"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:32:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:49:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
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>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:41:39 -0400, Nancy Young
>> >> > > wrote:
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>> >> >> I just dump them in the machine at the local supermarket
>> >> >> and there's no fee if you take the proceeds as a certificate
>> >> >> to spend at that store or amazon (or other stores) or donate
>> >> >> it to charity.
>> >> >
>> >> > I've never seen a machine like that for public use at a grocery
>> >> > store!
>> >>
>> >> You probably never looked. I think most all of the stores here have
>> >> them.
>> >
>> > You said they are near the doors. No, they are not. Machines for
>> > gambling are near the doors. I don't gamble.
>> >
>> What? They have gambling in your Safeway? Or do you mean the lottery
>> machines?
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> I couldn't think of what it was called, but it's gambling. Only
> stupid people don't equate the two.

Technically gambling but I wouldn't call them gambling machines.
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>> They should be near those, the ATM, the Redbox...
>
> Time will tell. Maybe people don't need to count their coins around
> here because they use it all for parking. We certainly do. Meters
> are 25¢ for 8 minutes.

Okay. No meters here.