03-02-2009, 12:34 PM
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I bought a machine at Staples for $30. paid for itself in 3 rolls of dimes. It went amazingly fast. You can buy bags by the denomination at staples or the dollar stores. Not nearly as bad a job as I thought but do get the sleeves not the rolling papers.
Kids liked helping too.
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03-02-2009, 12:37 PM
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Loves Teh Chat!
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I just go to the bank and ask for rolls and they give em to me for free. (Scotiabank)
I've currently a ziploc bag that's completely full of change, and a cup that's completely full of change....and a stack of rolls that need to have coins in them. One of these days when I don't have any school work to do.... 
All the change is from the summer too....the joys of getting tips....pounds of change.
I don't really mind rolling it though....I'll put on a ski movie in the background some day, and I'll feel like I gained money when I get around to counting it.
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03-02-2009, 12:58 PM
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addition by subtraction
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
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gotta say, this thread amazes me for 2 reasons... 1)i can go into my bank at any time with a jar of change and they will count it and convert it to paper money for free and 2) how the heck do you guys use so much actual money? i use paper/coin a couple times a week. i swipe my debit card for almost everything.
crazy canadians!
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This individual is not affluent and more of a member of that shrinking middle class. It is likely the individual does not have a high paying job, is limited on benefits, and has to make due with those benefits provided by employer.
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03-02-2009, 01:18 PM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by dobbles
gotta say, this thread amazes me for 2 reasons... 1)i can go into my bank at any time with a jar of change and they will count it and convert it to paper money for free and 2) how the heck do you guys use so much actual money? i use paper/coin a couple times a week. i swipe my debit card for almost everything.
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I use my debit card maybe 6 times a month, I take out enough to last the week and live on that. Its helped me with my budgeting and reduced my bank fees.
I hate the idea of convienient cash, I tend to have a spending habit when its readily available.
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03-02-2009, 01:18 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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The machines some people are referring to are the Coinstar machines. You just dump the change in, it takes a 10% cut, and then gives you a scannable credit on paper for the store in question.
http://locator.coinstar.com/Locator.aspx?page=CE
It doesn't look like there's one in Calgary.
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03-02-2009, 01:22 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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all you people who throw away pennies should save them and give them to Unicef or some other such org.
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03-02-2009, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by HOOT
I should have got you to do mine. I take mine in every 3-4 months and just rolled up a bunch worth $750. It felt like it took forever and my hands didn't feel clean for about a week 
I don't spend coins and just throw them in my huge Coke coin bottle until I'm bored a few months down the road. |
Let me know when you've got $750 more. I can even come out to Victoria and do it for an extra 10%.
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03-02-2009, 02:06 PM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dobbles
gotta say, this thread amazes me for 2 reasons... 1)i can go into my bank at any time with a jar of change and they will count it and convert it to paper money for free and 2) how the heck do you guys use so much actual money? i use paper/coin a couple times a week. i swipe my debit card for almost everything.
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Because your mom doesn't take debit cards!!! 
Oh, snap!!
just kidding, just kidding.
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03-02-2009, 02:23 PM
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addition by subtraction
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Titan
Because your mom doesn't take debit cards!!!
Oh, snap!!
just kidding, just kidding. |
lol
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Originally Posted by New Era
This individual is not affluent and more of a member of that shrinking middle class. It is likely the individual does not have a high paying job, is limited on benefits, and has to make due with those benefits provided by employer.
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03-02-2009, 03:21 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dobbles
gotta say, this thread amazes me for 2 reasons... 1)i can go into my bank at any time with a jar of change and they will count it and convert it to paper money for free and 2) how the heck do you guys use so much actual money? i use paper/coin a couple times a week. i swipe my debit card for almost everything.
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Well, regarding your first point; this was the point of the thread. In the States you can take coins to any bank or grocery store and dump them into a machine. I think the OP was looking for somewhere that has such a machine here.
I know the reason I have so many coins; it's not that I have so many cash transactions but so few. If I was using cash all the time I would use up my coins. But because it's only when I go and grab my $1.50 coffee in the morning that I get coins back. I give a $5 bill and get $3.50 in coins back. (Remember, no $1 bills here.)
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03-02-2009, 03:27 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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I have $51 in rolled pennies, nickels and dimes that have been sitting on my counter for the past 4 months. I look at them everyday and mean to take them to the bank but I keep putting it off because for some reason I imagine the teller rolling her eyes at me and making a big fuss out of having to convert my lowly coins. 
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03-02-2009, 07:02 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2006
Location: @HOOT250
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Titan
I bought a machine at Staples for $30. paid for itself in 3 rolls of dimes.
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Not to nitpick but I'm pretty sure rolls of dimes equal $5 
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03-02-2009, 07:45 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by HOOT
Not to nitpick but I'm pretty sure rolls of dimes equal $5 |
Maybe he is factoring time as well? Seems to me his time is a lot more valuable than yours is.
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