"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:07:58 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> On 8/13/2014 7:39 PM, sf wrote:
>> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:41:39 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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!
>>
>> I took a quick look at the Coinstar website and I see they are in
>> Safeway, Lucky, Grand Central Market and something called
>> Mollie Stone's. This is in the San Francisco area.
>
> If they really do have them, they must be hidden because I've never
> seen them out in the open. Often someone concludes via internet that
> an item I want is everywhere when the truth is they aren't. Sara Lee
> English muffins is an excellent example. I finally found them at
> Smart & Final.
>>
>> They're pretty common where I live and sounds like other people
>> here have them around, too. They're usually tucked in a corner.
>>
>> nancy

They're at Raleys, Safeway, S-Mart, that I know of in my town CA. I use them
every three or four months. They do charge a fee, but I don't mind.

Cheri

On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:02:16 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

> They're at Raleys, Safeway, S-Mart, that I know of in my town CA. I use them
> every three or four months. They do charge a fee, but I don't mind.
>
> Cheri

Where are they located in the stores you shop in? Julie says they are
by the front door and I know for sure it's not there. I've never seen
anyone using one and no one I know has ever said they use one.


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James Silverton > wrote:
> For at least a decade, I have collected my loose change at the end of the
> day and put it in a plastic jar. I used to take the contents of the jar
> about once a month to the no-fee coin counting machine at my Capital-One
> bank. Now, the bank has discontinued its machines. I wonder if any other
> banks have such machines and I am sufficiently displeased to think of
> changing banks even if Capital-One's online banking is fairly satisfactory.


I got one at my grocery. Giant eagle.

Greg

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:49:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:41:39 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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? They should be near those, the ATM, the Redbox...

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:50:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Our Safeways have them just inside the front door.
>
> Oh, *NO* - none of mine have anything even remotely like that here
> just inside the front door. I could have bought "in a corner" except
> I know what's in every corner of the stores I shop in and that ain't
> it.

I'd be willing to bet that your store has one. They're not really big and
they are easily missed.

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:47:00 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> On 8/13/2014 8:56 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:07:58 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>> >
>> > Barbara's nearest Mollie Stones and Safeway - both within about a mile
>> > of her (94127)
>>
>> Yikes.
>>
>> >- have CoinStar machines.
>
> He's a LIAR. He's in Texas and Googles for his so-called information.
> Has he called the stores to confirm? NO. I've been in those stores
> and I know that if they have anything like that for public use, it is
> not kept out in the open. Kiss my ass, Yappy.

I seriously think you are wrong on this.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:16:46 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:47:00 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/13/2014 8:56 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:07:58 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Barbara's nearest Mollie Stones and Safeway - both within about a mile
>>>> of her (94127) have CoinStar machines.
>>>> https://www.coinstar.com/KioskFinder...hAddress=94127
>>
>> He's a LIAR. He's in Texas and Googles for his so-called information.
>> Has he called the stores to confirm? NO. I've been in those stores
>> and I know that if they have anything like that for public use, it is
>> not kept out in the open. Kiss my ass, Yappy.
>
> I'm sure this doesn't surprise anyone, but the Safeway site ALSO
> confirms there *is* a CoinStar machine at her nearest *5* Safeway
> grocery stores - the same locations mentioned on the Coinstar site:
>
> http://local.safeway.com/ca/san-francisco-759.html
>
> I suppose we're ALL lying, then. Or could it be that Barbara is just
> an adamant, obnoxious psycho? I will call them tomorrow to confirm so
> we can put this issue to rest once and for all. Anybody want to place
> their bets? How about you, Casa Boner? Time to show your support.
>
> Toodles! Time to go watch 'Hysteria', the semi-true movie about the
> invention of the vibrator in the as a medical device to relieve women
> of numerous psychological ailments - somethings doctors were having to
> do to women manually.
>
> -sw

She has been wrong on things many times before. No Boca burgers. Cooked
chicken breast is a new thing. No stores sell the large pasta shells...
I'm sure the machine is there. She just doesn't know.

