I've got a jar of coins at home and I would like to trade them in for cash. I know of the coinstar machines but they charge 10% which is insane. I've heard that certain banks/credit unions have coin machines that are free. The problem is that I don't know where any such machines exist.

I'm up around the Carlsbad area (just north of San Diego). Anyone know of any free coin machines?

Thanks!

 

I always bring mine into my bank, I think most banks have them, and let you exchange if you have an account. Try your local Wells Fargo.

 

I took mine to a bank once (pre-coinstar), and it was an assload of change, they told me i had to put it all into those coin wrappers before they would take it. It took hours, I'd like to never have to do that again.

 

Yeah, my bank made the switch a few years ago, requiring that you put change in the wrappers...

I've got a shit load of change I'd like to turn in for cash, but the thought of wrapping it all up frightens me...

Maybe I need to switch banks

 

you guys are some lazy fawckers. Sit your ass down, watch TV and wrap the money yourself.

 

just buy one of the little machines, a cheap one is only 25 - 30 bucks

 

I won't give a Mac machine $2 per transaction but I will gladly give coinstar 10% because change is a pain in the ass. My bank doesn't do the free thing.

BTW you can skip the 10% if you have coinstar give you an amazon gift card instead of cash.

 

Wow.

I just bring them in a bucket, and they drop it in their machine, count it up, give me the moola, and we part ways.

 

That's what I'm thinking, or give my neice 1% to wrap it....