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Anybody know of a Durham or Chapel Hill bank that has a change counter? We've checked with BBT and BoA and none of those branches have one. Am not interested in paying 9% at one of the coinstar thingys, so if y'all have an idea where else we can try, we'd appreciate the help.
Anybody know of a Durham or Chapel Hill bank that has a change counter? We've checked with BBT and BoA and none of those branches have one. Am not interested in paying 9% at one of the coinstar thingys, so if y'all have an idea where else we can try, we'd appreciate the help.
At least at most Raleigh branches, the State Employees' Credit Union has them--but I would presume they are only for members, because it gives you a ticket that you then take up and deposit. Maybe you know someone who belongs, who could go with you, deposit your ticket and then just write you a check?
What I do when I start building up too much change is just go to the self-serve stations at the grocery store and pay in coins. Granted, I usually don't have a lot, and I put the balance on a debit card (since you're putting it on a card, it doesn't matter if the change comes out "right" as far as "gotta be xx.27 since my bill is YY.27"--just put whatever coins in there and the rest on card. So if I have 1.73 in coins and my bill is 14.32, it doesn't matter--I'm paying by card either way, it just saves me 1.73 in my account).
How much do you have in coin? Obviously I wouldn't dump a whole jar of pennies into a self-serve checkout, but even, say, a handful at a time, will get rid of a lot of it (especially the smaller coins; you might want to just roll quarters and dimes since the time expenditure is worth more).
Coastal has them but only for members. They don't give you cash, you have to make a deposit and then withdraw how much you want. Perhaps a member can help you out. I don't think I've ever been in another bank branch down here. I know TD Bank has them for everyone to use, but I don't know if there are any around here.
I use Coinstar and do not pay any surcharge. There is one at Lowe's Food. I'm not sure they all work this way but if you have the amount put into an account with Amazon the transaction is free. They just give you a special number that you type into your Amazon account. Sooner or later there will be something you can buy with it...books are not the only thing available through Amazon, as you know.
Most food lions, and some Lowes Foods have Coinstar Machines. That's probably your best if you are not with the State Employees or Coastal Credit Unions. More reasons why Big Banks arent always best.
Don't rule out coinstar. Check out the website. You can avoid the surcharge if you put it on a gift card and they have several to pick from. We put it on the Amazon one as someone mentioned previously. We buy a lot from that site so it works for us.
You're not a member of a Credit union? Best deal in NC. They provide much more service than the big boys. Coin counting machines at no cost to members is one example.
To protect themselves against fraudulent objects inserted into coin rolls (both ends quarters and steel washers in the middle), they make you write your account number on each roll.
Do you want your checking account number going to anyone who gets change rolls at the bank?
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