On 8/14/2014 12:12 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:50:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Our Safeways have them just inside the front door.
>
> Oh, *NO* - none of mine have anything even remotely like that here
> just inside the front door. I could have bought "in a corner" except
> I know what's in every corner of the stores I shop in and that ain't
> it.
>
>
Do you know what they look like? Like a vending machine
where you'd buy a soda. Pretty sure they're green.

nancy

On 8/13/2014 11:07 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> On 8/13/2014 8:07 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> They're pretty common where I live and sounds like other people
>> here have them around, too. They're usually tucked in a corner.
>>
> Yes, I've seen coin counting machines in a local Safeway but they charge
> 9 or 10% of the total.

That's why I choose the option of a gift certificate. The
fee is not paid by you.

If I get one for a place I shop anyway, what's the difference.

nancy

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:33:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:50:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Our Safeways have them just inside the front door.
> >
> > Oh, *NO* - none of mine have anything even remotely like that here
> > just inside the front door. I could have bought "in a corner" except
> > I know what's in every corner of the stores I shop in and that ain't
> > it.
>
> I'd be willing to bet that your store has one. They're not really big and
> they are easily missed.

Possibly, but you'd think I would have seen someone using it by this
time if it was out in the open.


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On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:35:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> She has been wrong on things many times before. No Boca burgers.

That's right. The vegetable burgers on menus here are a different
brand. I don't eat at the same chain restaurants you seem to eat at,
had never heard of that brand and I still don't see it listed.

> Cooked chicken breast is a new thing.

Yes it is. In fact, it was just a flash in the pan because they don't
package it for general sale anymore. I've looked everywhere I've
shopped and the only way to buy it is by asking the deli person. I
did it a couple of weeks ago and the deli person was so surprised by
my request that she had to ask her supervisor if she could sell me
plain shredded chicken. In any case, I don't want just white meat. I
want mixed white and dark.

> No stores sell the large pasta shells...

You still don't understand the size I was looking for. They are not a
standard grocery store item and they are *very* hard to find.

> I'm sure the machine is there. She just doesn't know.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Suuuuuure.


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On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:32:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:49:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "sf" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:41:39 -0400, Nancy Young
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> 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?

I couldn't think of what it was called, but it's gambling. Only
stupid people don't equate the two.

> 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.


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On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:45:34 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 8/14/2014 12:12 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:50:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Our Safeways have them just inside the front door.
> >
> > Oh, *NO* - none of mine have anything even remotely like that here
> > just inside the front door. I could have bought "in a corner" except
> > I know what's in every corner of the stores I shop in and that ain't
> > it.
> >
> >
> Do you know what they look like? Like a vending machine
> where you'd buy a soda. Pretty sure they're green.
>
Hm. I visualized something round. Julie says they are small. I just
looked up an image of the Coinstar machine, yes they are green.
Something like that would be hard to miss if they are the size of a
redbox or even a lottery machine. Maybe they are kept inside the
customer service office. They need some way to count their tills
easily.



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On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:48:14 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 8/13/2014 11:07 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> > On 8/13/2014 8:07 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >> They're pretty common where I live and sounds like other people
> >> here have them around, too. They're usually tucked in a corner.
> >>
> > Yes, I've seen coin counting machines in a local Safeway but they charge
> > 9 or 10% of the total.
>
> That's why I choose the option of a gift certificate. The
> fee is not paid by you.
>
> If I get one for a place I shop anyway, what's the difference.
>
Can you get a gift certificate for the grocery store?



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On 8/14/2014 8:38 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:45:34 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

> Hm. I visualized something round. Julie says they are small. I just
> looked up an image of the Coinstar machine, yes they are green.
> Something like that would be hard to miss if they are the size of a
> redbox or even a lottery machine. Maybe they are kept inside the
> customer service office. They need some way to count their tills
> easily.

