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Have a jar of coins sitting around the house? In our case we have a huge water jug that we put all of our change in.
Right now when you cash in $40 in change at a Coinstar kiosk, you can receive a $10 gift card by mail! Coinstar does charge a fee when you opt for cash, but if you cash in for a gift certificate, including Amazon.com, there are no fees.
This is a fantastic way to stretch your holiday shopping budget!
Thanks, More Than Cents!
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This is great! Thank you for sharing with us – I plan to take mine in tomorrow and use a gift card (many to choose from) for Christmas shopping!!
It would almost be worth it to go to the bank, get $40 in change and run it through the machine. Thanks for the tip
A question–when you get a gift card, do you get it right away or do you have to wait for it to come in the mail? I don’t mean the bonus gift card but the regular every day gift card?
thanks
It looks like if you have an advanced machine it will give you a gift card on the spot!!! Then on your receipt it will print out the form for the extra $10 to send in. The locator was having problems for me but when I used the one on the home page where you put in your zip it worked. ThanksTara for all the deals!!
Maybe this is a stupid question and wishful thinking, but is this something you can do more than once?
Chrissy….This is from their official rules
“Limit 1 per name, address, or household”
Thanks Heather… I figured as much!
Do we know what the charge for turning in change is?
I think it’s 8 or 9 cents on the dollar? Too much for my blood, that’s for sure! Only one of the Coinstars in my town offer e-certificates for some reason, thankfully the one that’s closest to me! :D
So that’s basically it’s earning you about 5 bucks after fee’s unless you go to Starbuck, JCPenny, etc a lot.
I was debating on the “withdrawing money from my account” for this deal, but it’s not quite sweet enough for me.
I was considering actually withdrawing money from the bank for this deal. I am hesitant though. Here’s what I’m considering
If I was going to buy something from one of the participating stores anyway, say Amazon, then this would be great because I wouldn’t lose anything except the time it takes to pump the money into the machine. I would want to recieve my gift card right away.
However, I would want to make sure that I am doing this with one of the advanced machines that either has the peelie on the machine (as the coinstar website says) or would print out the coupon at the end so I could mail it off.
Has anyone dealt with CoinStar about rebates? Are they dependable? Or do they take their own sweet time and six months later you get a rejection notice?
Also, if you get a gift certificate there is no charge for pouring your money into the machine. If you get cash then they charge you a fee on the dollar
Sorry for all the multiple posts. I was reading the CoinStar website and they offer CVS gift cards! YowZah!! A $40 CVS GC is like a $100 in cash if you use it correctly. I may just have to do this if it will ever stop raining. Thanks again for the tip