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You know that you can go to a bank and get rolls of quarters, right?
How dare you expose the obvious, rational solution to this first world problem!
OP you know you need quarters for this routine recurring event. It isn't a surprise. Plan ahead! You probably know how many loads of wash you tend to do each week and what that will cost. Start off with a roll of quarters and replace it before it runs out. Whenever you get quarters in change, put them aside so you don't spend them on something else.
Last edited by Parnassia; 05-19-2020 at 03:05 PM..
Yes if only there was a place that handled money.
That had a place you could drive up to.
And had a window separating you from the teller. And a box that would slide out so you could get your quarters without even leaving your car.
If you find this place you may wish to notify your friends if they are tenants of this wonderful discovery.
I always ended up going to the laundromat on base and getting $20 worth of quarters from their machines at a time when I lived in Honolulu; my building has coin operated washers and dryers ($1 to wash, $1 to dry).
I don't know if I'd trust my building to have a credit card enabled washer/dryer, especially as I doubt that folks would be monitoring it regularly. I'd fear fraud and identify/password theft by people (residents or otherwise) up to no good.
I been scrambling around for 6 days trying to come up with quarters to use so I can do laundry which is $2.25. Plus most stores dont want to give you quarters so you have to buy something that will give you change back and hope a few quarters are included. Especially when its 2 or 3 loads. I mean just think about how many quarters that is?
Be careful what you wish for, laundry mat machines that take credit cards are notorious for skimmers, especially if there isn’t an on-site attendant. I would imagine that machines in a rental complex would have the same issue. Your best bet is to exchange dollars for quarters at a bank, that’s what I used to do once a month back in the day. As a bonus it helped with budgeting for my laundry.
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Be careful what you wish for, laundry mat machines that take credit cards are notorious for skimmers, especially if there isn’t an on-site attendant. I would imagine that machines in a rental complex would have the same issue. Your best bet is to exchange dollars for quarters at a bank, that’s what I used to do once a month back in the day. As a bonus it helped with budgeting for my laundry.
Yeah I think that is what I will do next week. Walk to the bank
You don't have to buy anything at the grocery store and hope for quarters in the change. If you go to the service desk, they will sell you a roll of quarters.
Last edited by oregonwoodsmoke; 05-20-2020 at 07:25 PM..
You don't have to buy anything at te grocery store and hope for quarters in the change. If you go to the service desk, they will sell you a roll of quarters.
I do my food shopping at Traders Joes and not sure if they have a service desk
I always got rolls of quarters at the bank. Tried to have a spare one on hand just for washing clothes.
Using a debit card system the apartment complex or whoever owns the machines (might be a outside vendor) would have fees associated with using a debit card/cc system. You would see the price for washing go up.
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