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When you get a gift card from Coinstar, you are not charged the 10%. So when I'm feeling lazy with a bunch of change, I just dump it in the Coinstar machine fo
by phsr 16y ago
When you get a gift card from Coinstar, you are not charged the 10%. So when I'm feeling lazy with a bunch of change, I just dump it in the Coinstar machine for a Amazon gift card
- jrockway 16y agoInterestingly, the Coinstar machine that I use is in a grocery store, and it will give you free gift certificates for that store. I am not sure who would not choose that :)
- josephcooney 16y agoThis is an interesting definition of 'free', since you have to pay for it.
- graywh 16y agoI read once that you could request a gift card and unplug the machine's phone line, causing it to give you the full cash value. http://www.antiyawn.com/guidetocoinstar.html http://www.antiyawn.com/guidetocoinstar.html
- ams6110 16y agoI never knew this. Of course, they are just charging Amazon the 10%, and ultimately this gets passed back to the consumer (though much diluted).