Just took $500 in change to the bank
 

those bitches @ wamu booted me and said only 10 rolls at a time!!

lol... thats $5 each time in pennies :(

the sovereign bank near me has a coinstar machine and no charge for soveriegn customers to use it.
It's great because it makes a ton of noise while you are doing it in the nice quiet bank.

LoL thats awesome.

Unfortunately i dont have access to one of those that is free. I looked it up and i think they take 8-9% normally. That is a lot if you have a ton of change... and we have another alhambra bottle FULL

The ones around here will do it for free provided you get paid out in a gift card to some local business.

My old roommate and I split our change bucket when we parted ways... was a $220 gift certificate for each of us.

start yelling and they'll take it.... they legally HAVE to take it since it is legal tender and they're a BANK

Also call the 800 number if the manager tries to boot ya.... get THEIR bosses involved... cause enough fuss and they'll bend over backwards for ya.

YEah, I took $380 in change in loose bags to my bank and used their coinstar for free... It kicks ass. I love that machine. It feels like free money.

LOL, thats nothing.

I took 4k in quarters to my bank. :)

there is no more customer service.

^ How long did that take to save up?

They don't have bags so you can presort it? At my bank they give me coin bags which have the required amounts (eg 10c x 50, 20c x 25) written on the front. Then they weigh each bag and confirm its weight corresponds with what you'd expect.

no joke a few years back i collected 6k in change.

i had a vase from ikea full to the top.

went to europe for a month with it.

Darn must have been huge, when I fill up my piggy bank it's max $100 LOL

I use to do that too and couldn't stand how filthy my fingers got from touching all the coins. Most banks have auto coin counters these days :2 cents:

same here

you gotta sort them and pay for each role/bag

My bank has one of those counters too, they are also at supermarkets too.