Well, I don't think they would fit anyone's description of small.
You'll just have to call them or go look for it. It's not something
the store would use to count their coins, I'm sure of that.

nancy

On 8/14/2014 8:40 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:48:14 -0400, Nancy Young

>> That's why I choose the option of a gift certificate. The
>> fee is not paid by you.
>>
>> If I get one for a place I shop anyway, what's the difference.
>>
> Can you get a gift certificate for the grocery store?

I can. That wasn't always so, which is why I used to get
amazon gift cards. It's going to depend on your store, if
they decide they want to offer that.

You can see what your options are before you dump in
your coins.

nancy

On 8/13/2014 3:58 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:11:41 -0500, Ema Nymton wrote:
>
>> One of my clients told me that her dad was opening a bank and he would
>> appreciate our business, so we opened a couple of accounts at Woodforest
>> National Bank. They have machines that count coins and there is no
>> charge. It seems like they are everywhere, now, and they have 11
>> locations in Maryland, but I am not sure if one is near you.
>
> Woodforest is one the official banks for Walmart and is Walmart's
> largest corporate partner. Not surprisingly, all 5 of the banks that
> partner with Walmart are in the top 10 (out of 6,700) banks that
> charge the most fees to customers. And all 5 of those same banks are
> among the only 15 banks that make more profit on customer fees than
> they do on loan interest.
>
> Another way Walmart is helping it's customers SAVE money! I'll pass.
>
> -sw

We have no problems with Woodforest National Bank, I have had an account
there for 20+ years. They do not charge for cashier's checks, money
orders, and like most banks, they do not charge for notary services. I
needed foreign currency on a couple of occasions, and I was not charged
for money exchanges. As a business owner, Woodforest has been wonderful.
We kept our Woodforest account when we moved to Shreveport, La., and
there was no Woodforest in sight, one did open before we moved, though.
The fees you must be talking about, are overdraft fees and we have not
had that problem. I feel bad if those fees are high.

Becca

"sf" > wrote in message
news
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:02:16 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>> They're at Raleys, Safeway, S-Mart, that I know of in my town CA. I use
>> them
>> every three or four months. They do charge a fee, but I don't mind.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Where are they located in the stores you shop in? Julie says they are
> by the front door and I know for sure it's not there. I've never seen
> anyone using one and no one I know has ever said they use one.

Here, the one in Raley's is by the front entrance to the left and close to
Red Box, the one in Safeway is in the main store close to the lottery
machine and customer service when you leave checkout, the one at S-Mart is
directly to right of the front entrance.

Cheri

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:11:25 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:02:16 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> They're at Raleys, Safeway, S-Mart, that I know of in my town CA. I use
>>> them
>>> every three or four months. They do charge a fee, but I don't mind.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> Where are they located in the stores you shop in? Julie says they are
>> by the front door and I know for sure it's not there. I've never seen
>> anyone using one and no one I know has ever said they use one.

I imagine it would be different for every store but I have never seen one at
the back of stores, just somewhere in front of the stores on the inside.

Cheri

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:32:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:49:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:41:39 -0400, Nancy Young
>> >> > > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> 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?
>
> I couldn't think of what it was called, but it's gambling. Only
> stupid people don't equate the two.
>
>> 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.

I never put quarters in the Coinstar. I keep quarters for different Sunday
papers out of machines since I'm an early riser and can go to outdoor
machines under cover of darkness without getting too dressed up. ;-)

Cheri

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:11:25 -0700, sf wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:02:16 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> They're at Raleys, Safeway, S-Mart, that I know of in my town CA. I use
>>>> them
>>>> every three or four months. They do charge a fee, but I don't mind.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>
>>> Where are they located in the stores you shop in? Julie says they are
>>> by the front door and I know for sure it's not there. I've never seen
>>> anyone using one and no one I know has ever said they use one.
>
> I imagine it would be different for every store but I have never seen one
> at the back of stores, just somewhere in front of the stores on the
> inside.

The ones in our supermarkets are by the front doors. Seems to be common.


