I save all my change from week to week and usually have anywhere from $10 to $60. I used to count and roll my change, but now the local banks are getting so picky about accepting rolled coin. Now I cash my change in at the Coinstar machine and sometimes I pay for my groceries out of the change I’ve collected. I would rather pay the small fee that it costs for the machine to count the change rather than have to sit for hours and count and then not knowing if the bank is even going to accept it or not.

I went to the store and saw a Coinstar machine and knew I had a lot of change at home, but thought it was all pennies. So my girlfriend and I got all the coins and went back to the store to cash them in. She thought it would be under $10, but I thought it was at least $15. The total was $80.77. WOW! I was so surprised and now we have money to spend on our trip. Now when I’m walking and see a nickel or a penny, I always pick it up as before I would only pick up certain coins. Thanks Coinstar.

I use cash to pay for things and save the change in my daughter’s piggy bank. I take that change to a Coinstar machine and then deposit the cash into a savings account for her. I average about $50 a month in the account so she’s got a great savings so far!

I have a few 16oz containers of loose change that I’ve wanted to take in for some time. The change is from whatever is left in my husband’s pants pockets at the end of each day. I remembered seeing Coinstar in supermarkets on previous shopping trips. So, I went online hoping that there would be a website for the company directing me to the location of my nearest Coinstar. It was so easy. When I went to the website, I simply typed in my zip code and got a list of several locations that were convenient for me. I also saw this article “Pennies Become a Fortune When Ohio Collector Cashes In” and decided to read it. I love this story! It was so uplifting to read a “happy” news story, with all that is going on in world news these days. This inspired me to write you this letter of thanks and really start collecting all that loose change around our house! Thanks Coinstar for making my day!

Just about a year ago, I took a friend with me to Save Mart. I brought along a box I use to store all my extra change. We emptied into the Coinstar machine and I received $63.41 and a soul mate. I have been seeing this girl for over a year now. She is the love of my life and our first official date was to COINSTAR! So now once a year on that exact day, I empty a year’s worth of change as I did the first time. Thank you Coinstar for the convenience of not having to count my own coins and thanks for helping me find my soul mate!

My six year old son Matthew has just made me incredibly proud. Inspired by his class’s community involvement at the local food bank and their Thanksgiving food drive, he made a list of items to buy and donate. I thought he might volunteer a few dollars from his pocket money; instead he emptied his entire collection of “special” (state) quarters out of his piggy bank, totaling $50, and handed it to me. We went to the Coinstar machine in our local QFC grocery store to turn the quarters into cash. He poured in his money and with great excitement we watched the total whiz up to $67.63. He spent the entire amount and will be going to school tomorrow laden with food for the drive. As we were walking out of the supermarket he announced; “I feel really good about myself!” So he should! He could have donated the quarters directly to the local food bank, but receiving his own voucher from the Coinstar machine and presenting his own “money” at the checkout made the whole experience much more real for him.

I’ve never been much of a saver. That’s before I discovered Coinstar. The first time I tried it I cashed in some $150 in coins. That was great! It was enough incentive so I started saving all my change to beat my record. The second time I used Coinstar I had about $450 in change. Excellent! Determined to break that record, I saved and saved all of my change…