bought them and then Wells fargo bought Wachovia lol.

I have gotten the rolls before and counted them then turned them in manually before. It's just more time consuming and annoying. I just thought there was an easier way.

I read that Coinstar now offers to give Amazon credit without taking anything from you. That's an option since I shop on Amazon a lot now. Rather have cash though

 

Coinstar is like 6%, it's worth the lack of a headache.

 

your local credit union

 

I have an account with People's United, took my change there in a bag, no fees. Actually only had $46.21, not as much as I expected heh.

 

my credit union has a machine that you can do it yourself and no charge if you are a member. unless you roll it yourself you my end up paying a fee no matter what unless you have a friendly bank or CU

just pay the 6-10%....your time and effort has a price too.....

I think in terms of man hours/labor costs for everything in life. This helps justify fees when you encounter them. "At my current hourly rate, how much money would I make doing X?" "Would I be willing to pay Y to have someone or thing do it for me?"

if Y is substantially lower than X, you bet I am going to opt to let someone/thing else do it for me.

 

TD Bank has a coin machine with no charge. At least the one near me does, not sure if all branches have this.

If you can guess the value of your change with in a dollar, you win a cheap prize...pen, note pad, etc.