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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:50:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Our Safeways have them just inside the front door.
>>
>> Oh, *NO* - none of mine have anything even remotely like that here
>> just inside the front door. I could have bought "in a corner" except
>> I know what's in every corner of the stores I shop in and that ain't
>> it.
>
> I'd be willing to bet that your store has one. They're not really big and
> they are easily missed.

Well, they do take up a fair amount of space and they're bright green so I
just sort of think that if you're not using them, you don't really notice
them, sort of like rug cleaning machines in stores.

Cheri

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:33:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:50:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Our Safeways have them just inside the front door.
>> >
>> > Oh, *NO* - none of mine have anything even remotely like that here
>> > just inside the front door. I could have bought "in a corner" except
>> > I know what's in every corner of the stores I shop in and that ain't
>> > it.
>>
>> I'd be willing to bet that your store has one. They're not really big
>> and
>> they are easily missed.
>
> Possibly, but you'd think I would have seen someone using it by this
> time if it was out in the open.

Where I am, mostly teens and young adults using them daily at one store.
When my kids were young, we saved coins and when we got a jar full, they got
to cash them in, but putting them in rolls in those days. They would have
loved Coinstar. :-)

Cheri

Cheri

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:48:49 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> news
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:02:16 -0700, "Cheri" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> They're at Raleys, Safeway, S-Mart, that I know of in my town CA. I use
> >> them
> >> every three or four months. They do charge a fee, but I don't mind.
> >>
> >> Cheri
> >
> > Where are they located in the stores you shop in? Julie says they are
> > by the front door and I know for sure it's not there. I've never seen
> > anyone using one and no one I know has ever said they use one.
>
> Here, the one in Raley's is by the front entrance to the left and close to
> Red Box, the one in Safeway is in the main store close to the lottery
> machine and customer service when you leave checkout, the one at S-Mart is
> directly to right of the front entrance.
>
I'll look more closely at the space where they put their lottery
machine. I think a redbox is there too, but I don't recall seeing
anything green. That monster would pop out like a sore thumb!


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On 8/13/2014 11:15 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:16:46 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:47:00 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/13/2014 8:56 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:07:58 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Barbara's nearest Mollie Stones and Safeway - both within about a mile
>>>> of her (94127) have CoinStar machines.
>>>> https://www.coinstar.com/KioskFinder...hAddress=94127
>>
>> He's a LIAR. He's in Texas and Googles for his so-called information.
>> Has he called the stores to confirm? NO. I've been in those stores
>> and I know that if they have anything like that for public use, it is
>> not kept out in the open. Kiss my ass, Yappy.
>
> I'm sure this doesn't surprise anyone, but the Safeway site ALSO
> confirms there *is* a CoinStar machine at her nearest *5* Safeway
> grocery stores - the same locations mentioned on the Coinstar site:
>
> http://local.safeway.com/ca/san-francisco-759.html
>
> I suppose we're ALL lying, then. Or could it be that Barbara is just
> an adamant, obnoxious psycho? I will call them tomorrow to confirm so
> we can put this issue to rest once and for all. Anybody want to place
> their bets? How about you, Casa Boner? Time to show your support.
>
> Toodles! Time to go watch 'Hysteria', the semi-true movie about the
> invention of the vibrator in the as a medical device to relieve women
> of numerous psychological ailments - somethings doctors were having to
> do to women manually.
>
> -sw
>
Troll games, from someone who clearly uses his change up in the bus coin
drop.

On 8/13/2014 11:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:11:25 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:02:16 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> They're at Raleys, Safeway, S-Mart, that I know of in my town CA. I use them
>>> every three or four months. They do charge a fee, but I don't mind.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> Where are they located in the stores you shop in? Julie says they are
>> by the front door and I know for sure it's not there. I've never seen
>> anyone using one and no one I know has ever said they use one.
>
> Uh-oh. She beginning to doubt her sanity... That's a good sign!
>
> -sw
>
It sure proves you can't quit her, Yappy.

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:44:47 -0600, Mayo > wrote:

> On 8/13/2014 11:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:11:25 -0700, sf wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:02:16 -0700, "Cheri" >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> They're at Raleys, Safeway, S-Mart, that I know of in my town CA. I use them
> >>> every three or four months. They do charge a fee, but I don't mind.
> >>>
> >>> Cheri
> >>
> >> Where are they located in the stores you shop in? Julie says they are
> >> by the front door and I know for sure it's not there. I've never seen
> >> anyone using one and no one I know has ever said they use one.
> >
> > Uh-oh. She beginning to doubt her sanity... That's a good sign!
> >
> > -sw
> >
> It sure proves you can't quit her, Yappy.

Ah, the duet of Sloppy and Yappy.


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On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:44:03 -0600, Mayo > wrote:

> On 8/13/2014 11:15 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:16:46 -0700, sf wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:47:00 -0400, Nancy Young
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 8/13/2014 8:56 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:07:58 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Barbara's nearest Mollie Stones and Safeway - both within about a mile
> >>>> of her (94127) have CoinStar machines.
> >>>> https://www.coinstar.com/KioskFinder...hAddress=94127
> >>
> >> He's a LIAR. He's in Texas and Googles for his so-called information.
> >> Has he called the stores to confirm? NO. I've been in those stores
> >> and I know that if they have anything like that for public use, it is
> >> not kept out in the open. Kiss my ass, Yappy.
> >
> > I'm sure this doesn't surprise anyone, but the Safeway site ALSO
> > confirms there *is* a CoinStar machine at her nearest *5* Safeway
> > grocery stores - the same locations mentioned on the Coinstar site:
> >
> > http://local.safeway.com/ca/san-francisco-759.html
> >
> > I suppose we're ALL lying, then. Or could it be that Barbara is just
> > an adamant, obnoxious psycho? I will call them tomorrow to confirm so
> > we can put this issue to rest once and for all. Anybody want to place
> > their bets? How about you, Casa Boner? Time to show your support.
> >
> > Toodles! Time to go watch 'Hysteria', the semi-true movie about the
> > invention of the vibrator in the as a medical device to relieve women
> > of numerous psychological ailments - somethings doctors were having to
> > do to women manually.
> >
> > -sw
> >
> Troll games, from someone who clearly uses his change up in the bus coin
> drop.

Yappy is so cute when he's mad.


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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:32:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:49:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:41:39 -0400, Nancy Young
>> >> > > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> 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?
>
> 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.
>
>> 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.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:33:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:50:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Our Safeways have them just inside the front door.
>> >
>> > Oh, *NO* - none of mine have anything even remotely like that here
>> > just inside the front door. I could have bought "in a corner" except
>> > I know what's in every corner of the stores I shop in and that ain't
>> > it.
>>
>> I'd be willing to bet that your store has one. They're not really big
>> and
>> they are easily missed.
>
> Possibly, but you'd think I would have seen someone using it by this
> time if it was out in the open.

I never noticed. Then I wanted to use one and had to look for it. They are
everywhere but I tend to not notice them as I don't need them.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:50:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Our Safeways have them just inside the front door.
>>>
>>> Oh, *NO* - none of mine have anything even remotely like that here
>>> just inside the front door. I could have bought "in a corner" except
>>> I know what's in every corner of the stores I shop in and that ain't
>>> it.
>>
>> I'd be willing to bet that your store has one. They're not really big
>> and they are easily missed.
>
> Well, they do take up a fair amount of space and they're bright green so I
> just sort of think that if you're not using them, you don't really notice
> them, sort of like rug cleaning machines in stores.

Yeah.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:45:34 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> On 8/14/2014 12:12 AM, sf wrote:
>> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:50:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Our Safeways have them just inside the front door.
>> >
>> > Oh, *NO* - none of mine have anything even remotely like that here
>> > just inside the front door. I could have bought "in a corner" except
>> > I know what's in every corner of the stores I shop in and that ain't
>> > it.
>> >
>> >
>> Do you know what they look like? Like a vending machine
>> where you'd buy a soda. Pretty sure they're green.
>>
> Hm. I visualized something round. Julie says they are small. I just
> looked up an image of the Coinstar machine, yes they are green.
> Something like that would be hard to miss if they are the size of a
> redbox or even a lottery machine. Maybe they are kept inside the
> customer service office. They need some way to count their tills
> easily.

Probably about the same as Redbox. Perhaps a little smaller. The stores do
not use them! They are for customers.

"sf" > wrote in message
news
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:35:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> She has been wrong on things many times before. No Boca burgers.
>
> That's right. The vegetable burgers on menus here are a different
> brand. I don't eat at the same chain restaurants you seem to eat at,
> had never heard of that brand and I still don't see it listed.
>
>> Cooked chicken breast is a new thing.
>
> Yes it is. In fact, it was just a flash in the pan because they don't
> package it for general sale anymore. I've looked everywhere I've
> shopped and the only way to buy it is by asking the deli person. I
> did it a couple of weeks ago and the deli person was so surprised by
> my request that she had to ask her supervisor if she could sell me
> plain shredded chicken. In any case, I don't want just white meat. I
> want mixed white and dark.
>
Well all of the stores around here sell it and have for years.

>> No stores sell the large pasta shells...
>
> You still don't understand the size I was looking for. They are not a
> standard grocery store item and they are *very* hard to find.
>
Okay...
>> I'm sure the machine is there. She just doesn't know.
>
> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Suuuuuure.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:48:14 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> On 8/13/2014 11:07 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>> > On 8/13/2014 8:07 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> >> They're pretty common where I live and sounds like other people
>> >> here have them around, too. They're usually tucked in a corner.
>> >>
>> > Yes, I've seen coin counting machines in a local Safeway but they
>> > charge
>> > 9 or 10% of the total.
>>
>> That's why I choose the option of a gift certificate. The
>> fee is not paid by you.
>>
>> If I get one for a place I shop anyway, what's the difference.
>>
> Can you get a gift certificate for the grocery store?

In some cases, yes.

On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 12:15:08 PM UTC-4, James Silverton wrote:
> For at least a decade, I have collected my loose change at the end of
>
> the day and put it in a plastic jar. I used to take the contents of the
>
> jar about once a month to the no-fee coin counting machine at my
>
> Capital-One bank. Now, the bank has discontinued its machines. I wonder
>
> if any other banks have such machines and I am sufficiently displeased
>
> to think of changing banks even if Capital-One's online banking is
>
> fairly satisfactory.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
>
>
> Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

I never could see the point in saving change.

On 8/14/2014 3:42 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:44:03 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>> On 8/13/2014 11:15 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:16:46 -0700, sf wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:47:00 -0400, Nancy Young
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 8/13/2014 8:56 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:07:58 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Barbara's nearest Mollie Stones and Safeway - both within about a mile
>>>>>> of her (94127) have CoinStar machines.
>>>>>> https://www.coinstar.com/KioskFinder...hAddress=94127
>>>>
>>>> He's a LIAR. He's in Texas and Googles for his so-called information.
>>>> Has he called the stores to confirm? NO. I've been in those stores
>>>> and I know that if they have anything like that for public use, it is
>>>> not kept out in the open. Kiss my ass, Yappy.
>>>
>>> I'm sure this doesn't surprise anyone, but the Safeway site ALSO
>>> confirms there *is* a CoinStar machine at her nearest *5* Safeway
>>> grocery stores - the same locations mentioned on the Coinstar site:
>>>
>>> http://local.safeway.com/ca/san-francisco-759.html
>>>
>>> I suppose we're ALL lying, then. Or could it be that Barbara is just
>>> an adamant, obnoxious psycho? I will call them tomorrow to confirm so
>>> we can put this issue to rest once and for all. Anybody want to place
>>> their bets? How about you, Casa Boner? Time to show your support.
>>>
>>> Toodles! Time to go watch 'Hysteria', the semi-true movie about the
>>> invention of the vibrator in the as a medical device to relieve women
>>> of numerous psychological ailments - somethings doctors were having to
>>> do to women manually.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>> Troll games, from someone who clearly uses his change up in the bus coin
>> drop.
>
> Yappy is so cute when he's mad.
>
>
I haven't had a pet with a cowlick and an attitude before...

On 8/14/2014 3:41 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:44:47 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>> On 8/13/2014 11:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:11:25 -0700, sf wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:02:16 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> They're at Raleys, Safeway, S-Mart, that I know of in my town CA. I use them
>>>>> every three or four months. They do charge a fee, but I don't mind.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheri
>>>>
>>>> Where are they located in the stores you shop in? Julie says they are
>>>> by the front door and I know for sure it's not there. I've never seen
>>>> anyone using one and no one I know has ever said they use one.
>>>
>>> Uh-oh. She beginning to doubt her sanity... That's a good sign!
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>> It sure proves you can't quit her, Yappy.
>
> Ah, the duet of Sloppy and Yappy.
>
>
<GUFFAW!>

On Thursday, August 14, 2014 7:10:22 PM UTC-4, Kalmia wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 12:15:08 PM UTC-4, James Silverton wrote:
>
> > For at least a decade, I have collected my loose change at the end of
>
> >
>
> > the day and put it in a plastic jar. I used to take the contents of the
>
> >
>
> > jar about once a month to the no-fee coin counting machine at my
>
> >
>
> > Capital-One bank. Now, the bank has discontinued its machines. I wonder
>
> >
>
> > if any other banks have such machines and I am sufficiently displeased
>
> >
>
> > to think of changing banks even if Capital-One's online banking is
>
> >
>
> > fairly satisfactory.


> I never could see the point in saving change.
(hit post in error - sorry)
It's a pain to count, roll, schlep to bank....

Paying with plastic eliminates the intake of change. The little I do get back from an occasional cash payment I try to use asap and keep it in circ.

I saw two women struggling with a huge jar of change at the Coinstar - they lost their grip on it, money went all over the floor causing a big uproar, and they got to pay 8% for their trouble. Yea, yeah, I know - it's the only way some folks can save.

Costs the gubmint a lot to keep making coins because of all the piggybanking.

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:10:22 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>
> I never could see the point in saving change.

There was a time when hubby would come home and empty the change out
of his pocket daily. He'd take the quarters and leave the rest in his
drawer. He wasn't saving it, he just wasn't recycling it.


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"Coinstar" .> wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 00:15:58 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:16:46 -0700, sf wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:47:00 -0400, Nancy Young
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/13/2014 8:56 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:07:58 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Barbara's nearest Mollie Stones and Safeway - both within about a mile
>>>>> of her (94127) have CoinStar machines.
>>>>> https://www.coinstar.com/KioskFinder...hAddress=94127
>>>
>>> He's a LIAR. He's in Texas and Googles for his so-called information.
>>> Has he called the stores to confirm? NO. I've been in those stores
>>> and I know that if they have anything like that for public use, it is
>>> not kept out in the open. Kiss my ass, Yappy.
>>
>> I'm sure this doesn't surprise anyone, but the Safeway site ALSO
>> confirms there *is* a CoinStar machine at her nearest *5* Safeway
>> grocery stores - the same locations mentioned on the Coinstar site:
>>
>> http://local.safeway.com/ca/san-francisco-759.html
>>
>> I suppose we're ALL lying, then. Or could it be that Barbara is just
>> an adamant, obnoxious psycho? I will call them tomorrow to confirm so
>> we can put this issue to rest once and for all. Anybody want to place
>> their bets? How about you, Casa Boner? Time to show your support.
>
> I called and spoke with Sandra at the Customer Service desk. Not
> surprisingly, she confirms that there is indeed a Coinstar machine.
> It is right in front of the checkers in between the left and right
> exit doors as soon as you walk in. "You can't miss it. It's a big
> green machine about 6 feet tall", she said.
>
> No sense calling Molly Stones as we know how that will turn out.

I just noticed a Red Box as I was driving by. Although the Coinstar might
be as tall it is not nearly as wide.